[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":434},["ShallowReactive",2],{"answers-\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fwhy-papers-get-desk-rejected":3,"answers-cluster-publishing":109,"answers-related-\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fwhy-papers-get-desk-rejected":155},{"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":67,"outbound":82,"path":89,"primaryQuery":90,"product":91,"related":92,"seo":95,"sources":96,"stem":107,"updated":100,"__hash__":108},"answers\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fwhy-papers-get-desk-rejected.md","Why Papers Get Desk Rejected","Usually fit rather than quality. Editors reject without review when the topic is outside what their readers want, when the contribution is not visible in the abstract, when the article type is wrong for the journal, or when submission requirements were not met. Very few desk rejections are judgments about your science.",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":65},"minimark",[10,14,17,20,23,26,29,32,35,40,43,46,49,53,56,59,62],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Desk rejection feels like a verdict on your work and is usually a verdict on the match. Editors handle far more submissions than they can send out for review, and their first filter is whether the paper is something their readers want and their reviewers can assess. A strong paper in the wrong place fails that filter in four days.",[11,15,16],{},"The scale of that filter is measurable. A content analysis of 898 rejection reports at the Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine found that 627 manuscripts, 69.8% of all rejections, never reached a reviewer (Menon et al., 2022, p. 61). The median time to desk rejection was 3 days, against 42 days for rejection after peer review and 96 days after editorial re-review (Menon et al., 2022, p. 61). If your decision arrived inside a week, you were screened, not assessed.",[11,18,19],{},"The second most common cause is a contribution that is not visible early enough. Editors read the title, the abstract, and often the last paragraph of the introduction. If the contribution is not stated there, and instead emerges in the discussion, the paper reads as unfocused regardless of what it actually shows.",[11,21,22],{},"The same study puts numbers on that. Lack of novelty or originality was recorded in 325 of the 627 desk rejections, 51.8%, and out of scope in 109, 17.4% (Menon et al., 2022, p. 62). The authors' narrative text reports the novelty share as 46.3%, a different denominator from the one in their table, so treat these as two estimates of the same dominant cause rather than one exact figure (Menon et al., 2022, p. 63). Either way, novelty and fit outrank every other reason.",[11,24,25],{},"The mundane causes are worth ruling out because they are entirely preventable: exceeding the word limit, the wrong article type, missing ethics statements, no data availability statement, or an incomplete submission. Some journals reject on these without further consideration.",[11,27,28],{},"A few substantive faults are also visible fast enough to be caught at the desk. Improper study design accounted for 10.0% of desk rejections, with 8.9% being designs that could not support the stated objective, such as drawing causal claims from cross-sectional data. Missing ethics approval appeared in 5.9%, and poor or unintelligible language and improper tools or measures in 5.3% each (Menon et al., 2022, p. 62). That set is a usable pre-submission checklist: question, design, ethics statement, measures, and the strength of your claims.",[11,30,31],{},"A rejection that arrives in a few days with a short standard message is almost certainly one of these. A rejection after two weeks with specific comments is a closer call, and those comments are worth reading carefully, because an editor who takes the time to write them is telling you something useful.",[11,33,34],{},"Do not read your desk rejection as the verdict reviewers would have given. Across the 217 manuscripts rejected after peer review in the same journal, inadequate methodological elaboration was cited in 50.7% of cases, poor or unscientific writing in 45.2%, weak rationale in 28.1%, and fatal design flaws in 25.8%, while out of scope collapsed to 1.8% (Menon et al., 2022, p. 62). Reviewers reject on execution, editors reject on fit. Rejection is also not proof the paper is weak: fewer than 15% of submitted original articles were published, and the authors attribute the rest to limited journal space and a threshold that rises when strong manuscripts compete (Menon et al., 2022, pp. 64-65).",[36,37,39],"h2",{"id":38},"can-i-ask-the-editor-to-reconsider","Can I ask the editor to reconsider?",[11,41,42],{},"You can, once, briefly, and only if you can point to something specific they appear to have missed. Success is uncommon. A short, courteous message naming the misunderstanding is acceptable. A long argument about the value of your work is not, and it is remembered.",[11,44,45],{},"Reserve this for genuine errors, such as a rejection on the basis that a method is unsuitable when the paper does not use that method. Disagreement about importance is not an error and appealing it rarely works.",[11,47,48],{},"Keep the tone entirely neutral. Editors