[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":431},["ShallowReactive",2],{"answers-\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fdefend-your-methodology-in-a-viva":3,"answers-cluster-phd-life":109,"answers-related-\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fdefend-your-methodology-in-a-viva":150},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"body":7,"cluster":72,"description":73,"extension":74,"faq":75,"heading":78,"intro":66,"kind":79,"meta":80,"navigation":81,"order":70,"outbound":82,"path":89,"primaryQuery":90,"product":91,"related":92,"seo":95,"sources":96,"stem":107,"updated":100,"__hash__":108},"answers\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fdefend-your-methodology-in-a-viva.md","How to Defend Your Methodology in a Viva","Explain the decision rather than the procedure. For each significant choice, state the alternative you rejected and why it was worse for your question. Examiners are testing whether the design was reasoned, not whether it was perfect, and a described method with no visible reasoning reads as a default.",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":65},"minimark",[10,14,17,20,23,26,29,32,35,38,43,46,49,52,56,59,62],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Methodology questions dominate many vivas because that is where a thesis is most checkable. An examiner cannot easily verify your interpretation of a literature, and they can absolutely ask why you used this sample, this instrument, and this analysis, and whether the conclusions survive those choices.",[11,15,16],{},"The framing that works is decisions rather than steps. \"I used semi-structured interviews\" invites the question why. \"I chose semi-structured over structured because the concepts were still forming and I needed participants to introduce categories I had not anticipated\" answers it before it is asked, and demonstrates that the choice was made rather than inherited.",[11,18,19],{},"Prepare the three or four decisions an examiner is most likely to probe. Usually these are sample size or selection, the measure or instrument, the analytical approach, and anything unusual. For each, know the alternative, the reason, and what the choice cost you.",[11,21,22],{},"If your work is quantitative, expect the probe to land on uncertainty rather than on the test name. Kass and colleagues note that repeated measurements vary, so every quantity computed from them carries uncertainty, and they recommend reporting it through standard errors or confidence intervals while warning that standard errors can substantially underestimate uncertainty when dependencies among observations or variables are ignored (Kass et al., 2016, pp. 4-5). They also advise addressing statistical questions at the design stage, because careful data collection makes the later analysis simpler and more rigorous, and they favour starting with a simple analytical approach and adding only the complexity the data or the objective demands (Kass et al., 2016, pp. 3-4). So a good answer names the dependence structure in your data, states how you estimated uncertainty, and says what would change if that assumption failed.",[11,24,25],{},"If your work is qualitative, convert the word rigour into procedures an examiner can check. Korstjens and Moser set out credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability as the quality criteria, with reflexivity added for transparency, and they attach a strategy to each one. Thick description supports transferability, an audit trail supports dependability and confirmability, and a reflexive diary records your assumptions, values, and influence on the study (Korstjens and Moser, 2018, p. 121). That gives you four sentences to prepare: how your interpretations represent participants' views, what contextual detail would let someone judge transfer to another setting, where the record of your analytic decisions lives, and how you can show the findings came from the data.",[11,27,28],{},"When the question is how you know your interpretation holds, describe the process rather than asserting validity. In the study Korstjens and Moser report, two researchers analysed the first six interviews independently, compared interpretations, discussed the disagreements, and then met after every third dataset alongside regular team sessions (Korstjens and Moser, 2018, p. 122). Note that they present triangulation as a strategy to enhance credibility, not as proof of it, so claiming that triangulation validates your findings invites a follow-up you will lose. If you used interviews or focus groups, the reporting checklists are also useful preparation, since SRQR has 21 items and COREQ has 32 covering the research team, reflexivity, design, analysis, and reporting (Korstjens and Moser, 2018, p. 124).",[11,30,31],{},"Practical constraints are legitimate reasons and should be stated as such. \"The funded period allowed twelve months of fieldwork, so I prioritized depth in two sites over breadth across six\" is a real answer. Inventing a methodological rationale for a practical limit is where candidates get into difficulty, because the follow-up questions do not fit the invented story.",[11,33,34],{},"Bring your own list of the design's limitations. Producing it before an examiner does changes the dynamic of the conversation entirely.",[11,36,37],{},"Preparation for this starts well before the viva. Marino, Stefan, and Blackford recommend setting an action plan about a year before submission, reviewing progress every few weeks, and building in contingencies for technical problems, and they warn that a research project keeps generating further questions, so