Handy hints for PhD students
This is an interesting piece with a link to an instructional video. Definitely worth a look for anyone planning how to approach the management and organisation of their data and…
This is a worthwhile watch for anyone actively engaged in DA or who is thinking about using it as their analytical approach.
Anyone who is not working with hypotheses, will know the strain of fretting over whether you are asking the ‘right’ or the ‘best’ questions. If you are in the early…
I’m already a huge fan of Professor Pat Thomson’s work. She doesn’t just teach this stuff, she lives it. I find that the detailed descriptions of her experience, and of…
The MOOC has an upgrade option, but otherwise it’s free to doctoral researchers. Emily Purser & The FutureLearn team have collaborated to produce this online course. Here’s an extract that…
All scientists and engineers experience these, especially when it comes to having to write up all the work that’s been done. To quote patter: “Jan Meyer and Roy Land developed the…
The National Centre for Research Methods have some excellent resources. This one may be particularly relevant for some of us, as deciding how many participants we need in order to…
Having read through these materials, I can see that the utility of the advice and high standards contained in the information mean that they are of benefit to researchers irrespective…
There are some thought-provoking initial questions to be found on the Viva Survivors blog. Worth a look when framing what nervousness mean to you.
To supplement our workshop for doctoral students, this video takes things further, as Prof. Creswell provides an update on where the field is at.