What is a Dissertation?

A dissertation is a scholarly product that represents the culmination of your doctoral journey. Dissertations in the social sciences typically consist of 5 interconnected chapters: Introduction, Literature Review, Methods, Results/Findings, and Discussion/Conclusions. Each chapter serves a specific purpose, from presenting the problem to analyzing existing literature, justifying methodological decisions, sharing research findings, and offering recommendations for future research and practice.
Highlights
- 📝 A dissertation is a scholarly product representing the culmination of a doctoral journey.
- 🌱 It consists of five interconnected chapters: introduction, literature review, methodology, results/findings, and conclusions.
- 💡 The introduction chapter presents the problem to be investigated, including the problem statement, purpose statement, research questions, and theoretical framework.
- 🔍 The literature review critically analyzes existing literature, highlighting patterns, gaps, and controversies related to the research problem.
- 📚 The methodology chapter justifies methodological decisions and outlines how participants will be recruited, data collected, and analyzed, as well as addressing ethical considerations.
- 📊 The results/findings chapter reports what was found in response to the research questions.
- 🎓 The conclusions chapter reflects on the findings, compares them with existing scholarship, and offers recommendations and implications for future research and practice.
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