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PhD Thesis
Methods
Why
- use summary and factual recount to explain how you answered your research questions
- to explain how this relates to the methods used by other scholars in similar contexts and similar studies.
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What
- What did you did do to achieve the research aims?
- Why did you choose this particular approach? How does it relate to your epistemological and ontological positions?
- What tools did you use to collect data? Why these tools? What implications does this choice have?
- When did you collect data, and from whom? Are there ethical considerations to take into account?
- What tools have you used to analyse data? Why these tools? What are the implications?
- Is the timetable that was followed clear?
- Have you understood the difference between methods and methodology?
- Is it concise and related wholly to methods?
General goals
- What techniques you used to collect the data necessary to answer your research questions
- Why those techniques are relevant to the study’s broader aims and objectives
- How you employed them in your research
- Then you discuss the tools that you used to gather, analyse and make sense of the data.
- You need to relate this to the
- research problem,
- literature review (principally any 'gap' you are filling),
- your theoretical perspective,
- and the epistemological and ontological assumptions that inform your worldview.
- Decide to dedicate a section to epistemology and ontology.
- If you do, include it quite early on, as it will inform the decisions you take.
Structure
- briefly and concisely outline the take-home points from the chapter
- You need to describe both the design of the study and the organisation of the chapter itself.
- Start with a design statement
- one or two sentences that briefly tell the reader the type of design you employ.
- Restate your research problem and briefly discuss how your methods relate.
What
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4. Information on any participants, if any, including details on sampling techniques
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8. An outline of the ethical considerations that you had to take into account and any ethical approval that was sought
9. What implications your design decision has for the replicability and generalisability of your study (with a focus on internal and external validity).
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