Demystifying Postgraduate Research

From Ma to PhD

By: Jonathan Grix

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Paperback | 31 October 2001 | Edition Number 1

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The first complete introduction to the new model of social science and humanities postgraduate research. Based on the leading current course of postgraduate research training, a programme that will become the norm for postgraduate research over the next two or three years. Designed as a set text for '3 plus 1' and similar programmes * The key tools and terminology of research * What to do before beginning the project * Funding * All about the student-supervisor relationship * The viva examination * The process of writing a thesis * Ethics and plagiarism in research, especially the use of the internet * How to get published

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List of figures	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The structure of the book	p. 2
The nature of doctoral research	p. 7
Introduction	p. 7
The nature of the doctoral process	p. 8
Applying to funding bodies	p. 10
Between contributing to knowledge and gaining qualifications	p. 11
The right place to study	p. 13
Matters of time	p. 14
Your choice of subject	p. 15
Before you start	p. 16
Referencing and other tips	p. 17
Professional associations	p. 19
Summary	p. 20
Further reading	p. 21
Addendum: books on research and doctoral studies	p. 21
The 'nuts and bolts' of research	p. 25
Introduction	p. 25
The tools and terminology of research	p. 26
Ontology	p. 26
Epistemology	p. 27
Differing ontological and epistemological views	p. 28
Key concepts in research	p. 29
Methods	p. 29
Quantitative research	p. 31
Qualitative research	p. 33
The quantitative-qualitative dichotomy: a false antithesis	p. 34
Methodology	p. 36
Theory	p. 37
Model, ideal type and typology	p. 40
Paradigm	p. 43
Concepts	p. 44
The abuse of concepts	p. 45
Disciplines, discourses and interdisciplinarity	p. 46
'Interdisciplinarity' or 'post-disciplinarity'	p. 47
Summary	p. 49
Further reading	p. 50
Getting started	p. 51
Introduction	p. 51
Getting started	p. 52
The literature review, research questions and hypotheses	p. 54
The initial 'dip' (stage 1)	p. 56
'Second' literature review, research questions and hypotheses (stage 2)	p. 57
Full-scale critical literature review (stage 3)	p. 60
Levels and units of analysis in research	p. 62
Deciding on levels and units of analysis	p. 65
Types of study	p. 66
Comparative studies	p. 69
Summary	p. 71
Further reading	p. 72
Methods, fieldwork and stages of research	p. 73
Introduction	p. 73
Methods: different types of enquiry	p. 74
Interview technique	p. 74
Structured interviews
Semi-structured and unstructured interviews
Group interviews of focus groups
Questionnaire or survey technique	p. 77
The observation technique	p. 78
Documentary analysis	p. 80
The archival technique
Documents
Discourse analysis
Print media
Triangulation: mixing methods and data	p. 83
Method and data triangulation	p. 84
Fieldwork	p. 85
Categorising data	p. 87
Stages of the research process	p. 87
The story so far	p. 88
The stages of doctoral research	p. 90
Stage I
Stage II
Stage III
Summary	p. 94
Further reading	p. 94
Supervision, the viva and other matters of importance	p. 97
Introduction	p. 97
Supervisors and supervisions	p. 98
Stages of the supervision process	p. 99
Initial period
Main period
Fieldwork period
The final period
Supervision training and joint supervisions	p. 102
The viva	p. 103
The actors involved in, and the substance of, the viva	p. 106
Who will be examining you in the viva?
How does the viva procedure work?
What are the examiners examining in the viva?
What are the different outcomes of the viva?
The process of writing a thesis	p. 110
Drafting and redrafting	p. 111
Papers	p. 112
Writing strategies	p. 113
Structure	p. 114
Publication: working papers, journals and books	p. 115
Working papers and journals	p. 115
Books	p. 116
Ethics and plagiarism in research	p. 118
Ethics	p. 118
Plagiarism	p. 120
Training and dissemination	p. 122
Postgraduate research training	p. 122
Seminars, conferences and workshops	p. 123
Seminars
Conferences and workshops
The utility of a PhD	p. 126
Timekeeping skills	p. 126
Communication skills	p. 127
Teamwork and networking skills	p. 127
IT skills	p. 128
Teaching	p. 128
Summary	p. 128
Further reading	p. 129
Glossary of research terms	p. 131
Examples of reference systems	p. 143
Bibliography	p. 145
Index	p. 151
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