Dissertation Chapter - Methodology
Your Dissertation Methodology Chapter – Now You’re Into the Meat
You wrote a brief summary of your intended methodology with your dissertation proposal. It spoke to how you planned to implement your research – experimental and control groups, a double-blind study, a gathering of data based upon surveys and other instruments, etc., and the data you intend to collect. Before you actually finalize your methodology and design your instruments, however, you want to be very certain that your full design is as flawless as it can be, that it does not allow for detracting or nuisance factors, and that it is as “tight” as it can be in terms or researching only that which you intend to research.
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