[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":430},["ShallowReactive",2],{"answers-\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Ffind-a-research-gap":3,"answers-cluster-research-gaps":109,"answers-related-\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Ffind-a-research-gap":149},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"body":7,"cluster":69,"description":70,"extension":71,"faq":72,"heading":75,"intro":63,"kind":76,"meta":77,"navigation":78,"order":79,"outbound":80,"path":87,"primaryQuery":88,"product":89,"related":92,"seo":95,"sources":96,"stem":107,"updated":100,"__hash__":108},"answers\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Ffind-a-research-gap.md","How to Find a Research Gap You Can Defend","Read the limitations and future work sections of the twenty papers closest to your interest. Researchers say there what they could not do and what should be done next. Collect those statements, look for the one that several papers name independently, and check whether anyone has since done it.",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":62},"minimark",[10,14,17,20,23,26,31,34,37,40,43,47,50,53,56,59],[11,12,13],"p",{},"The limitations section is the most underread part of a paper and the most useful one for this purpose. Authors are required to state what their study could not establish, and they are usually more candid there than anywhere else. Twenty papers give you twenty honest accounts of where the evidence stops.",[11,15,16],{},"Read them together rather than one at a time. A limitation that appears in one paper is that paper's problem. A limitation that four independent teams name is a property of the field, and a gap defined by a shared limitation is much harder to dismiss than one you noticed alone.",[11,18,19],{},"Then check whether it is still open. Search the specific limitation as a phrase, look at the papers citing those twenty, and check preprint servers, since a gap this visible often has someone working in it already. Finding that out now is a good day, not a bad one.",[11,21,22],{},"The other productive route is the seam between two literatures. Fields that study the same thing under different names rarely read each other, and a claim treated as settled in one is often contested in the other. Those seams are where original work is easiest to justify and hardest for anyone to have already done, because doing it requires reading in two places at once.",[11,24,25],{},"Once you have the gap, write it as an argument rather than as a summary of what you read. Lingard calls the missing piece a knowledge deficit and recommends a Problem-Gap-Hook structure: state the problem, specify the gap, then say why closing it matters. The working image is a map, where you arrange the established findings so that the white space is visible, instead of trying to make the map complete. A review that turns into a laundry list of everything published makes the topic look settled, which is the opposite of what your thesis or dissertation needs it to do (Lingard, 2018, Part I, p. 47).",[27,28,30],"h2",{"id":29},"what-are-the-different-types-of-research-gap","What are the different types of research gap?",[11,32,33],{},"Five recur. Evidence gaps, where findings conflict. Population gaps, where a result was never tested elsewhere. Methodological gaps, where one design dominates. Theoretical gaps, where no framework explains the pattern. And practical gaps, where research and practice have diverged. Naming which kind yours is sharpens the statement.",[11,35,36],{},"It also decides your design, because each kind implies a different study. An evidence gap calls for a design that can adjudicate between the conflicting results. A population gap calls for replication in a new context, which needs a stated reason the context might matter. A methodological gap calls for a different design and a justification for why the dominant one is insufficient.",[11,38,39],{},"The type also tells you how strong your gap is. Population gaps are the easiest to find and the easiest for an examiner to describe as incremental. Evidence and theoretical gaps take more work to establish and carry more weight once you have.",[11,41,42],{},"To sort your papers into these types, read them against each other rather than in sequence. Pautasso's sixth rule is that a review should not merely summarize the publications, it should identify methodological problems, the main areas of debate, and the outstanding research questions (Pautasso, 2013, p. 3). Those three headings work directly as a coding scheme for your notes. Treat the advice for what it is, a set of practical recommendations drawn from the author's experience with roughly 25 literature reviews written as a PhD and postdoctoral student, not a tested finding about what graduate students should do (Pautasso, 2013, p. 1).",[27,44,46],{"id":45},"how-do-i-tell-a-real-gap-from-a-topic-nobody-publishes-on","How do I tell a real gap from a topic nobody publishes on?",[11,48,49],{},"Ask why the space is empty. A real gap has a reason it stayed open: a method only recently became available, a dataset was closed, two literatures never met. An empty space with no such reason usually means the question was tried and abandoned, or nobody considers it worth answering.",[11,51,52],{},"There is also a publication-bias explanation worth ruling out. A question can look unstudied because the studies that answered it found nothing and were never published. Searching preprint servers, dissertation repositories, and conference abstracts sometimes turns up exactly the null