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Will your interview and survey questions answer your research question?

One issue that graduate faculty frequently see is a kind of disconnect between the questions students write for their research instruments and the primary research questions themselves. In other words, the questions don’t “get at” the information the student seeks. The result is that the data yielded by the instrument won’t answer the primary question(s). […]

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Location, Location, Location and Writing

If you’re going to write something as long and complex as a thesis or dissertation, one of the first things you need to know about yourself is where you write best. What we call “writing” actually involves a variety of different task types and I encourage you to think about the location that suits each […]