1 Is my area of research worthy of investigation?
2 Have I got good research topic?
3 Have I done critical litreture review
4 Can I explain the different research paradigms and philosophies?
5 What approach do I use (Case study, Descriptive, etc)? Have I considered ethical and legal issues in relation to gathering data for my research?
6 How will I justify my data collection methods and sampling (observations, interviews, etc)?
7 Do I use quantative or qualitative data (or both)?
8 Could I explain the difference between independent and dependent variables if asked to do so?
9 What are the access issues I should be considering? Am I clear on how I will analyse my data?
10 Have I planned the research work (e.g GANT chart, SPSS, Nvivo) so it will be successful. Have I mitigated the risks?
The sessions from weeks 1 -10 will provide opportunities to present and share thoughts on each of these areas.