results that would have closed your gap.",[11,54,55],{},"Counting papers is also a weak test on its own, because a full literature can hide a gap and a thin one can hide a dead end. Pautasso points to research on the impacts of climate change on plant diseases as a case with more literature reviews than primary research papers (Pautasso, 2013, p. 2). Munn and colleagues describe the opposite pattern in several fields, where the problem is definition rather than volume: Schaink and colleagues found competing definitions of patient complexity, Hines and colleagues found substantial variation in how bronchopulmonary dysplasia is defined, and Callary and colleagues found the methods for measuring hip-replacement wear varied enough to warrant a call for standardization (Munn et al., 2018, p. 4). A gap can therefore sit in evaluation, validity, generalizability, or classification, not only in absence.",[11,57,58],{},"The test to apply before committing years to it: can you say in one sentence what would change if the gap were filled? If the honest answer is that a slightly more complete literature would exist, keep looking.",[11,60,61],{},"The last step is to match the gap to a method that can close it. Lingard makes this explicit, asking you to characterize the kind of gap and then establish coherence between that gap and your study methodology (Lingard, 2018, Part I, p. 49). The choice of review type follows the same logic. Munn and colleagues distinguish scoping reviews, which map what evidence exists and generally do not require risk-of-bias assessment or formal synthesis, from systematic reviews, which use explicit methods, mandatory critical appraisal, and synthesis of the individual studies (Munn et al., 2018, p. 5). They also note that a traditional review does not necessarily use an a priori protocol or a reproducible search, which is why it carries less weight as evidence that a gap is real (Munn et al., 2018, p. 6). If you cannot name the design that would answer your question, you have a topic rather than a gap.",{"title":63,"searchDepth":64,"depth":64,"links":65},"",4,[66,68],{"id":29,"depth":67,"text":30},2,{"id":45,"depth":67,"text":46},"research-gaps","How to identify a research gap in the literature, the different kinds of gap that exist, and how to tell a real one from a topic nobody has bothered to publish on.","md",[73,74],{"q":30,"a":33},{"q":46,"a":49},"How do I identify a research gap in the literature?","answer",{},true,1,[81,84],{"label":82,"to":83},"Gap finding as a workflow","\u002Fdocs\u002Fresearch-workflows\u002Fgap-finding",{"label":85,"to":86},"The literature review workflow","\u002Fdocs\u002Fresearch-workflows\u002Fliterature-review","\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Ffind-a-research-gap","how to identify a research gap in the literature",{"text":90,"to":83,"label":91},"Agent Bayes can map what your library says about a question and then work the other way, showing which parts of the argument no paper in your corpus supports. Because retrieval stays inside your own papers, an unsupported branch is a statement about your evidence rather than a guess about the world.","How gap finding works",[93,94],"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Freview-that-leads-to-your-question","\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fkeep-up-with-new-papers",{"title":5,"description":70},[97,101,104],{"label":98,"url":99,"checked":100},"Lingard, Writing an effective literature review: Part I: Mapping the gap, Perspectives on Medical Education (2018)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs40037-017-0401-x","2026-08-06",{"label":102,"url":103,"checked":100},"Pautasso, Ten Simple Rules for Writing a Literature Review, PLoS Computational Biology (2013)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1371\u002Fjournal.pcbi.1003149",{"label":105,"url":106,"checked":100},"Munn et al., Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach, BMC Medical Research Methodology (2018)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1186\u002Fs12874-018-0611-x","answers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Ffind-a-research-gap","Au3-5crumTyBJGNQfknT-algt_T_oXlCkjwbv4O2aYo",[110,111,115,120,124,129,134,139,144],{"path":87,"heading":75,"description":70,"order":79},{"path":112,"heading":113,"description":114,"order":67},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fis-my-research-gap-original","How do I know if my research gap is original?","How to check that a research gap has not already been filled, what to do if someone publishes your idea first, and how thorough the originality check has to be.",{"path":116,"heading":117,"description":118,"order":119},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fwrite-a-research-gap-statement","How do I write a research gap statement?","How to write a research gap statement that holds up, which phrasings make a gap sound weak or overclaimed, and how long the statement should actually be.",3,{"path":121,"heading":122,"description":123,"order":64},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fturn-a-topic-into-a-research-question","How do I turn a research topic into a research question?","How to convert a broad research topic into an answerable research question, how narrow it needs to be, and the difference between a question and a research aim.",{"path":125,"heading":126,"description":127,"order":128},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fwhat-makes-a-good-research-question","What makes a good research question in a PhD thesis?","What separates a doctoral research