talk to each other, and academic fields are small.",[36,50,52],{"id":51},"where-should-i-send-it-next","Where should I send it next?",[11,54,55],{},"Somewhere the fit is better, within a week. Reread the desk rejection for the reason, fix the framing if that was it, and resubmit quickly. The most expensive part of a desk rejection is the month spent deliberating afterwards, not the rejection.",[11,57,58],{},"Before resubmitting, do one thing: rewrite the abstract so the contribution appears in the first three sentences. That single change fixes a large share of fit-related desk rejections, because it lets the next editor see immediately what the paper offers.",[11,60,61],{},"Keep a short list of two or three fallback journals chosen when you first submitted. Deciding in advance turns a rejection into an administrative task instead of a week of second-guessing.",[11,63,64],{},"Reformat before resubmitting rather than after. A submission that visibly follows another journal's style tells the new editor that theirs was not the first choice, which is a small signal and an avoidable one.",{"title":66,"searchDepth":67,"depth":67,"links":68},"",4,[69,71],{"id":38,"depth":70,"text":39},2,{"id":51,"depth":70,"text":52},"publishing","The real reasons editors reject papers without review, whether it is worth asking for reconsideration, and how to choose where to send the paper next.","md",[76,77],{"q":39,"a":42},{"q":52,"a":55},"Why was my paper desk rejected?","answer",{},true,[83,86],{"label":84,"to":85},"Outlining a paper from a map","\u002Fdocs\u002Fresearch-workflows\u002Foutlining-a-paper",{"label":87,"to":88},"The literature review workflow","\u002Fdocs\u002Fresearch-workflows\u002Fliterature-review","\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fwhy-papers-get-desk-rejected","why was my paper desk rejected",null,[93,94],"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fwrite-an-abstract","\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fwrite-a-thesis-introduction",{"title":5,"description":73},[97,101,104],{"label":98,"url":99,"checked":100},"Menon et al., Why Do Manuscripts Get Rejected? A Content Analysis of Rejection Reports from the Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine (2022)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1177\u002F0253717620965845","2026-08-06",{"label":102,"url":103,"checked":100},"Bourne, Ten simple rules for getting published, PLoS Computational Biology (2005)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1371\u002Fjournal.pcbi.0010057",{"label":105,"url":106,"checked":100},"Bahadoran et al., Scientific Publishing in Biomedicine: How to Write a Cover Letter?, International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism (2021)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.5812\u002Fijem.115242","answers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fwhy-papers-get-desk-rejected","_9BZkzFgdWihM7dARmJQAzuX5aSuUshXDM3leCxL8D0",[110,115,119,124,125,130,135,140,145,150],{"path":111,"heading":112,"description":113,"order":114},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fchoose-a-journal","How do I choose a journal for my paper?","How to choose a journal that will actually consider your paper, whether impact factor matters at your career stage, and how to read a scope statement properly.",1,{"path":116,"heading":117,"description":118,"order":70},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fspot-a-predatory-journal","How do I tell if a journal is predatory?","The checks that reliably identify a predatory journal, which warning signs no longer work on their own, and what to do if you have already submitted to one.",{"path":120,"heading":121,"description":122,"order":123},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Frespond-to-reviewer-comments","How do I respond to peer reviewer comments?","How to write a response to reviewers that gets a paper accepted, what to do when a reviewer is wrong, and how to structure the response letter itself.",3,{"path":89,"heading":78,"description":73,"order":67},{"path":126,"heading":127,"description":128,"order":129},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fhow-peer-review-works","How does journal peer review actually work?","What actually happens to a manuscript after submission, how long peer review typically takes and why, and what the standard decision terms mean in practice.",5,{"path":131,"heading":132,"description":133,"order":134},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fjournal-submission-cover-letter","How do I write a cover letter for a journal submission?","What a journal submission cover letter should contain, what the editor is actually reading it for, and whether to suggest or exclude specific reviewers.",6,{"path":136,"heading":137,"description":138,"order":139},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fshould-you-post-a-preprint","Should I post my paper as a preprint?","Whether to post your paper as a preprint before submission, whether journals will still accept it afterwards, and whether preprints count as publications.",7,{"path":141,"heading":142,"description":143,"order":144},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fhow-to-cite-a-preprint","How do I cite a preprint?","How to cite a preprint correctly, when citing unreviewed work is