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Category: Research Guides

How to write a literature review
Research Guides

How to write a literature review

Deborah Gabriel21st August 201724th November 2024

Whether you are writing a 2000-word literature review for an undergraduate dissertation or something closer to 10,000-words for a PhD thesis, the process is the same.

Using Conceptual Frameworks in Qualitative Research
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Using Conceptual Frameworks in Qualitative Research

Deborah Gabriel14th February 201524th November 2024

I recently delivered this presentation to final year undergraduate students about to embark on their dissertation projects.

Qualitative data analysis
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Qualitative data analysis

Deborah Gabriel25th April 201324th November 2024

The most important task that you will undertake in your PhD research project is the analysis of data. The integrity and rigour of your research is utterly dependent on getting the analysis right and it will be intensely scrutinised by the external examiners.

Inductive and deductive approaches to research
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Inductive and deductive approaches to research

Deborah Gabriel17th March 201324th November 2024

The main difference between inductive and deductive approaches to research is that whilst a deductive approach is aimed and testing theory, an inductive approach is concerned with the generation of new theory emerging from the data.

Methods and methodology
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Methods and methodology

Deborah Gabriel13th May 201124th November 2024

My PhD supervisor asked me what the difference between methods and methodology was several months ago and I did not know the answer. All I could muster in a pathetic response was a look of bewilderment.

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