tailieunhanh - Writing your doctoral dissertation - part 24

Tham khảo tài liệu 'writing your doctoral dissertation - part 24', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Conducting your study more control over the situation. When descriptive-survey research is done this is not the case. It is not unusual to find oneself changing deadlines when the data collection is not proceeding as anticipated. Recording the data as they are collected helps tremendously during this time. Smith 1982 pp. 40-1 You want to secure all the raw data which you collect at least until your dissertation has been approved. These data are irreplaceable. With your data in hand you are prepared for the next step analyzing and interpreting your data the focus of the next chapter. 115 12 Analyzing and Interpreting Your Data I discovered the idea of making a calendar and placing the events on it myself it was my very own idea. My chair hadn t given it to me at all. This was so exhilarating. I began to believe that I could write something worthwhile in an interesting manner something longer than a report or an essay. Once you have collected all of your data your next step is to make sense of the separate pieces of accumulated information. All of the data which you have collected are frequently called raw data because they are untouched by you. These raw data may be standardized test response sheets tape recordings of interviews or unpublished letters. You will need to make inferences from these discrete pieces of information as you analyze your data. Before you go any further I must emphasize the need to clarify your roles with your chair since there are significant variations in how the next steps evolve. In many situations you will work closely with your chair collaborating on your progress in analyzing your data. Some chairs want to participate in every step of the process. Others expect that you will work totally independently. In the former situation you take on the role of an advanced apprentice gaining confidence in your skills as a researcher while your chair guides your development. If your chair prefers to let you do it alone as part of your induction .