appropriate in a thesis or paper, and what to do when the preprint is later published.",8,{"path":146,"heading":147,"description":148,"order":149},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fdo-you-pay-to-publish-open-access","Do I have to pay to publish open access?","Whether open access publishing always costs money, what the green, gold, and diamond routes mean in practice, and what your options are with no funding.",9,{"path":151,"heading":152,"description":153,"order":154},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fhow-author-order-is-decided","How is author order decided on a paper?","How authorship order is determined in different fields, what counts as enough contribution to be an author, and what to do when there is a dispute.",10,[156,159,162,165,168,171,174,177,179,181,184,187,190,193,196,199,202,205,208,211,214,217,220,223,226,229,232,235,238,241,244,247,250,253,256,259,262,265,268,271,274,277,280,283,286,289,292,295,298,301,304,307,310,313,316,319,322,323,324,325,326,327,328,329,330,331,332,335,338,341,344,347,350,353,356,359,362,365,368,371,374,377,380,383,386,389,392,395,398,401,404,407,410,413,416,419,422,425,428,431],{"path":157,"heading":158},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fdraft-without-stopping-for-citations","How do I draft when I keep stopping to look up citations?",{"path":160,"heading":161},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fhow-long-should-a-literature-review-chapter-be","How long should a literature review chapter be?",{"path":163,"heading":164},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fparaphrase-without-plagiarizing","How do I paraphrase a source without plagiarizing?",{"path":166,"heading":167},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fstructure-a-phd-thesis","How do I structure a PhD thesis chapter by chapter?",{"path":169,"heading":170},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fthesis-by-publication-or-monograph","Should I do a thesis by publication or a monograph?",{"path":172,"heading":173},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fwrite-a-discussion-section","How do I write a discussion section without repeating the results?",{"path":175,"heading":176},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fwrite-a-methodology-chapter","How do I write a methodology chapter?",{"path":94,"heading":178},"How do I write a thesis introduction?",{"path":93,"heading":180},"How do I write an abstract for a research paper?",{"path":182,"heading":183},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fwrite-consistently-during-a-phd","How do I write consistently during a PhD?",{"path":185,"heading":186},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fai-for-systematic-review-screening","Can I use AI for screening in a systematic review?",{"path":188,"heading":189},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fare-ai-detectors-reliable","Are AI detectors reliable?",{"path":191,"heading":192},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fcan-an-ai-be-an-author","Can an AI tool be listed as an author on a paper?",{"path":194,"heading":195},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fcan-i-use-ai-for-a-literature-review","Can I use AI for a literature review?",{"path":197,"heading":198},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fcan-you-trust-an-ai-summary","Can I trust AI summaries of research papers?",{"path":200,"heading":201},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fdisclose-ai-use-in-a-paper","Do I need to disclose AI use in a research paper?",{"path":203,"heading":204},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fhow-to-cite-chatgpt","How do I cite ChatGPT in APA 7?",{"path":206,"heading":207},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fis-using-chatgpt-plagiarism","Is using ChatGPT for academic writing plagiarism?",{"path":209,"heading":210},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fusing-ai-in-a-phd-thesis","Can I use AI in a PhD thesis?",{"path":212,"heading":213},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fusing-ai-to-write-a-peer-review","Can I use AI to help write a peer review?",{"path":215,"heading":216},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fverify-ai-generated-citations","How do I check whether AI-generated citations are real?",{"path":218,"heading":219},"\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":221,"heading":222},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fai-in-research\u002Fwhy-chatgpt-invents-references","Why does ChatGPT make up references?",{"path":224,"heading":225},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fcheck-every-claim-against-its-citation","How do I check that every claim in my thesis is supported by its citation?",{"path":227,"heading":228},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fcite-the-paper-you-read-or-the-original","Should I cite the paper I read or the original study it references?",{"path":230,"heading":231},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fcited-source-does-not-say-that","What do I do when a paper's cited source does not support its claim?",{"path":233,"heading":234},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fciting-a-paper-you-cannot-access","Can I cite a paper I cannot get hold