you have to decide what the thesis actually needs rather than chasing every possible improvement (Marino et al., 2014, p. 1). That decision is itself defensible in the viva, and it is worth noting the audience difference: Marino and colleagues write for PhD completion, while Korstjens and Moser address Master's students and junior researchers as well, so the standard of methodological detail expected of you depends on the degree.",[39,40,42],"h2",{"id":41},"what-do-i-say-about-a-choice-i-would-now-make-differently","What do I say about a choice I would now make differently?",[11,44,45],{},"Say exactly that, and say what you would do instead and why. Recognizing a limitation in your own design is evidence of the judgment a doctorate certifies. Defending a choice you privately know was weak is the failure mode, because examiners can usually tell.",[11,47,48],{},"Frame it as learning rather than as an apology. \"With what I know now I would have piloted the instrument on a second site first, and the reason is that the two contexts turned out to differ in ways I did not anticipate\" is a confident sentence.",[11,50,51],{},"Then say what it does and does not affect. A limitation that narrows the scope of a claim is different from one that undermines it, and being clear about which is what keeps the conversation constructive.",[39,53,55],{"id":54},"how-do-i-handle-a-question-i-cannot-answer","How do I handle a question I cannot answer?",[11,57,58],{},"Say you do not know, then say how you would find out. \"I have not tested that, and the way to check it would be to compare the subgroups directly\" is a strong answer. Improvising something plausible is the risk, because the follow-up question will expose it.",[11,60,61],{},"It is also entirely acceptable to pause, or to ask for a question to be repeated or rephrased. Examiners expect a conversation rather than a quiz, and thinking visibly is better than answering quickly and wrongly.",[11,63,64],{},"Nobody passes a viva by answering everything. Examiners are assessing whether you can think about your work as a researcher, and \"I do not know, here is how I would approach it\" is exactly that.",{"title":66,"searchDepth":67,"depth":67,"links":68},"",4,[69,71],{"id":41,"depth":70,"text":42},2,{"id":54,"depth":70,"text":55},"phd-life","How to defend methodological choices under examination, what to say about a decision you would now make differently, and how to handle a question you cannot answer.","md",[76,77],{"q":42,"a":45},{"q":55,"a":58},"How do I defend my methodology in a viva?","answer",{},true,[83,86],{"label":84,"to":85},"Version history and provenance","\u002Fdocs\u002Fworking-with-the-agent\u002Fversion-history-and-provenance",{"label":87,"to":88},"Comparative analysis as a workflow","\u002Fdocs\u002Fresearch-workflows\u002Fcomparative-analysis","\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fdefend-your-methodology-in-a-viva","how to defend your methodology in a viva",null,[93,94],"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fwrite-a-methodology-chapter","\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Frigour-in-qualitative-research",{"title":5,"description":73},[97,101,104],{"label":98,"url":99,"checked":100},"Marino et al., Ten simple rules for finishing your PhD, PLoS Computational Biology (2014)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1371\u002Fjournal.pcbi.1003954","2026-08-06",{"label":102,"url":103,"checked":100},"Korstjens and Moser, Series: Practical guidance to qualitative research. Part 4: Trustworthiness and publishing, European Journal of General Practice (2018)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1080\u002F13814788.2017.1375092",{"label":105,"url":106,"checked":100},"Kass et al., Ten Simple Rules for Effective Statistical Practice, PLoS Computational Biology (2016)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1371\u002Fjournal.pcbi.1004961","answers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fdefend-your-methodology-in-a-viva","jP-kDzdPtLn9rlzChwfiiiQaa_pS7lFHFWDWAqnA7BA",[110,115,116,121,125,130,135,140,145],{"path":111,"heading":112,"description":113,"order":114},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fprepare-for-a-phd-viva","How do I prepare for a PhD viva?","What to do in the weeks before a PhD viva, the questions that come up in almost every one, how long a viva lasts, and what to take into the room.",1,{"path":89,"heading":78,"description":73,"order":70},{"path":117,"heading":118,"description":119,"order":120},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fwhat-happens-if-a-viva-goes-badly","What happens if you fail a PhD viva?","What the possible outcomes of a PhD viva actually mean, how common major corrections are, and what happens in the rare case of an outright fail.",3,{"path":122,"heading":123,"description":124,"order":67},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fimposter-syndrome-in-a-phd","How do I deal with imposter syndrome during a PhD?","Why imposter feelings are so common in doctoral study, whether feeling like a fraud is normal, and which responses actually reduce it rather than feeding it.",{"path":126,"heading":127,"description":128,"order":129},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fstop-procrastinating-on-your-phd","How do I stop procrastinating on my PhD?","Why research procrastination is different from ordinary procrastination, what usually causes it, and the smallest useful way to restart when nothing is moving.",5,{"path":131,"heading":132,"description":133,"order":134},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fwhen-your-supervisor-is-not-supportive","What do I