Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class CLASS Project Thesis (Fundamental Research Tools)

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Class 1 General Introduction, Identification of research objectives and literature review Wednesday, 25 th October

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Contents Identification of research theme Identification of objectives Introduction to basic definitions Philosophy, scientific methodology and ethics Literature Review Database searching and management Impact factor, citation index ENDNOTE tutorial ISI tutorial Identification of novelty of research theme Identification of contribution of literature theme

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class What the Graduate Thesis is All About? What is the research question? Is it a good question? has it been answered before? is it a useful question to work on? Is the question adequately answered? Is the thesis an adequate contribution to knowledge?

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Definitions Objectives Methodology Results Discussion Conclusions

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Definitions Objectives: what? Methodology Results Discussion Conclusions

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Definitions Objectives Methodology: how? Results Discussion Conclusions

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Definitions Objectives Methodology Results: output Discussion Conclusions

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Definitions Objectives Methodology Results Discussion: analysis Conclusions

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Definitions Objectives Methodology Results Discussion Conclusions: inferences

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Objectives Must be specific Must be clear Must state what action will be performed and what will be accomplished I will do A, so I can accomplish B

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class What Is A Review of the Literature?

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class What Is A Review of the Literature? A review of the literature is a classification and evaluation of what accredited scholars and researchers have written on a topic, organized according to a guiding concept such as your research objective, thesis, or the problem/issue you wish to address. recognize relevant information synthesize and evaluate it according to the guiding concept what literature exists, AND your informed evaluation of the literature.

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Skills information seeking: the ability to scan the literature efficiently using manual or computerized methods to identify a set of potentially useful articles and books.

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Skills critical appraisal: the ability to apply principles of analysis to identify those studies which are unbiased and valid. Your readers want more just than a descriptive list of articles and books.

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class A literature review must... organize information and relate it to the thesis or research question you are developing synthesize results into a summary of what is and isn't known identify controversy when it appears in the literature develop questions for further research The value of your review does not simply depend on how many sources you find

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Questions to Ask Yourself Do I have a specific question which my literature review helps to define? What type of literature review am I conducting? What is the scope of my literature review? How good are my information seeking skills? Is there a specific relationship between the literature I've chosen to review and the problem I've formulated? Have I critically analyzed the literature I use? Have I cited and discussed studies contrary to my perspective? Will the reader find my literature review relevant, appropriate, and useful?

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Reviewing Literature What were the authors trying to discover? Why is this piece of research important? What was measured? What information do you have on the sample? How was the data collected? What were the results? What do the authors conclude and to what do they attribute their findings? Can you accept the findings as true? How can you apply these findings to your own work?

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Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Endnote – Bibliography Database

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Endnote – Bibliography Database

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Endnote – Bibliography Database

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Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Endnote – Bibliography Database

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Endnote – Bibliography Database

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Endnote – Bibliography Database

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Endnote – Bibliography Database

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Endnote – Bibliography Database

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Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class What is next? synthesize results identify controversy develop questions The final product will be a unique and appopriate integration of evidence you have located outside yourself and personal insights.

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Final Checklist Selection of Sources Have you indicated the purpose of the review? Are the parameters of the review reasonable? Why did you include some of the literature and exclude others? Which years did you exclude? Have you emphasised recent developments? Have you focussed on primary sources with only selective use of secondary sources? Is the literature you have selected relevant? Is your bibliographic data complete?

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Final Checklist Critical Evaluation of the Literature Have you organised your material according to issues? Is there a logic to the way you organised the material? Does the amount of detail included on an issue relate to its importance? Have you been sufficiently critical of design and methodological issues? Have you indicated when results were conflicting or inconclusive and discussed possible reasons? Have you indicated the relevance of each reference to your research?

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Final Checklist Interpretation Has your summary of the current literature contributed to the reader's understanding of the problems? Does the design of your research reflect the methodological implications of the literature review? The review provides a rationale for your research.

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Where to publish your work - Quality vs. Quantity - Journals related to your research field - Look for visibility: a) Good ranked journal b) Impact factor B= 1992 cites to articles published in C= number of articles published in D= B/C = 1992 impact factor

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Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Impact Factor

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Impact Factor

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Impact Factor

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Aggregate Impact Factor

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Aggregate Impact Factor

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Aggregate Impact Factor

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class References Muriel J. Bebeau, Moral Reasoning in Scientific Research Cases for Teaching and Assessment, 1995:

Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class Homework Identification of research themes Carry out literature review using ISI/SCOPUS and using trial version of ENDNOTE, create organised database. Using ISI, choose 5 of the articles found and make a table listing journal, impact factor, aggregate impact factor, no. of citations of paper Short summary of literature review Identification of novelty of research to be carried out, contribution that will be made and where results could be published