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1. Why Would You Embark on Ph. D. or Master’s Degree Studies?
2. The Research Proposal.
3. How to Structure Your Research Proposal.
4. The Difference Between a Research Report on the Honours, the Master’s and the Doctoral Level.
5. How to Structure a Title Page for a Master’s Degree Thesis or a Ph. D. Dissertation.
6. The Layout and Structure of a Table of Contents for a Ph. D. Dissertation.
7. How to Decide on the Context for Your Ph. D. or Master’s Degree Research.
8. How to Choose a Research Approach for a Ph. D. or Master’s Degree Study.
9. The Nature and Structure of a Ph. D. Dissertation or Master’s Degree Thesis.
10. The Relationship Between the Ph. D. Student and the Study Leader.
11. The Table of Contents of your Ph. D. Dissertation or Master’s Degree Thesis.
12. How to Prepare an Abstract for a Ph. D. Dissertation.
13. How to Write the First Chapter of Your Ph. D. Dissertation or Master’s Degree Thesis.
14. How to Write the Second Plus Chapters of Your Ph. D. Dissertation or Master’s Degree Thesis.
15. Creating a Draft for a Ph. D. Dissertation or Master’s Degree Thesis.
16. The Research Problem, Question or Hypothesis for a Ph. D. Dissertation or a Master’s Degree Thesis.
17. How to Find a Topic for Ph. D. or Master’s Degree Research.
18. How to Establish Objectives for Ph. D. or Master’s Degree Research.
19. The Scope for a Ph. D. Dissertation or Master’s Degree Thesis.
20. Specifying the Limitations for Your Ph. D. or Master’s Degree Research.
21. Consulting Sources of information for Your Ph. D. or Master’s Degree Research.
22. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies.
23. The Interrelatedness of Ontology, Epistemology and Methodology.
24. Research Methods: Action Research.
25. Research Methods: Case Studies.
26. Research Methods: Conceptual Studies.
27. Research Methods: Ethnography.
28. Research Methods: Experimental Methods.
29. Research Methods: Field Research.
30. Research Methods: Grounded Theory.
31. Research Methods: Historical Research.
32. Research Methods: Literature Study.
33. Research Methods: Sampling Part 1 of 6.
34. Research Methods: Sampling Part 2 of 6.
35. Research Methods: Sampling Part 3 of 6.
36. Research Methods: Sampling Part 4 of 6.
37. Research Methods: Sampling Part 5 of 6.
38. Research Methods: Sampling Part 6 of 6.
39. Research Methods: Statistical Research Methods Part 1 of 2.
40. Research Methods: Statistical Research Methods Part 2 of 2.
41. Research Methods: Transformative Research.
42. Research Methods: Paradigmatic Approaches.
43. Research Paradigms: Behaviorism.
44. Research Paradigms: Constructivism.
45. Research Paradigms: Critical Race Theory.
46. Research Paradigms: Critical Theory.
47. Research Paradigms: Empiricism.
48. Research Paradigms: Ethnomethodology.
49. Research Paradigms: Feminism.
50. Research Paradigms: Functionalism.
51. Research Paradigms: Hermeneutics.
52. Research Paradigms: Humanism.
53. Research Paradigms: Interpretivism.
54. Research Paradigms: Liberalism.
55. Research Paradigms: Modernism.
56. Research Paradigms: Neoliberalism.
57. Research Paradigms: Phenomenology.
58. Research Paradigms: Positivism.
59. Research Paradigms: Post-colonialism.
60. Research Paradigms: Post-modernism.
61. Research Paradigms: Post-positivism.
62. Research Paradigms: Post-structuralism.
63. Research Paradigms: Pragmatism.
64. Research Paradigms: Pre-modernism.
65. Research Paradigms: Radicalism.
66. Research Paradigms: Rationalism.
67. Research Paradigms: Relativism.
68. Research Paradigms: Romanticism.
69. Research Paradigms: Scientism.
70. Research Paradigms: Structuralism.
71. Research Paradigms: Symbolic Interactionism.
72. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Collection.
73. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Contextualising Your Research.
74. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Using Documents to Collect Data.
75. Research methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Quantitative Data Collection Methods.
76. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Qualitative Data Collection Methods.
    1. Artefacts.
    1. Graphics and drawings.
77. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Collection Methods. Interviewing Part 1 of 4.
78. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Collection Methods. Interviewing Part 2 of 4.
79. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Collection Methods. Interviewing Part 3 of 4.
80. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Collection Methods. Interviewing Part 4 of 4.
81. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Collection Methods. Observation Part 1 of 2.
82. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Collection Methods. Observation Part 2 of 2.
83. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Collection Methods. Online Data Sources Part 1 of 2.
84. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Collection Methods. Online Data Sources Part 2 of 2.
85. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Collection Methods. Written Documents.
86. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Preparing for Data Collection.
87. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Analysis Through Coding.
88. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Analysis, Part 1 of 7.
    1. Analytical induction.
    1. Biographical analysis.
89. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Analysis, Part 2 of 7.
    1. Comparative analysis.
    1. Content analysis.
90. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Analysis, Part 3 of 7. Conversation and Discourse Analysis.
91. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Analysis, Part 4 of 7. Elementary Analysis.
92. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Analysis, Part 5 of 7. Ethnographic Analysis.
93. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Analysis, Part 6 of 7.
    1. Inductive thematic analysis.
    1. Narrative analysis.
    1. Retrospective analysis.
94. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Analysis, Part 7 of 7.
    1. Schema analysis.
    1. Situational analysis.
    1. Textual analysis.
    1. Thematic analysis.
95. Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Analysis. Methods for Organizing and Analysing Data Part 1 of 2.

• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Data Analysis. Methods for Organizing and Analysing Data Part 2 of 2.
• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: The Layout of the Thesis or Dissertation Part 1 of 10.
• 10.
  • Deconstruction.
  • Empirical generalization.
• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: The Layout of the Thesis or Dissertation Part 3 of 10. Ethics in research part 1 of 3.
• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: The Layout of the Thesis or Dissertation Part 4 of 10. Ethics in research part 2 of 3.
• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: The Layout of the Thesis or Dissertation Part 5 of 10. Ethics in research part 3 of 3.
• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: The Layout of the Thesis or Dissertation Part 6 of 10. Typing format.
• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: The Layout of the Thesis or Dissertation Part 7 of 10. Quotations.
• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: The Layout of the Thesis or Dissertation Part 8 of 10. Referencing sources.
• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: The Layout of the Thesis or Dissertation Part 9 of 10. Essential information in references. Part 1 of 2.
• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: The Layout of the Thesis or Dissertation Part 10 of 10. Essential information in references. Part 2 of 2.
• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Reviewing the Thesis or Dissertation Part 1 of 3.      
  • The purpose of the review.
  • The relevance of sources.
• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Reviewing the Thesis or Dissertation Part 2 of 3.
  • The relevance of ideas in the literature.
  • Reviewing language usage.
• Research Methods for Ph. D. and Master’s Degree Studies: Reviewing the Thesis or Dissertation Part 3 of 3.
  • The title page.
  • Proofreading.
  • Appendices.
  • A review checklist.
  • Presentation of the report.