of?",{"path":236,"heading":237},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fciting-a-review-instead-of-the-original","Is citing a review instead of the original research bad practice?",{"path":239,"heading":240},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fdo-i-need-to-cite-everything","Do I need to cite absolutely everything in a thesis?",{"path":242,"heading":243},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fhow-much-self-citation","How much self-citation is acceptable?",{"path":245,"heading":246},"\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":248,"heading":249},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fquoting-a-source-in-another-language","How do I quote a source in another language in an English thesis?",{"path":251,"heading":252},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fwhere-does-the-citation-go","Where should a citation go when only one clause in a sentence needs support?",{"path":254,"heading":255},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fyou-described-a-result-too-broadly","How do I fix a sentence that describes a study's result too broadly?",{"path":257,"heading":258},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fcitations\u002Fzotero-or-mendeley","Should I use Zotero or Mendeley for a PhD?",{"path":260,"heading":261},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fbuild-a-synthesis-matrix","How do I build a synthesis matrix when my themes keep changing as I read?",{"path":263,"heading":264},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fkeep-a-literature-review-current","How do I keep a literature review current over a multi-year PhD?",{"path":266,"heading":267},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fliterature-review-synthesis-or-summary","How do I know if my literature review is synthesis or just a summary?",{"path":269,"heading":270},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fliterature-review-too-descriptive","What does it mean when a supervisor says a literature review is too descriptive?",{"path":272,"heading":273},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fnarrative-scoping-or-systematic-review","What is the difference between a narrative literature review and a systematic review?",{"path":275,"heading":276},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Forganize-literature-review-by-argument","How do I organize a literature review by argument instead of by paper?",{"path":278,"heading":279},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Freview-that-leads-to-your-question","How do I write a literature review that leads logically to my research question?",{"path":281,"heading":282},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fscreening-abstracts-for-a-review","How do I screen hundreds of abstracts for a systematic review?",{"path":284,"heading":285},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fstudies-with-opposite-conclusions","What do I write when two studies on the same question reach opposite conclusions?",{"path":287,"heading":288},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fsynthesis-matrix-into-paragraphs","How do I turn a synthesis matrix into literature review paragraphs?",{"path":290,"heading":291},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fsystematic-review-search-strategy","How do I build a search strategy for a systematic review?",{"path":293,"heading":294},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fwhen-to-stop-searching-for-papers","How do I know when to stop searching for papers for a literature review?",{"path":296,"heading":297},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fdefend-your-methodology-in-a-viva","How do I defend my methodology in a viva?",{"path":299,"heading":300},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fimposter-syndrome-in-a-phd","How do I deal with imposter syndrome during a PhD?",{"path":302,"heading":303},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fplan-a-realistic-phd-timeline","How do I plan a realistic PhD timeline?",{"path":305,"heading":306},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fpostdoc-or-industry","Should I do a postdoc or go to industry after my PhD?",{"path":308,"heading":309},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fprepare-for-a-phd-viva","How do I prepare for a PhD viva?",{"path":311,"heading":312},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fstop-procrastinating-on-your-phd","How do I stop procrastinating on my PhD?",{"path":314,"heading":315},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fwhat-happens-if-a-viva-goes-badly","What happens if you fail a PhD viva?",{"path":317,"heading":318},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fwhen-your-supervisor-is-not-supportive","What do I do when my PhD supervisor is not supportive?",{"path":320,"heading":321},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fwrite-an-academic-cv","How do I write an academic CV for a postdoc application?",{"path":111,"heading":112},{"path":146,"heading":147},{"path":151,"heading":152},{"path":126,"heading":127},{"path":141,"heading":142},{"path":131,"heading":132},{"path":120,"heading":121},{"path":136,"heading":137},{"path":116,"heading":117},{"path":89,"heading":78},{"path":333,"heading":334},"\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":336,"heading":337},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fhighlighting-pdfs-stops-working","Why