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Writing Thesis / Dissertation
Writing Thesis / Dissertation
DISSERTATION
Parts
A. Preliminaries
B. Text/Body
C. References
B. The Text
Five Major Sections
I. Introduction
II. Review of Related Literature
III. Methodology
IV. Results and Discussion
V. Summary, Conclusions, Recommendations
Reminders
get facts/ideas from a reliable source (encourage a
source with author)
jot down your source for reference writing later
make rephrasing a habit
write only those which are relevant to your study
at the end of each topic, write a paragraph which explains
its significance or relevance to your topic
Chapter III - Methodology
• discusses how the study was or will be conducted
• there should have a short introductory statement (could
be one paragraph only) that describes what could be seen
under this part
a. Research Design
b. Sources of Data
c. Data Gathering Procedure
d. Data Analysis
e. Statistical Treatment
f. Research Instrument
a. Research Design
• write the type of research methodology you’ll employ with
your study (reason out)
• write also the step by step procedure that you are going to
do to conduct the research
Descriptive/Qualitative - this type of research methods involve
describing in details specific situation using research tools like
interviews, surveys, and Observations. It focuses on gathering of
mainly verbal data rather than measurements.
Descriptive/Quantitative - this type of research methods requires
quantifiable data involving numerical and statistical explanations.
Quantitative analysis hinges on researchers understanding the
assumptions inherent within different statistical models. It
generates numerical data or information that can be converted into
numbers. The presentation of data is through tables containing
data in the form of numbers and statistics.
Correlation/Regression Analysis – this
research methodology involves determining the strength of the
relationship between two or more variables (e.g. are violent video
games correlated with aggression in children).
Quasi-Experimental - this research involves the comparison of two
groups, one which is influenced by an external source and another
which is not.
Experimental - involves the use of random assignment to place
participants in two groups: an experimental group which receives
intervention, and another control group without any intervention. It is
using a positive control for you to base it or compare it in your
result.
Meta-Analysis - this research method is useful for finding out the
average impact of several different studies on a hypothesis.
b. Sources of Data
• provides information about the respondents / samples
• mention also the description of population (write also the
total number of population)
• and write also how much percentage of the population
was used as the respondents and mention only what
formula did you use in order to get the number of
respondents
• indicate also the sampling technique (manner employed
in the selection of respondents / samples)
Sampling Technique
a. Probability sampling
Simple random sampling - each individual is chosen randomly and
entirely by chance, such that each individual has the
same probability of being chosen at any stage during the sampling
process
Systematic sampling - a statistical method involving the selection of
elements from an ordered sampling frame (criteria or
reference/sequence of selection)
Stratified sampling - the population embraces a number of distinct
categories, the frame can be organized by these categories into
separate "strata." Each stratum is then sampled as an independent
sub-population, out of which individual elements can be randomly
selected.