How to write the discussion chapter (and what NOT to write)

How to write the discussion chapter, how to structure it, and what NOT to include in this chapter? Watch to find out...
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Time stamps:
00:00-03:42 Purpose and challenges of the Discussion chapter
03:42-09:05 3 things to include in the chapter
09:05-13:53 Structure of the chapter
13:53-16:47 What NOT to include in the Discussion chapter

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you answered my exact question about new literature in the discussion section thank you so much! although now i need to reconfigure everything...

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Glad it was helpful! And good luck with the reconfiguration, you'll get there soon!

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This is very helpful! I’m currently working on chapters 4 & 5 now. Wrapping up interviews this week.

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Glad it was helpful! and good luck with the rest of your thesis/dissertation!

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It's crystal clear sir, thanks so much

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[@heruherdi_an]

@@qualitativeresearcher sorry for coming back to you. One more question, sir. Are excerpts of interview transcript ideally in Result(finding) or in Discussion?

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Thank you...

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I got confused about how my discussion chapter was going and I got nervous. It made me come here. Clarified lots of confusion. It's the writers discretion on the structure of the chapter. Around a theory... was a valuable advise. Helping the reader/reviewer/examiner to appreciate and accept the statistical findings. The aim is to contribute to literature😃

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Thanks for confirming that there is no set structure. I have been confused for so long!

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Happy to hear this, thank you!

[@forallstuff4726]

Hello, how to separate -critical discussion with -link the findings with literature in 2 paragraphs?

[@tableautaught8213]

Thank you for this. Could you do a video on how to word my discussion? I'm struggling with the right words to express my thoughts.

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I'll see if I have any ideas for such video, but thank you for the suggestion nevertheless!

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Wonderful video! Thank you so much for all the explanations on how to structure the discussion chapters. But as you said, this is not a comprehensive video, if you have time, could you please make a comprehensive video one day in the future? Thank you very much!

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I probably will at some point :)

[@joseroyal877]

This was useful. Thank you. Question: What if you have an intepretation that is not part of the literature review but is consistent with another study or is not found in previous studies?

[@qualitativeresearcher]

if it is not something previously found, discuss it :) If it was, mention the study. If it was not part of the original lit review but you now found that it is consistent with an existing study, you need to go and add this study to the lit review chapter before referring to it in the discussion chapter

[@ik6957]

Thank you so much for this informative video. I have one question as I struggle to write my discussion. In my thesis we found errors due to visual differences of what was measured .. I have given this interpretation to explain my results ,, but now I thought it could also be a limitation to the study , is it possible to repeat the same thing again when talking about the limitations ? Or is it a repetition?

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I think you can, although I lack the exact context so I cannot say for sure

[@mosesifeanyi5955]

Hi, Dr. Kriukow thank you for this wonderful presentation, it is very insightful. will it be acceptable to discuss the questions one by one in the discussion chapter or compress them into one heading and discuss them together?

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Either of these would be accepted - the discussion chapter is so flexible, you can do just about anything if you can justify your approach, so you can definitely either go through each RQ, or each theme and discuss it, or you can have some new general heading(s), almost like having an overarching theme for the findings you presented in the results chapter, and then discuss them in this chapter

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@@qualitativeresearcher Thanks Dr.

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Hi Dr Kriukow, thank you for this useful video! I was wondering what if my study generated similar findings to my background literature, but also generated new findings, do I discuss both of the similar findings and the new findings in depth when I have a limited word count? Thanks a lot!

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Yes I would discuss both, but since your word limit is small, I would emphasize the new findings more

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@@qualitativeresearcher Thank you Dr Kriukow!

[@miscelleneoustubes]

How to relate or compare previous literature in a discussion section when prior research was not done on the title or topic?

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at least some relevant research must have been done, even if it is not directly obvious how relevant it is. If, for example, I am exploring Spanish students' experiences in a UK university and this has not been done before, I can talk about similarities/differences between this and research into Chinese students' experiences, etc. There must be Some literature that you are discussing in the literature review chapter surely

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how would i discuss future directions in the research?

[@qualitativeresearcher]

I'd usually put that in the conclusions chapter, but this depends on the university guidelines. Some also put this in the implications sections, which, in turn, some universities advise to put in the Discussion, so this all depends! :)

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For example, if our research question is about studying the difficulties, can we summarise them in a table in the discussion section?

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Yes, you can summarize the main findings prior to discussing them. Of course you will have presented them properly in the results chapter first

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Thank you! I keep learning and experimenting with different setups, still a long way to go! But I will keep this tip in mind

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