Thanks - I like Lara's response best! I am obviously also writing up as I am going as well rather than leaving everything till after data analysis stages so hopefully there will be plenty of time...part time is a long enough slog!

Hi
I am doing my PhD part time and hope to submit in just over a year - i should have most of my data (mostly interviews) collected and analysised by Christmas / early new year - do you think that this gives me enough time to write up for a August deadline?I already have papers published that will form the basis of the chapters so it is really just rewriting these into PhD chapters along with the new data that I am currently analysising (and intro / lit review chapter that is 'in progress'!)
Just looking for reassurance that it can be done!
Thanks!

Hello!
I am doing a qualitative / quantitative PhD and just wondering what people's opinions are about how many interviews is enough in terms of rigour / validity (dreaded viva!) etc?
I have 2 studies completed - 18 interviews in the first populations, and 45 in the second - this was longitudinal and involved 15 participants followed over 2 years (all interviews were between 35 minutes and an hour)....I hope to use the data from these to develop a questionnaire, itself quite a significant study...I think I have enough data...just curious about what people think?

Hello!
I am doing a qualitative / quantitative PhD and just wondering what people's opinions are about how many interviews is enough in terms of rigour / validity (dreaded viva!) etc?
I have 2 studies completed - 18 interviews in the first populations, and 45 in the second - this was longitudinal and involved 15 participants followed over 2 years (all interviews were between 35 minutes and an hour)....I hope to use the data from these to develop a questionnaire...I think I have enough data...just curious about what people think?