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Dissertation Day

Dissertation Day. Chapter 3 – The method Chapter 4 – The result Chapter 5 – The discussion. Methods. Re-introduce the problem Provide overview of methodological approach Identify research design (Justify) Indicate the epistemology and theoretical perspective shaping the study

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Dissertation Day

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  1. Dissertation Day Chapter 3 – The method Chapter 4 – The result Chapter 5 – The discussion

  2. Methods • Re-introduce the problem • Provide overview of methodological approach • Identify research design (Justify) • Indicate the epistemology and theoretical perspective shaping the study • Define parameters of the study (who, what, where, when, how,)

  3. Research Questions • Research Questions Basis for selection of the research design and methods • State questions operationally • Are scores on the Dangerfield Self-Esteem Inventory correlated with scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills? Does this vary by groups? • Reminder: Mixed Methods must have both quantitative and qualitative research questions

  4. Research Procedures • Participants • Apparatus or Materials • Procedures • Data Analysis

  5. Research Procedures • Introduce the epistemology guiding inquiry (Qual) • Explain theoretical perspective driving the research and why selected (Qual) • Indicate design and why selected • How were sites, cases, and informants selected? • What verification procedures were used in the field? • Describe interview protocols, guides, rubrics used to assist in data collection • Explain how you plan to manage your data • Explain how you plan to analyze and interpret your data

  6. Methods – don’t forget to… • Summarize potential risks to human participants and how you will accommodate for that • Limitations and Delimitations

  7. Reporting findings Chapter 4

  8. Organization • Assumptions/preliminary analyses • Research Questions – use them as organizers • When reporting findings, start with descriptive and work towards conceptual

  9. Presentation of Findings • Raw data ≠ Findings • Use exemplary quotes (sparingly) • Do not tell the reader; show the reader • 1st pass (open) coding, 2nd pass (axial) coding, 3rd pass, etc. • Move from descriptive to conceptual • Use graphical displays when possible to demonstrate hierarchy and relation

  10. Verification (Validity) • Transparency – how are you establishing that through reporting findings? • Thick description – how to you use that? • Triangulation – how can you give the reader confidence in the integrity of your findings?

  11. Maintain the integrity of the design • Grounded theory must result in a theory • Ethnography must be revelatory of a group/setting • Phenomenology but give insight into an event or experience • Narrative inquiry must give insight into the lived experience of a person/people

  12. Single Case Designs Multiple Case Designs Holistic (single unit) CONTEXT CASE Embedded (multiple units) CONTEXT Embedded Unit CASE Embedded Unit

  13. Chapter 5It is not just a conclusion! • Must accomplish… • Locate findings in the literature (ch 2) • Locate findings in the problem (ch 1) • Implications of findings • …on theory • …on future research • …on practice • …on procedures • …on policy • …on people (e.g., teachers, students, policy makers, faculty, higher education administrators, etc.) • End Strong!! Use declarative language

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