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Overview of tt_dan

Signup date: 01 Jan 2012 at 4:07am

Last login: 10 Nov 2013 at 5:58pm

Post count: 359

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PhD Output

tt_dan 359 posts
12 years ago

Quote From Mog:

Hi Dan,

At my transfer I was advised that it is common to have more data than actually appears in the thesis, though I guess this might vary depending on your specialism, & part of the discipline is working out what to leave out. I'm assuming then that individual findings chapters can be dedicated to different outputs, but don't quote me on that bit! Otherwise, I agree there is the potential for publication post-doc.

Hope you're enjoying PhD life so far!

Mog :-)

Thanks. To you too :)

PhD Output

tt_dan 359 posts
12 years ago

Quote From lindalou83:

Hi Dan,

It is my understanding that it is possible to have multiple outputs from your PhD, it all depends on how much work you do! If you look through the archives on this site you'll see people who have had "too much" material to go into their thesis. These people (and I might end up one of them) are encouraged to publish this work. My subject area is huge and as a result I have collected a huge amount of data. It might well be possible to convert this surplus output into some other qualification or save it up for postdoc work.

I wouldn't get too hung up on the outputs at the beginning though. It's also well worth you discussing this with a potential supervisor. Don't be fooled however, a PhD is a substantial piece of work and I'm not sure how common it is to have surplus output. I will have to look to my forum colleagues here!

Thanks. This just motivates me more. Hope it goes well for me and you too:)

Defining sample population - A bit lost.

tt_dan 359 posts
12 years ago

Ok, I'm trying to define the sample population for my PhD but I'm a bit lost.

Assuming that I'm doing research on students behavior on Faculty of X (e.g. Economics). Would it be enough to just get the sample from Faculty X in Uni A or do I need to get other students from different Unis as well to avoid bias? Also, would it be necessary as well to get students from other Faculties that's related to X (e.g Engineering that uses Economics or Applied Mathematics that uses Economics - to get more meaningful data

Many thanks
Dan

PhD Output

tt_dan 359 posts
12 years ago

Hi,

I'm a new PhD student. Hope you could help me out a bit.

I'm reading some literature now and I was thinking about the PhD output. Normally, would a PhD have a single output or is it possible for a PhD to have an output with a collections of smaller outputs or even multiple (main) outputs even?

Sorry for the noob question. Still new to this :$
Dan