question from a masters one, how many questions a thesis should have, and whether sub-questions should map onto chapters.",5,{"path":130,"heading":131,"description":132,"order":133},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fresearch-question-or-hypothesis","What is the difference between a research question and a hypothesis?","The difference between a research question and a hypothesis, whether a qualitative study can have one, and when a project genuinely needs both.",6,{"path":135,"heading":136,"description":137,"order":138},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fresearch-question-changed-mid-phd","Can a research question change during a PhD?","Whether a research question can change during a PhD, how to justify the change to a supervisor or committee, and what happens to work built on the old question.",7,{"path":140,"heading":141,"description":142,"order":143},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fnarrow-a-broad-research-question","How do I narrow down a research question that is too broad?","How to narrow a research question that is too broad, which parts of a question you can narrow on, and how to tell when you have gone too far the other way.",8,{"path":145,"heading":146,"description":147,"order":148},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-gaps\u002Fchoose-a-theoretical-framework","How do I choose a theoretical framework for my thesis?","How to choose a theoretical framework for a thesis, the difference between a theoretical and a conceptual framework, and whether you can use more than one.",9,[150,153,156,159,162,165,168,171,174,177,180,183,186,189,192,195,198,201,204,207,210,213,216,219,222,225,228,231,234,237,240,243,246,249,252,255,258,261,264,267,270,273,275,278,281,284,287,290,293,296,299,302,305,308,311,314,317,320,323,326,329,332,335,338,341,344,347,350,353,356,358,361,364,367,370,373,376,379,382,385,388,391,394,397,398,399,400,401,402,403,404,405,406,409,412,415,418,421,424,427],{"path":151,"heading":152},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fdraft-without-stopping-for-citations","How do I draft when I keep stopping to look up citations?",{"path":154,"heading":155},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fhow-long-should-a-literature-review-chapter-be","How long should a literature review chapter be?",{"path":157,"heading":158},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fparaphrase-without-plagiarizing","How do I paraphrase a source without plagiarizing?",{"path":160,"heading":161},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fstructure-a-phd-thesis","How do I structure a PhD thesis chapter by chapter?",{"path":163,"heading":164},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fthesis-by-publication-or-monograph","Should I do a thesis by publication or a monograph?",{"path":166,"heading":167},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fwrite-a-discussion-section","How do I write a discussion section without repeating the results?",{"path":169,"heading":170},"\u002Fanswers\u002Facademic-writing\u002Fwrite-a-methodology-chapter","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":93,"heading":274},"How do I write a literature review that leads logically to my research question?",{"path":276,"heading":277},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fscreening-abstracts-for-a-review","How do I screen hundreds of abstracts for a systematic review?",{"path":279,"heading":280},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fstudies-with-opposite-conclusions","What do I write when two studies on the same question reach opposite conclusions?",{"path":282,"heading":283},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fsynthesis-matrix-into-paragraphs","How do I turn a synthesis matrix into literature review paragraphs?",{"path":285,"heading":286},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fsystematic-review-search-strategy","How do I build a search strategy for a systematic review?",{"path":288,"heading":289},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fliterature-review\u002Fwhen-to-stop-searching-for-papers","How do I know when to stop searching for papers for a literature review?",{"path":291,"heading":292},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fdefend-your-methodology-in-a-viva","How do I defend my methodology in a viva?",{"path":294,"heading":295},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fimposter-syndrome-in-a-phd","How do I deal with imposter syndrome during a PhD?",{"path":297,"heading":298},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fplan-a-realistic-phd-timeline","How do I plan a realistic PhD timeline?",{"path":300,"heading":301},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fpostdoc-or-industry","Should I do a postdoc or go to industry after my PhD?",{"path":303,"heading":304},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fprepare-for-a-phd-viva","How do I prepare for a PhD viva?",{"path":306,"heading":307},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fstop-procrastinating-on-your-phd","How do I stop procrastinating on my PhD?",{"path":309,"heading":310},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fwhat-happens-if-a-viva-goes-badly","What happens if you fail a PhD viva?",{"path":312,"heading":313},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fwhen-your-supervisor-is-not-supportive","What do I do when my PhD supervisor is not supportive?",{"path":315,"heading":316},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fphd-life\u002Fwrite-an-academic-cv","How do