After Proposal- Making Dissertation
- Not about contents but about Methodology
- Understanding the social world
- Interacting/ interaction in different levels (Social)
- What methods are you going to use?
- Social science- coherent body of thought about a topic
- Personal opinions, preferences and Speculative- NO PLACE!
Methods of gathering data
- Different perspectives on a given phenomenon
- Informs alternative methods of gathering information
- Role of a researcher- understand and explain phenomenon
- Depends on a mixture of boldly innovative thought
- Evidence to support or discomfort a hypothesis and theories
- All theories can be tested and philosophised
Social Sciences
- Systematic gathering of data
- Objectivity, Positivism, Realism, Subjectivity, Idealism
- Postmodernism
- No one is “Positivism” all collecting numbers (Quantitative)
- Methods and types of data should collect is open to dispute
Objectivity
- Determining the nature of rationality, knowledge, truth, reality, goodness or rightness
- Assumes own values do not enter into our research
- Impossible for unrated dissertation
- You choose your topic
Positivism
- Philosophical system recognising only that which can scientifically verified or which is capable of logical or mathematical proof.
- Beliefs in adding figures to conclude
- Collect data and assemble social world.
Secondary research
- Involves using information that others gathered through primary research
- This is a secondary research study, gathered 5 different studies like:
- Accessible via databases
- Reanalysing, interpreting or reviewing past data
Secondary research 4 steps:
- Develop research questions
- Identify secondary data set
- Evaluate a secondary data set
- Prepare and analyse secondary data
Step 1- “Relevant” for this research
- Provide rational information
- Why did you do it?
- Why did you choose data?
- Relevant to my study?
Step 2- List of Databases for research
- Sherlock
- List of websites
- Design a 2 column table
- Included studies
- Excluded studies
- Under table- write paragraphs
- Why did you include these studies?
- Why did you exclude these studies?
Step 3- Explain the “Method” of analysing data
- This chapter explores/ explains the methodology used in the study
- Article eccentric matrix
- Table including: Methodology
- Focus groups
- Include findings of methodology
- Critical Evaluate (Optional)
- Most Important! Methodology
- What is the study?
- What is the methodology?
- What is the findings?
- After talk about similarities and differences
Matrix of study
- Only use one table
- Step 1- Introduction
- Step 2- Research design (table)
- Step 3- Similarities and differences
- Step 4- Analysis- Explain what you did
Chose this study because of the objectivity
Methodology Structure
- Introduction
- Qualitative research design
- Primary data
- Secondary data
- Literature search
- Method of sampling and recruitment
- Data collection methods
- Documentary analysis
- Data Analysis
Qualitative Methodology
- How did you go about your research?
- What overall strategy did you adopt and why?
- What design and techniques?
Methodologies
- Case studies
- Evidence based design research
- Analysis research
- Development research
- Parametric research
- Operation research
Methods
- Observational studies
- State of Art review
- Content analysis
- Data analysis
- Experimental design
- Data Qualification
- Literature review
- Photography
Justification for different methods used
Types of Research
- Exploration research
- Conclusive research
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