My PhD Journey

Narrowing Down Research Topic: To narrow down your topic / focus area, you could ask these kind of questions: Whom for you doing the research? (Specific populations / Stakeholders) What are the factors you have taken for a research? is it relevant, contemporary or not? ( Relevant topic ) Where exactly you want to do the research? (Specific geographical area) This particular time when you do the research, is it relevant or not? (Specific time period) Why the issue occurs?  Example: Topic: Research Topic on Eating disorder Who –  Initially this topic is too broad, to make it narrower, we opt for population that we can focus on. Social demographic factor like: race, gender, age which are connected with eating disorder. So, the topic can be eating disorder in elderly female . You are connected gender, the age and disorder. We are fine tuning this problem into this factor.   What types of eating disorder -  2 types of eating disorder, ...

Research proposal contains 2 mains points: What do you want to achieve? Connected with factors you have selected for this study What are you going to study (Independent variables, Dependent variables, Mediating / Moderating variables? How will you achieve it? Connected with epistemology or approach of study, How you are going to investigate, is it through quantitative or qualitative or is it through mix method? How is connected with your approach? A winnable Research Proposal: What it takes?? Communicate idea that is different from the past (novelty & originality) New and contextualise to the local context An extension of previous studies. Filling up significant component that other cannot complete or left out for next researcher e.g. Methodological gap, Literature gap, Theory gap, Size gap, Population gap, Significant implication brings into the picture: Practical, Theoretical, Methodological, Policy, Managerial, Stro...

Introduction & Background Information: In Chapter 1 of research proposal, contains the following information: Introduction  Background Information Problem / Purpose statement Research questions Research Objectives Significance of Study Scope of Study Organisation of thesis Summary  T he Introduction addresses what the study will entails (trailer of a movie)   The background discusses existing data on your topic (reasons of conducting a study)   The problem statement is what you identify as an issue with supporting data (magnitude of     the problem from global level to till your specific study area) The rationale tells the reader from your perspective why the study is needed.        Background and Justification: Deficiencies in the evidence: A discussion that details the area of need in relation to the problem Deficiency or lack of evidence in the literatures Audience Discuss who is a...