Signup date: 04 Jun 2007 at 2:33am
Last login: 15 Jan 2020 at 1:11pm
Post count: 3964
Can I ask what your background is, Phd99? Do you have an undergrad or postgrad degree related to the area you're going to research?
Thanks, Bilbo and Jepson. I've taken a look at quite a few other thesis and the appendices in those are really quite short - just ethical approval letters, info sheets and the like. I'm thinking that I might just do that and then have all the raw data and analyses, for the different stages of my research on a CD.
I'm taking a break from writing up to put my PHD appendices together and I'm a bit uncertain. With all of the information sheets, protocols and the data analysis sections, my appendix is going to bigger than the actual PhD. Surely that's wrong? I could be acting dumb, but I'd have thought all this stuff has to go in?
Sneaks, this section of a book explains it all nicely: http://books.google.com/books?id=AUDoy-lSe_EC&pg=PA412&dq=effect+size+for+correlations&hl=en&ei=9En2TOfELIW6hAeRx4DNBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=effect%20size%20for%20correlations&f=false
Sadly, can't get my hands on this book.:-)
My intention to submit form has been submitted. I have one more chapter to write. This could all be over by February, fingers crossed. Just thinking about it makes my bladder feel full, like I constantly need a wee. Barring renal failure and diabetes, I'm really just hoping it's nerves. I've got so much left to do, in the way of the chapter, some corrections and building a bibliography. But, I can see light at the end of the tunnel and it has the power of a million candles.
Sorry, I've stupidly missed the first bit of your post (I'm tired) - disregard what I said earlier. I think you'd be able to do a PhD with only an MSc, but funding could be difficult because a lot of people you are competing may have both an undergrad and MSc. Sorry I can't be more help.
Hi RC23, I could be wrong, but as a bare minimum I'm pretty sure you need an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (generally 2.1+ for funding) to do a PhD. Have you thought about doing an undergrad first at the OU, perhaps? I've never heard of anyone going straight onto a doctorate without at least a BSc or BA.
Hi Peljam, it was just the regional news. Pity I'm writing up and lacking sleep because I looked like some unkempt troglodyte badly in need of a haircut.
I'm in exactly the same position as Peljam. And I'm looking a further few months before I've successfully completed my PhD, so you're not alone :-)
So, I'm coming out of the job centre today (still no job, but I haven't finished writing up anyway) and I got stopped by a news reporter. I initially thought she was trying to sign me up for Littlewoods. Anyway, she wasn't. She asked me my opinion of the Condem coalition and what I thought about the future of it. Well, I gave her my opinion all right. And I shoved the boot in with regards to what they're doing with higher education. I was pretty shocked to see myself on TV though. :$
Sorry if this is a stupid question, EV, but is Window's 7 installed on it now, or is it vista (which is unstable) and you want to upgrade to 7? If it's the latter, make a recovery disk, do the repair installation of Vista and then upgrade to 7.
If you do a repair installation, you shouldn't lose any programs. Have you still got a restore CD that may have come with the laptop? It'll make the process easier and have all the drivers for your laptop.
DNS is really very good; the latest version has improved accuracy and it gets better the more you use it (It's about 97% accurate). What I will say, if you're going to get it, make sure you have a fairly good quality mic and make sure your PC is a reasonably well powered one (dual or quad core) for optimum performance.
Okay, done today:
Future research, contributions to knowledge, implications for clinical practice and conclusion. Later today, after some sleep, I will type them into my discussion chapter and look at refining the thing.
I really should stop procrastinating, but I had to check out the reviews of GT5. I haven't played any games for a long, long time. But I like cars and this was the game I was going to buy when I finish my PhD and get my PS3 back off my friend, whom I gave it to for, ahem, safe keeping. Anyway, it has received a lot of criticism for offering nothing particularly new and not pushing the boundaries enough, though it's still supposed to be okay. Gah, I was really hoping that it would be something special. I don't know whether, even if I can magic some dosh from somewhere, I'm going to buy it now.(up)
PostgraduateForum Is a trading name of FindAUniversity Ltd
FindAUniversity Ltd, 77 Sidney St, Sheffield, S1 4RG, UK. Tel +44 (0) 114 268 4940 Fax: +44 (0) 114 268 5766
An active and supportive community.
Support and advice from your peers.
Your postgraduate questions answered.
Use your experience to help others.
Enter your email address below to get started with your forum account
Enter your username below to login to your account
An email has been sent to your email account along with instructions on how to reset your password. If you do not recieve your email, or have any futher problems accessing your account, then please contact our customer support.
or continue as guest
To ensure all features on our website work properly, your computer, tablet or mobile needs to accept cookies. Our cookies don’t store your personal information, but provide us with anonymous information about use of the website and help us recognise you so we can offer you services more relevant to you. For more information please read our privacy policy
Agree Agree