do when my PhD supervisor is not supportive?","What to do when supervision is not working, how to run a supervision meeting that produces something, and when changing supervisor is the right decision.",6,{"path":136,"heading":137,"description":138,"order":139},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fplan-a-realistic-phd-timeline","How do I plan a realistic PhD timeline?","How to build a doctoral timeline you can actually keep, which stages reliably take longer than planned, and how to recover a schedule that has already slipped.",7,{"path":141,"heading":142,"description":143,"order":144},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fwrite-an-academic-cv","How do I write an academic CV for a postdoc application?","What belongs in an academic CV for a postdoc application, what order the sections go in, and how to handle a thin publication list without apologizing for it.",8,{"path":146,"heading":147,"description":148,"order":149},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fpostdoc-or-industry","Should I do a postdoc or go to industry after my PhD?","How to decide between a postdoc and an industry role after a doctorate, what the decision actually hinges on, and whether you can return to academia later.",9,[151,154,157,160,163,166,169,171,174,177,180,183,186,189,192,195,198,201,204,207,210,213,216,219,222,225,228,231,234,237,240,243,246,249,252,255,258,261,264,267,270,273,276,279,282,285,288,291,292,293,294,295,296,297,298,299,300,303,306,309,312,315,318,321,324,327,330,333,336,339,342,345,348,351,354,357,360,363,366,369,372,375,378,381,384,387,390,393,396,399,402,405,408,411,414,417,420,423,425,428],{"path":152,"heading":153},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fdraft-without-stopping-for-citations","How do I draft when I keep stopping to look up citations?",{"path":155,"heading":156},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fhow-long-should-a-literature-review-chapter-be","How long should a literature review chapter be?",{"path":158,"heading":159},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fparaphrase-without-plagiarizing","How do I paraphrase a source without plagiarizing?",{"path":161,"heading":162},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fstructure-a-phd-thesis","How do I structure a PhD thesis chapter by chapter?",{"path":164,"heading":165},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fthesis-by-publication-or-monograph","Should I do a thesis by publication or a monograph?",{"path":167,"heading":168},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fwrite-a-discussion-section","How do I write a discussion section without repeating the results?",{"path":93,"heading":170},"How do I write a methodology chapter?",{"path":172,"heading":173},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fwrite-a-thesis-introduction","How do I write a thesis introduction?",{"path":175,"heading":176},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fwrite-an-abstract","How do I write an abstract for a research paper?",{"path":178,"heading":179},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fwrite-consistently-during-a-phd","How do I write consistently during a PhD?",{"path":181,"heading":182},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fai-for-systematic-review-screening","Can I use AI for screening in a systematic review?",{"path":184,"heading":185},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fare-ai-detectors-reliable","Are AI detectors reliable?",{"path":187,"heading":188},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fcan-an-ai-be-an-author","Can an AI tool be listed as an author on a paper?",{"path":190,"heading":191},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fcan-i-use-ai-for-a-literature-review","Can I use AI for a literature review?",{"path":193,"heading":194},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fcan-you-trust-an-ai-summary","Can I trust AI summaries of research papers?",{"path":196,"heading":197},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fdisclose-ai-use-in-a-paper","Do I need to disclose AI use in a research paper?",{"path":199,"heading":200},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fhow-to-cite-chatgpt","How do I cite ChatGPT in APA 7?",{"path":202,"heading":203},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fis-using-chatgpt-plagiarism","Is using ChatGPT for academic writing plagiarism?",{"path":205,"heading":206},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fusing-ai-in-a-phd-thesis","Can I use AI in a PhD thesis?",{"path":208,"heading":209},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fusing-ai-to-write-a-peer-review","Can I use AI to help write a peer review?",{"path":211,"heading":212},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fverify-ai-generated-citations","How do I check whether AI-generated citations are real?",{"path":214,"heading":215},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fwhy-ai-answers-better-on-your-own-pdfs","Why does an AI answer better when it reads my own PDFs?",{"path":217,"heading":218},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fwhy-chatgpt-invents-references","Why does ChatGPT make up references?",{"path":220,"heading":221},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fcheck-every-claim-against-its-citation","How do I check that every claim in my thesis is supported by its citation?",{"path":223,"heading":224},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fcite-the-paper-you-read-or-the-original","Should I cite the paper I read or the original study it