- Introduction for Types of Dissertations
- Overview of the Dissertation
- Self-Assessment Exercise
- What is a Dissertation Committee
- Different Types of Dissertations
- Introduction for Overview of the Dissertation Process
- Responsibilities: the Chair, the Team and You
- Sorting Exercise
- Stages of a Dissertation
- Managing Your Time
- Create Your Own Timeline
- Working with a Writing Partner
- Key Deadlines
- Self Assessment Exercise
- Additional Resources
- Purpose and Goals
- Read and Evaluate Chapter 1 Exemplars
- Draft an Introduction of the Study
- Outline the Background of the Problem
- Draft your Statement of the Problem
- Draft your Purpose of the Study
- Draft your Significance of the Study
- List the Possible Limitations and Delimitations
- Explicate the Definition of Terms
- Outline the Organization of the Study
- Recommended Resources and Readings
- Purpose of the Literature Review
- What is the Literature?
- Article Summary Table
- Writing a Short Literature Review
- Outline for Literature Review
- Synthesizing the Literature Review
- Purpose of the Methodology Chapter
- Topics to Include
- Preparing to Write the Methodology Chapter
- Confidentiality
- Building the Components for Chapter Three
- Preparing for Your Qualifying Exam (aka Proposal Defense)
- What is Needed for Your Proposal Defense?
- Submitting Your Best Draft
- Preparing Your Abstract for IRB
- Use of Self-Assessment
- Preparing Your PowerPoint
- During Your Proposal Defense
- After Your Proposal Defense
- Pre-observation – Issues to consider
- During Observations
- Wrapping Up
- Recommended Resources and Readings (Qualitative)
- Quantitative Data Collection
- Recommended Resources and Readings (Quantitative)
- Qualitative: Before you Start
- Qualitative: During Analysis
- Qualitative: After Analysis
- Qualitative: Recommended Resources and Readings
- Quantitative: Deciding on the Right Analysis
- Quantitative: Data Management and Cleaning
- Quantitative: Keep Track of your Analysis
- The Purpose of Chapter 4
- The Elements of Chapter 4
- Presenting Results (Quantitative)
- Presenting Findings (Qualitative)
- Chapter 4 Considerations
- The Purpose of Chapter 5
- Preparing Your Abstract for the Graduate School
- Draft the Introduction for Chapter 5
- Draft the Summary of Findings
- Draft Implications for Practice
- Draft your Recommendations for Research
- Draft your Conclusions
- What is Needed
- What Happens During the Final Defense?
- What Happens After the Final Defense?
Elements of Chapter 4 Topic 1: Chapter 4
- In a qualitative study you will restate the research questions
- In a quantitative study you will present the hypotheses
- In a qualitative study the information to be reported is called findings . Findings are those themes that have emerged from or have been found in the data you collected. They are the product of your analysis.
- In a quantitative study the results of the quantitative analyses conducted may be presented on their own, without any accompanying connections to the larger literature.
- When quantitative data are presented without any accompanying explanation a discussion section is presented separately in order to explain the meaning of the results.
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Chapter 4 Results or Findings Chapter 5 Interpretations, Conclusions, and Recommendations References Appendices Dissertation proposals should include the elements normally found in Chapters 1, 2, 3, and the References of a dissertation. Both your proposal and dissertation are major written documents that must convey complex ideas. It
CHAPTER 4: Results and Conclusions This convergent study is the second part of a larger research program designed to understand physics instructors’ conceptions about the teaching and learning of problem solving. Because the first part of the research program has set forth the foundation in this
Writing Chapter 4 Chapter 4 is comprised of the following content: The results or findings on the data collected and analysed. Results of descriptive analyses Results of inferential analyses (Quantitative). Findings of text analyses (Qualitative).
The Elements of Chapter 4 - Navigating The Dissertation Elements of Chapter 4 Topic 1: Chapter 4 What needs to be included in the chapter? The topics below are typically included in this chapter, and often in this order (check with your Chair): Introduction Remind the reader what your research questions were
additional chapters that report research findings (Chapter 4) and conclusions, discussion, and recommendations (Chapter 5). While the majority of the research proposal is written in the present and future tenses, the methodology and findings in the final report or dissertation are written mostly in the past tense.
CHAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 4.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter presents the research findings of the data collected from the case study samples. The main source of data is the interview and is also supplemented by library research. The findings will be presented in relation to the research objectives stated in the study.