Thank you, again!

Actually, I ALWAYS make my participants anonymous and use labels like A1, B1 or even just change their name. I'm glad I know because I always just put the ethical information either with the participants section and/or in the procedure section.

Would the "ethical considerations" sections be a part of the methodology?

I have so many questions and I'm so worried about this. I really want to get into this program!

Take care!

Breanna

Thank you! That helps a lot!

The one question I have and I apologize for sounding silly asking it, but what exactly do you mean by "ethical considerations"? Can you give me an example? I think I have an idea but would like to make sure.

As for the lit review and methodology, I've been thinking non-stop about how I can convince them that my topic is vital, how it is different from other related research and which methods I will employ.

Again, thank you so much for your post! I feel so much better!

Take care and have a wonderful day!

Breanna

Hi, everyone!

I've been looking on here and on other sites to find answers to my questions, but not really seeing anything yet that answers my questions.

So here's my story. I found a PhD position last week and I need to have a proposal among other things to them by April 31st. I need to first have the proposal approved by my two intended supervisors before I send everything in the application packet. My field is Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics.

This is my first time applying and I just want to make sure I do everything right since I am not sure what I should and shouldn't do. I'm sure there are differences between unis and etc. but I just want a general idea.

Here are my questions.

1. Does the proposal (for the application process) need to have a "findings" or a "discussion" session or can I do without? Since I just found out about this position, and I work full time (reading ALL the lit review articles in the evenings after work), I only have time this weekend and next weekend to get the proposal out and haven't done anything yet to get results. I can have my methodology ready but not my findings as I was hoping to do that part when I got the position.

2. How long should this [application] proposal be? I read 8-10 pages. That sounds too short to me. Is it?

3. Do I include references? I thought you were supposed to but I read that you shouldn't and that made me suspicious.

4. Under your name at the top by the title, what should I put for institution? My current institution or the one I'm applying for?

Thank you all for your time and please excuse my typos. I'm a bit tired from work and conserving my editing energy for the weekend when I start pumping this paper out.