references?",{"path":226,"heading":227},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fcited-source-does-not-say-that","What do I do when a paper's cited source does not support its claim?",{"path":229,"heading":230},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fciting-a-paper-you-cannot-access","Can I cite a paper I cannot get hold of?",{"path":232,"heading":233},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fciting-a-review-instead-of-the-original","Is citing a review instead of the original research bad practice?",{"path":235,"heading":236},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fdo-i-need-to-cite-everything","Do I need to cite absolutely everything in a thesis?",{"path":238,"heading":239},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fhow-much-self-citation","How much self-citation is acceptable?",{"path":241,"heading":242},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fjournal-page-number-or-pdf-page-number","Do I use the journal page number or the PDF page number in a citation?",{"path":244,"heading":245},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fquoting-a-source-in-another-language","How do I quote a source in another language in an English thesis?",{"path":247,"heading":248},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fwhere-does-the-citation-go","Where should a citation go when only one clause in a sentence needs support?",{"path":250,"heading":251},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fyou-described-a-result-too-broadly","How do I fix a sentence that describes a study's result too broadly?",{"path":253,"heading":254},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fzotero-or-mendeley","Should I use Zotero or Mendeley for a PhD?",{"path":256,"heading":257},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fbuild-a-synthesis-matrix","How do I build a synthesis matrix when my themes keep changing as I read?",{"path":259,"heading":260},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fkeep-a-literature-review-current","How do I keep a literature review current over a multi-year PhD?",{"path":262,"heading":263},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fliterature-review-synthesis-or-summary","How do I know if my literature review is synthesis or just a summary?",{"path":265,"heading":266},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fliterature-review-too-descriptive","What does it mean when a supervisor says a literature review is too descriptive?",{"path":268,"heading":269},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fnarrative-scoping-or-systematic-review","What is the difference between a narrative literature review and a systematic review?",{"path":271,"heading":272},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Forganize-literature-review-by-argument","How do I organize a literature review by argument instead of by paper?",{"path":274,"heading":275},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Freview-that-leads-to-your-question","How do I write a literature review that leads logically to my research question?",{"path":277,"heading":278},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fscreening-abstracts-for-a-review","How do I screen hundreds of abstracts for a systematic review?",{"path":280,"heading":281},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fstudies-with-opposite-conclusions","What do I write when two studies on the same question reach opposite conclusions?",{"path":283,"heading":284},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fsynthesis-matrix-into-paragraphs","How do I turn a synthesis matrix into literature review paragraphs?",{"path":286,"heading":287},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fsystematic-review-search-strategy","How do I build a search strategy for a systematic review?",{"path":289,"heading":290},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fwhen-to-stop-searching-for-papers","How do I know when to stop searching for papers for a literature review?",{"path":89,"heading":78},{"path":122,"heading":123},{"path":136,"heading":137},{"path":146,"heading":147},{"path":111,"heading":112},{"path":126,"heading":127},{"path":117,"heading":118},{"path":131,"heading":132},{"path":141,"heading":142},{"path":301,"heading":302},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fchoose-a-journal","How do I choose a journal for my paper?",{"path":304,"heading":305},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fdo-you-pay-to-publish-open-access","Do I have to pay to publish open access?",{"path":307,"heading":308},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fhow-author-order-is-decided","How is author order decided on a paper?",{"path":310,"heading":311},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fhow-peer-review-works","How does journal peer review actually work?",{"path":313,"heading":314},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fhow-to-cite-a-preprint","How do I cite a preprint?",{"path":316,"heading":317},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fjournal-submission-cover-letter","How do I write a cover letter for a journal submission?",{"path":319,"heading":320},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Frespond-to-reviewer-comments","How do I respond to peer reviewer comments?",{"path":322,"heading":323},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fshould-you-post-a-preprint","Should I post my paper as a preprint?",{"path":325,"heading":326},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fspot-a-predatory-journal","How do I tell if a journal is predatory?",{"path":328,"heading":329},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fwhy-papers-get-desk-rejected","Why