The justification of the study is also referred to as the rationale for the study. It is what inspired you to research a given topic. As students, it is very important to know that research writing is not just one of the things we do for leisure; research is a vital part of human endeavour. It is through research done in the past that a lot of improvements are seen today around the world. Research should be able to fill a gap and provide solutions to an existing problem, hence, researchers must do due diligence in identifying the reasons for starting a research work and be able to justify their reasons for embarking on a research journey.

If a research project is to be carried out on “Introduction of Digital Libraries for Students in Nigeria Senior Secondary Schools”, it is expected that the researcher will have found some setbacks in the study pattern of students or the limitations of using the physical libraries on campus.

The researcher must be able to give the reasons behind their choice of research topic, and the importance of the digital library should outweigh the challenges it poses.

The researcher should be able to justify the reasons for selecting the chosen project topic and discuss why the research study is needed.

For research to be justified, four main criteria must be discussed to convince the supervisor or readers that a study is worthy of undertaking.

1. The size or area involved in the study should be discussed, the researcher needs to show the geographical area or locations that the research would cover and provide reasons for the choice of area and what the outcome of the study will do for such area.
2. The research gaps found in previous literature of similar studies should be discussed. The researcher must show the missing piece from other literature that needs to be bridged and the reasons for the endeavour. The importance of filling research gaps should be emphasised, including the necessary contributions to the body of knowledge that the study would project at the end of the investigations and findings.
3. The researcher should be able to justify that there has been an improved methodology or the processes of carrying out the type of research undertaken, and should show how the study intends to incorporate the enhanced methods of carrying out research in the selected field or subject to investigate.
4. The researcher should discuss the main benefits of the research to the general public, profession, group, institutions, the government policies and practices in the concerned field of study and how these benefits will enable future researchers and authors to make or develop future theories, literature and additional inputs in the coming days.

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