u/Deep_Pin721

What is the best way to write a literature review as a completely novice researcher/PhD scholar? What I've been doing so far is going through the abstract and conclusion of each paper (and sometimes introduction) noting down key points against the paper's name in a Word document, and then trying to synthesize these into a coherent narrative.

Another question is my mind, what could be the best use of AI in a literature review? Can AI be used for synthesizing e.g., asking it to just synthesize or collate my points, without adding anything of its own?

Has anybody used Jamovi for statistical analysis of quantitative research? I know IBM SPSS is the best, but it's paid. R is another tool, but I found it's not very user-friendly, I felt like I had to code. Jamovi is free and user-friendly too. I'm using it for my term paper for my PhD, but I'm not sure if it will be accepted in academic publishing

I am conducting a quantitative study on employee engagement and need 200 respondents. However, I'm struggling to gather enough responses. I'd like to understand- Is this a common challenge among researchers? If I don't reach my target sample size, will I need to drop the study? What are some effective, quick ways to boost survey responses? I've already tried LinkedIn, survey exchange/swap groups, and other similar methods.