International students writing dissertation will have a chapter of Methodology, which is the hard part of the whole dissertation, usually in the third chapter, preceded by Introduction and Literature Review, which are not very accessible in the usual course dissertation and usually only accessible in the graduation dissertation.
This is the part that the professor pays more attention to and often asks questions about, so be sure to combine it with your own research questions and don’t just talk about the methodology itself.
What is Methodology?
Why did you use the methodology and how did you use the methodology to conduct your research?
Share the booklet of the dissertation with you, each chapter of the dissertation has a detailed explanation, put it in your pocket quickly!
Research method
Qualitative analysis
Categorising subjects and ideas, more interpretative and subjective.
Quantitative analysis
How you collected the data, analysed it, removed outliers, transformed the variables, what software you used to analyse the data, what statistical methods you used, and more!
Data collection
Outline the methods you used to collect the data, the process, the selection criteria.
Whether the data collected was primary or secondary, if it was primary what methods you used to obtain the data, if it was secondary where you quoted from and why you chose the data, etc.
Data analysis
The method of data analysis for this study
Software used to do the analysis
Why did you use this software?
What kind of data will be produced and how will it prove the hypothesis of the articlelimitations & challenges?
Quantitative research and specific quantitative methodological flaws.
Qualitative research and specific qualitative methodological flaws.
What are the challenges in data collection? How do you intend to overcome them?
