# Literature review matrix

One row per paper, one column per thing you compare. Every cell that states something the paper says carries its page. Delete the guidance row as you fill it in.
Template from https://rectoly.com/blog/literature-review-matrix/

| Citation | Research question | Method / design | Data / sample | Key findings | Stated limitations | Theme A | Theme B | Relevance to my question | Page refs / notes |
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| Author (year), short title | What the paper asks, in one sentence (p. N) | Experiment / survey / model / case study / corpus / review; the main technique (p. N) | What was measured or who was studied, and how much: N, years, place (p. N) | The 2-3 results the paper rests on, with the numbers (p. N) | Only what the authors themselves say the study cannot show (p. N) | Tick, or one line on what the paper says about this theme (p. N) | Tick, or one line on what the paper says about this theme (p. N) | How the paper bears on your question, in your words | Pages of the entries above; anything you doubt |
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