This document summarizes a presentation on managing postgraduate research. It discusses why project management is important for research due to deadlines, commitments and limitations. It covers scoping the research, developing a business case, identifying requirements, designing the research methodology and tools, and planning resources and time. The presentation provides tips on developing a literature review, research design, analyzing and reporting findings, and using project management tools and methodologies to plan the research.
Slides I used in a Research Methodology seminar I gave in 2010 for the Interactive Art PhD at School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University, Porto, Portugal (http://artes.ucp.pt)
Slides I used in a Research Methodology seminar I gave in 2010 for the Interactive Art PhD at School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University, Porto, Portugal (http://artes.ucp.pt)
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Being a PhD student: Experiences and ChallengesFaegheh Hasibi
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CREATIVE RESEARCH THOUGHTS - IJCRT (IJCRT.ORG)
International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal
ISSN Approved Journal No: 2320-2882 | Impact factor: 7.97 | ESTD Year: 2013
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Doing a PhD after your first degree will take you several years, however, the extra education and qualification could make a huge difference to your career. Find out how and why here ...
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Being a PhD student: Experiences and ChallengesFaegheh Hasibi
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CREATIVE RESEARCH THOUGHTS - IJCRT (IJCRT.ORG)
International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal
ISSN Approved Journal No: 2320-2882 | Impact factor: 7.97 | ESTD Year: 2013
Scholarly open access journals, Peer-reviewed, and Refereed Journals, Impact factor 7.97 (Calculate by google scholar and Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool) , Multidisciplinary, Monthly, Indexing in all major database & Metadata, Citation Generator, Digital Object Identifier(DOI)
Doing a PhD after your first degree will take you several years, however, the extra education and qualification could make a huge difference to your career. Find out how and why here ...
This presentation looks at some of the issues of supervising research students at a distance and the tools that can be used to support students' research and writing process.
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School of Social Sciences1Course title Research Methods (C3.docxjeffsrosalyn
School of Social Sciences
1
Course title: Research Methods (C39RE)
Professor Rania Kamla [email protected]
Dr Bing Xu [email protected]
Dr Esinath Ndiweni [email protected]
Course Introduction
Research Methods develops research skills which are essential for your dissertation and for a career in accounting, finance or research. It is designed to help you to prepare for the dissertation by allowing you the opportunity to learn about approaches to research and how to use them.
To research is to methodically search for new knowledge and/or practical solutions in the form of answers to specific questions. Developing skills in providing robust, convincing answers to different questions is critical to success in many professional, as well as, academic settings. This course will provide you the opportunity to understand how to gather relevant data/evidence, how to analyse and interpret evidence, how to make sense of complex situations, how to draw conclusions or make recommendations and how to communicate your finding.
A series of lectures will provide you with a sound grounding in social science research methods and guide you through the assigned readings. This will be complemented with tutorials/workshops to develop a range of practical research skills. The assessments provide you with an opportunity to apply the knowledge and provide a sound foundation for the honours year, in particular the dissertation.
Aims and Objectives
· To provide the knowledge and skills required to conduct a sizeable piece of independent research
· To generate an understanding of the social science research process
· To develop an appreciation of the nature of accountancy and finance research
· To enable students to practice their skills and test their understanding of aspects of the research process
Learning Outcomes
· Understand differences between qualitative and quantitative research
· Select and develop a research topic in accountancy or finance
· Identify, access and evaluate literature relevant to the research topic
· Select an appropriate research methodology
· Obtain relevant data
Personal Abilities
· Work independently
· Analyse and interpret research results
· Communicate and present ideas effectively by written and verbal means
Teaching Overview
This course comprises of lectures and tutorials, detailed in the table below. The lectures will last for up to 2 hours and the tutorials are an hour long.
Week
Topic
Tutorial
1
Purpose of Research & An introduction to the dissertation
2
What to Research and how to select YOUR research Question
3
Literature Review - using other peoples’ research – reviewing literature, plagiarism and referencing.
Finding a research question
4
How to research – using library resources
Setting your dissertation aims & objectives
5
Content Analysis /Interviews most popular qualitative methods
Planning your sources of evidence
6
Reading Week Coursework Preparation
None
7
Descriptive statistics.
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2. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Introductions
CJ
Group
Moodle postgrad resources– a quick tour
Vitae setup by Research Councils UK and
Career Development Organisation
guidance, resources, discussion groups
3. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Why project manage your
postgrad research?
What defines a project?
Why do you need to project manage
your research?
Because you are probably facing:
A research deadline
Professional and domestic commitments
Resource limitations
4. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Outline of today’s session
(in Project Management speak)
Scoping - anticipated achievements,
boundaries, areas ‘in scope’
Business case – underpinning rationale
Requirements – essential elements
Design – tools and techniques
Resources – time, consumables, etc.
+
PM methodology and tools
5. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Scope
What is your project about?
What do you want to achieve?
Business case
Why are you doing it?
How will it benefit you
professionally/personally)?
Analogies (CJ’s examples – UoP
projects, own PhD and research)
6. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Practical
Take 10 mins (5 mins each person) to
explain your research to the person
sitting next to you including:
1. What your project is about
2. What you want to achieve
3. Why you are doing it (how will it benefit
you professionally/personally)
7. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Business Case
The overall aim is to achieve your
postgrad qualification, but how does it fit
into your longer term plan for the next 5
years?
University of Birmingham video
(5.42 and 11.32)
8. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Identifying requirements
Getting the grasp of key concepts
What is the difference between
methodology and methods?
9. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Requirements
Getting the grasp of key concepts
What is ontology?
What is epistemology?
10. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Requirements
What is ontology? Your view of the world
What is epistemology?
11. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Requirements
What is ontology? Your view of the type of
world/environment where your research will
take place
What is epistemology? How knowledge is
acquired
12. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Requirements
Ontology View of your research world -
Do you think the world exists externally to
human beings?
or.....
Do you think that people contribute to, and
have an impact on, the environment where
your research is taking place?
Project managing your postgrad research
13. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Requirements
Epistemology How will knowledge be gained
in your research?
By gathering data and seeking out
rules/patterns or cause/effect (positivist)?
Or interpreting and taking into account
context, experience and views
(interpretivist)?
Project managing your postgrad research
14. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Requirements
Why is this important?
The type of research environment that your research
takes place in and how you will acquire knowledge
(gather data) influences how you plan your research
Examples:
Effect of volcanic activity on rocks
objectivist?? research design??
Impact of social networking on integration
constructivist?? research design??
15. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Requirements
Does your research topic:
Exist outside the influence of human beings?
or
Do humans influence your area of research?
Will you:
Gather data, seek out patterns and/or cause and
effect?
or
Look for context and interpretation? Are you: ‘viewing
events and social world through the eyes of the
people being studied?’ (Bryman, 2008)
Bryman 4th edition 2012
Project managing your postgrad research
16. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Methodological approach
Quantitative
Experiment, historical, correlational (using
reports, logs, data)
Qualitative
Ethnographic research, action research,
survey, case study.
17. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Design
The tools and techniques you use depend
on your approach
….examples from CJ
18. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Identifying your methodology
Is your research:
Scientific/positivist or interpretivist?
Why?
Will you use a:
Quantitative or qualitative approach
Why?
What tools and techniques will you use?
(Discuss in group for 15 mins)
19. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Managing your research (video)
21. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Requirements 2
After determining your approach, what
next??
What distinguishes doctoral research
from other research?
How do you find out if your research is
unique?
22. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Requirements 2
Which literature resources are available
for your research?
How can you find out about other
sources?
23. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Design
How will you undertake your research?
How will you identify literature resources?
What approach will you use?
experiment?
case study?
ethnographic research?
survey?
Who or what is the population/data source?
How will you choose the sample? (How do you know
it is representative and not bias?)
How will you gather the data? (interviews, online
questionnaires, etc.)
24. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Milestone
(completion deadline)
Gaps in the literature
Identifying your research questions
25. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Recap
We have considered:
Your approach/methodology
Literature review
Research design (population, sample,
tools and techniques)
26. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Discovery
15-20 mins - discuss in groups of 4 the your thoughts on the
following relating to your research:
Methodology – which methodological
approach will you take? Why?
Literature review – which resources will
you investigate? Where can you access?
Population, sample, tools and techniques-what/
who will you focus on? How will you
gain access/acquire data? What tools will
you use to gather data?
27. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Other areas to consider
How will you analyse your data?
How will you report your findings?
How will you disseminate your findings?
28. Will you need to spend any money?
What resources will you need? (printing,
postage, s/w, web-based resources)
(longer than you expect!)
Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Resources
How much time will your research take?
How much time have you got?
(less than you expect!)
29. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Managing your time effectively
Prioritise
Recognise strengths and weaknesses
Be realistic
Plan ahead, take all your activities into
account and building in some flexibility
Create weekly or monthly plans, plus a
‘to do’ list
Be generous with your timings.
30. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Reflecting on your
PhD/research experiences to
date
The good and bad points (30 mins in total)
Individually (5 mins):
○ write down 3 good things (each on a separate yellow
sticky note)
○ write down 3 things bad -or not so good (each on a
separate green sticky note)
Together (20 -25 mins):
○ Look for common themes
○ Sort on large sheets of paper
○ Discuss and note how
to resolve the bad points
How good points can be used in future research/ practice
Group discussion
31. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Project Management
methodology
Traditional
Structured with clear project tasks,
timescales and milestones
Agile
Flexible system with short deadlines for
tasks, self-organisation. Include frequent
meetings and visible tracking
For your research you are likely to take the relevant
elements and manage in your own way.
32. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Planning tools
MsProject
Gantter
Excel
Paper
It doesn’t really matter. It is the thinking and
organising in your mind that is important….
33. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Planning
Demo using Gantter.com
34. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Practical
Identify:
The key stages of your project
Likely timescales
Milestones (key completion dates)
Use one of the project tools to create an
outline project plan
But remember this is a working document and
will change – frequently!
35. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Ending with…
New ideas and thoughts about how you will
approach your research
Comments?
Questions?
36. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
Thank you
Dr Carolyne Jacobs,
Department of Curriculum and Quality
Enhancement
University of Portsmouth
Carolyne.jacobs@port.ac.uk
www.moodle.port.ac.uk/
37. Tuesday 14th October 2014
Managing your postgrad research
SMART
Specific: in both meaning and focus.
Measurable: so that you know when you are achieving
progress and can declare success.
Advantageous: what's in this for you? If you can see no
personal advantages, don't waste your time; you won't be
seriously motivated towards success.
Realistic: make sure that you are being realistic: you can get
feedback to help you do this. Setting learning targets in this way
will, through experience, gradually improve your ability to
manage your own self-development and learning.
Time limited: set deadlines and 'milestones', times when you
will sit down and reflect on and review your progress
(Ref: www.vitae.ac.uk/researchers/1221/Setting%20objectives.html)
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