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Doctoral Research

Doctoral Research. An Introduction to the Research Process. Planning Your Doctoral Research. Choosing an important research topic Focusing on a significant research problem Selecting your research questions Continuing with background reading Establishing research contacts

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Doctoral Research

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  1. Doctoral Research An Introduction to the Research Process

  2. Planning Your Doctoral Research • Choosing an important research topic • Focusing on a significant research problem • Selecting your research questions • Continuing with background reading • Establishing research contacts • Making full use of your experience • Preparing a management plan

  3. Doctoral Research: 4 stages • Defining your research: eg your objectives, problem focus, research questions, what are the boundaries, the population • Designing your research: eg matching methods to goals, quantitative and/or qualitative approaches, sampling • Action (doing your research): eg data collection, analysing and synthesising • Describing your research: eg answering your research questions, writing and presenting your findings, discussing related issues

  4. Doctoral Research: starter questions • Where? Location and boundaries • Why? Am I doing this research • What? Do I want to find out • Where? Will I find the information • Who? Will benefit • How? Will I get started • What? Are my strengths Could be the basis of an introductory para

  5. Doctoral Research: you are not alone You will need: • Literature support ie fellow researchers • Local scholars to exchange ideas • Practitioners in your topic field • Your supervisor • Conference attendance to exchange ideas • Other doctoral students

  6. Doctoral Research: how committed are you? • Do you enjoy working on your topic? • Do you love your topic? • Will you maintain daily interest in your topic? • Do you know and practice the ten- minute rule?

  7. Doctoral ResearchGetting Started • Identify two or three topics that interest you • Best if your topics are in an area of academic strength eg master degree • Read a sample of the literature to find out some of the research in your topics • Choose your preferred topic • Decide what you want to discover ie what questions you should ask

  8. Doctoral ResearchGetting Started • Test the importance of your questions • Improve your questions • Rank your questions • Scan your questions and decide on the underlying problem • More reading to find out if other researchers have been interested in the problem and related matters • Do you still love your topic?

  9. Doctoral Research: start writing You are now ready to write the first draft of your research abstract. Your abstract will change many times as your research unfolds. In fact the last task at the conclusion of your research will be to prepare the final version of your abstract.

  10. Doctoral Research: your abstract Your abstract is a summary of your research of between 70 and 250 words. Here is a possible framework. • Topic, location, population • Research questions and problem focus. Purpose of the research. • Method(s) • Intended outcomes and use of the research

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