thanks Syd11 for passing by .. my study was purely qualitative .. I guess I need to write something !

But did you write something about Validity in your thesis ?

I mean is it essential to write about it in the methodology chapter ?

Gosh .. cause I am really tired by now since i have been writing (for ever !) and want to put an end to the methodology chapter :-(

Hi everyone : ) I am writing my Methodology chapter right now and I am wondering ... do I have to write something about VALIDITY ?


It seems that it is something which the examiners need to know but not something which i need to write about .. after all there are different understandings of what Validity is ..

(robin) :p

Dont get me wrong, I really like his writing but i just wanted to make sure if he is suitable for my examination. I just found out that he is not within my area of research.

Hi

I am considering external examiners for my viva and i am thinking about Roy Bhaskar. Anyone got examined by him? how is he ? anyone know him personally ? I am researching an area in ethics and education and using critical realism + critical theory.

Yeh same here, i am in my writing up, i just wish if i could go to sleep and wake up and see my thesis finihsed :p

hey don't worry don't give up, i had the same feelings when i reached the end of my 3rd year. I am still exhausted and not the same person as i was when i started the PhD but i guess it will finish one day ! Try to change the place your working, i used to work from home, i shifted to the uni and now i am back home, this kind of worked a little for me.

No I Dont and i dont care what will happen if i didnt ! I always think that i get ill when my amune system is down and most likely because i am doing a PhD so it is an excuse to have a break :p

Oh my God, i wonder what happened to Zweena ? it would be really exciting like a movie story or something if she poped back in and told us what happend to her ? :p

Last time i counted and when i submitted my transfer report it was 200 but i guess it depends on how you write and whether you are careful in supporting everything you say with evidences or not, i do so i guess that is why i have too many refs.

Hi All

I have been analysing my data since Feb and haven't finished yet, i am progressing though, but i am just fed up with it and want it to finish so any idea how much it takes if you are using case study critical hermeneutic analysis of 5 case studies in a topic in education ?


hope someone knows the answer !

Hi All

I am thinking about publishing. i have never published before so i need your help. I have some questions ,


1. Can i publish any parts of my PhD? given that my PhD belong to the university? I see some PhD students publishing parts of thier research but i dont know if there are any intellectual property rules that i need to watch out for in pursing this.

2. If i want to publish part of my lit review, do i have to put the name of my supervisors on it too? taken into consideration that they are not familier with the specific area of my research and they had a minimum impact on my reserach

3. I have 2 parts in my lit review and in my reserach in general, do you recommend me publishing the part which will provide the original contribution or publishing the second part which is mainly a review of the lit?

4. If i published my original contribution before entering the viva what will happen? will that make it easy for me to pass the viva or make it harder for me because there is a chance that someone might replay to my published work and this might get picked up by the examiners and this might have a bad impact ?

what do you think

:-)