Weaknesses of a Qualitative Study Minimal literature review

One of the major limitations of a qualitative study is the lack of a detailed literature review on the topic at hand (Leedy and Ormrod 169). In qualitative studies, the literature review is only used to explain and give support to the theory that will be generated from the study. It does not facilitate data collection. The disadvantage of a minimal literature review is that readers fail to gain a deeper insight into the research problem: for instance, which researchers have done what, which research designs have been used to study the research problem and the nature of the literature gap that exists concerning the research problem. Likewise, the minimal literature review constrains readers from making a comparison between the current study and past studies.