I write an academic CV for a postdoc application?",{"path":318,"heading":319},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fchoose-a-journal","How do I choose a journal for my paper?",{"path":321,"heading":322},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fdo-you-pay-to-publish-open-access","Do I have to pay to publish open access?",{"path":324,"heading":325},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fhow-author-order-is-decided","How is author order decided on a paper?",{"path":327,"heading":328},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fhow-peer-review-works","How does journal peer review actually work?",{"path":330,"heading":331},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fhow-to-cite-a-preprint","How do I cite a preprint?",{"path":333,"heading":334},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fjournal-submission-cover-letter","How do I write a cover letter for a journal submission?",{"path":336,"heading":337},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Frespond-to-reviewer-comments","How do I respond to peer reviewer comments?",{"path":339,"heading":340},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fshould-you-post-a-preprint","Should I post my paper as a preprint?",{"path":342,"heading":343},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fspot-a-predatory-journal","How do I tell if a journal is predatory?",{"path":345,"heading":346},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fpublishing\u002Fwhy-papers-get-desk-rejected","Why was my paper desk rejected?",{"path":348,"heading":349},"\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":351,"heading":352},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fhighlighting-pdfs-stops-working","Why can I never find my PDF highlights again?",{"path":354,"heading":355},"\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":94,"heading":357},"How do I keep up with new papers without reading everything?",{"path":359,"heading":360},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fnon-english-studies-in-a-review","How do I include non-English studies in a literature review?",{"path":362,"heading":363},"\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":365,"heading":366},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Forganize-100-papers","How do I organize and extract information from more than 100 papers?",{"path":368,"heading":369},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Freading-papers-in-a-second-language","How do I read research papers efficiently when English is my second language?",{"path":371,"heading":372},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Fremember-what-a-paper-said","How do I remember what was in papers I read months ago?",{"path":374,"heading":375},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Frestart-a-project-after-months-away","How do I get back into a research project after months away?",{"path":377,"heading":378},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Ftrack-connections-between-papers","How do I keep track of connections between papers?",{"path":380,"heading":381},"\u002Fanswers\u002Freading-and-notes\u002Ftriage-pdfs-before-reading","How do I triage 200 PDFs before deciding which ones to read in full?",{"path":383,"heading":384},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Fanonymize-qualitative-data","How do I anonymize qualitative interview data?",{"path":386,"heading":387},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Ffair-data-principles-in-practice","What are the FAIR data principles?",{"path":389,"heading":390},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Forganize-research-data-files","How do I organize research data files?",{"path":392,"heading":393},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Fwhat-preregistration-is","What is preregistration in research?",{"path":395,"heading":396},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-data\u002Fwrite-a-data-management-plan","How do I write a data management plan?",{"path":145,"heading":146},{"path":87,"heading":75},{"path":112,"heading":113},{"path":140,"heading":141},{"path":135,"heading":136},{"path":130,"heading":131},{"path":121,"heading":122},{"path":125,"heading":126},{"path":116,"heading":117},{"path":407,"heading":408},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fchoose-a-statistical-test","How do I choose which statistical test to use?",{"path":410,"heading":411},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fhow-many-interviews-is-enough","How many interviews are enough for a qualitative study?",{"path":413,"heading":414},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fhow-to-do-thematic-analysis","How do I do thematic analysis step by step?",{"path":416,"heading":417},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Finductive-or-deductive-coding","What is the difference between inductive and deductive thematic analysis?",{"path":419,"heading":420},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fintegrate-mixed-methods-data","How do I integrate qualitative and quantitative data in a mixed methods study?",{"path":422,"heading":423},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Frigour-in-qualitative-research","How do I show rigour in qualitative research?",{"path":425,"heading":426},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fwhat-a-p-value-means","What does a p value actually mean?",{"path":428,"heading":429},"\u002Fanswers\u002Fresearch-methods\u002Fwork-out-your-sample-size","How do I calculate the sample size for a study?",1786014767703]