was my paper desk rejected?",{"path":331,"heading":332},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Ffind-the-paper-you-half-remember","How do I find a paper when I only remember the argument it made?",{"path":334,"heading":335},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fhighlighting-pdfs-stops-working","Why can I never find my PDF highlights again?",{"path":337,"heading":338},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fhow-many-papers-can-you-read-a-day","How many papers can a PhD student realistically read in a day?",{"path":340,"heading":341},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fkeep-up-with-new-papers","How do I keep up with new papers without reading everything?",{"path":343,"heading":344},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fnon-english-studies-in-a-review","How do I include non-English studies in a literature review?",{"path":346,"heading":347},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fnote-system-takes-too-long","What do I do when my note-taking system takes longer than reading the papers?",{"path":349,"heading":350},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Forganize-100-papers","How do I organize and extract information from more than 100 papers?",{"path":352,"heading":353},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Freading-papers-in-a-second-language","How do I read research papers efficiently when English is my second language?",{"path":355,"heading":356},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fremember-what-a-paper-said","How do I remember what was in papers I read months ago?",{"path":358,"heading":359},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Frestart-a-project-after-months-away","How do I get back into a research project after months away?",{"path":361,"heading":362},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Ftrack-connections-between-papers","How do I keep track of connections between papers?",{"path":364,"heading":365},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Ftriage-pdfs-before-reading","How do I triage 200 PDFs before deciding which ones to read in full?",{"path":367,"heading":368},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Fanonymize-qualitative-data","How do I anonymize qualitative interview data?",{"path":370,"heading":371},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Ffair-data-principles-in-practice","What are the FAIR data principles?",{"path":373,"heading":374},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Forganize-research-data-files","How do I organize research data files?",{"path":376,"heading":377},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Fwhat-preregistration-is","What is preregistration in research?",{"path":379,"heading":380},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Fwrite-a-data-management-plan","How do I write a data management plan?",{"path":382,"heading":383},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fchoose-a-theoretical-framework","How do I choose a theoretical framework for my thesis?",{"path":385,"heading":386},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Ffind-a-research-gap","How do I identify a research gap in the literature?",{"path":388,"heading":389},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fis-my-research-gap-original","How do I know if my research gap is original?",{"path":391,"heading":392},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fnarrow-a-broad-research-question","How do I narrow down a research question that is too broad?",{"path":394,"heading":395},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fresearch-question-changed-mid-phd","Can a research question change during a PhD?",{"path":397,"heading":398},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fresearch-question-or-hypothesis","What is the difference between a research question and a hypothesis?",{"path":400,"heading":401},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fturn-a-topic-into-a-research-question","How do I turn a research topic into a research question?",{"path":403,"heading":404},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fwhat-makes-a-good-research-question","What makes a good research question in a PhD thesis?",{"path":406,"heading":407},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fwrite-a-research-gap-statement","How do I write a research gap statement?",{"path":409,"heading":410},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fchoose-a-statistical-test","How do I choose which statistical test to use?",{"path":412,"heading":413},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fhow-many-interviews-is-enough","How many interviews are enough for a qualitative study?",{"path":415,"heading":416},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fhow-to-do-thematic-analysis","How do I do thematic analysis step by step?",{"path":418,"heading":419},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Finductive-or-deductive-coding","What is the difference between inductive and deductive thematic analysis?",{"path":421,"heading":422},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fintegrate-mixed-methods-data","How do I integrate qualitative and quantitative data in a mixed methods study?",{"path":94,"heading":424},"How do I show rigour in qualitative research?",{"path":426,"heading":427},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fwhat-a-p-value-means","What does a p value actually mean?",{"path":429,"heading":430},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fwork-out-your-sample-size","How do I calculate the sample size for a study?",1786014769693]