can I never find my PDF highlights again?",{"path":339,"heading":340},"\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":342,"heading":343},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fkeep-up-with-new-papers","How do I keep up with new papers without reading everything?",{"path":345,"heading":346},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fnon-english-studies-in-a-review","How do I include non-English studies in a literature review?",{"path":348,"heading":349},"\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":351,"heading":352},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Forganize-100-papers","How do I organize and extract information from more than 100 papers?",{"path":354,"heading":355},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Freading-papers-in-a-second-language","How do I read research papers efficiently when English is my second language?",{"path":357,"heading":358},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fremember-what-a-paper-said","How do I remember what was in papers I read months ago?",{"path":360,"heading":361},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Frestart-a-project-after-months-away","How do I get back into a research project after months away?",{"path":363,"heading":364},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Ftrack-connections-between-papers","How do I keep track of connections between papers?",{"path":366,"heading":367},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Ftriage-pdfs-before-reading","How do I triage 200 PDFs before deciding which ones to read in full?",{"path":369,"heading":370},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Fanonymize-qualitative-data","How do I anonymize qualitative interview data?",{"path":372,"heading":373},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Ffair-data-principles-in-practice","What are the FAIR data principles?",{"path":375,"heading":376},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Forganize-research-data-files","How do I organize research data files?",{"path":378,"heading":379},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Fwhat-preregistration-is","What is preregistration in research?",{"path":381,"heading":382},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Fwrite-a-data-management-plan","How do I write a data management plan?",{"path":384,"heading":385},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fchoose-a-theoretical-framework","How do I choose a theoretical framework for my thesis?",{"path":387,"heading":388},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Ffind-a-research-gap","How do I identify a research gap in the literature?",{"path":390,"heading":391},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fis-my-research-gap-original","How do I know if my research gap is original?",{"path":393,"heading":394},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fnarrow-a-broad-research-question","How do I narrow down a research question that is too broad?",{"path":396,"heading":397},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fresearch-question-changed-mid-phd","Can a research question change during a PhD?",{"path":399,"heading":400},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fresearch-question-or-hypothesis","What is the difference between a research question and a hypothesis?",{"path":402,"heading":403},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fturn-a-topic-into-a-research-question","How do I turn a research topic into a research question?",{"path":405,"heading":406},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fwhat-makes-a-good-research-question","What makes a good research question in a PhD thesis?",{"path":408,"heading":409},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fwrite-a-research-gap-statement","How do I write a research gap statement?",{"path":411,"heading":412},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fchoose-a-statistical-test","How do I choose which statistical test to use?",{"path":414,"heading":415},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fhow-many-interviews-is-enough","How many interviews are enough for a qualitative study?",{"path":417,"heading":418},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fhow-to-do-thematic-analysis","How do I do thematic analysis step by step?",{"path":420,"heading":421},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Finductive-or-deductive-coding","What is the difference between inductive and deductive thematic analysis?",{"path":423,"heading":424},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fintegrate-mixed-methods-data","How do I integrate qualitative and quantitative data in a mixed methods study?",{"path":426,"heading":427},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Frigour-in-qualitative-research","How do I show rigour in qualitative research?",{"path":429,"heading":430},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fwhat-a-p-value-means","What does a p value actually mean?",{"path":432,"heading":433},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fwork-out-your-sample-size","How do I calculate the sample size for a study?",1786014769457]