tailieunhanh - Writing your doctoral dissertation - part 27

Tham khảo tài liệu 'writing your doctoral dissertation - part 27', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Presenting your findings that your study can provide. By diluting your presentation with numerous relatively trivial details your major findings will be lost. While there may be a time when these relatively minor issues can be productively addressed at this time it is important to address the major findings. Determining the major issues may be viewed as a judgment call. Certainly as the person most familiar with your data and with your findings you are considered to be in an ideal position to help us your readers to recognize and accept this focus. Thus it becomes incumbent on you to help us see the light. Connect your findings with the major theories and research guiding your study. A Cautious Interpretation Some researchers make major pronouncements from their research implying that they have solved all the questions in the world with their research. Others are timid about making any statements beyond the data which they collected. While these extremes are not unusual in first drafts of dissertations doctoral students learn to make appropriately cautious interpretations. A wise researcher takes care not to over-generalize from limited data. Being cautious while making a case for what you did find you will find an appropriate balance. Seeking critical readers reactions to your analysis you will have access to others views on the match between your data and your proposed findings Concluding Sections Typically doctoral studies conclude with at least one additional section in addition to an abstract of the study. These sections may be called Summary Conclusions Implications and or Recommendations. The need for details required in each section varies across institutions so become familiar with the customs at your university and your chair s preferences. Summary This usually includes a total recapitulation of all the elements of the study including a statement of the problem the research design the findings and the conclusions. Conclusion This section makes assertions