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    The document provides guidance on reporting findings in a qualitative dissertation. It discusses organizing findings by research objective and category. Findings should be reported using paraphrased and verbatim excerpts from interviews in a 70:30 ratio. Categories and themes should be defined in tables and text. The discussion section compares findings to past research and implications. The dissertation format includes standard sections like introduction, literature review, and references. Examiners prefer dissertations that are well-organized, error-free, and tell a clear and consistent story.

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    The document provides guidance on reporting findings in a qualitative dissertation. It discusses organizing findings by research objective and category. Findings should be reported using paraphrased and verbatim excerpts from interviews in a 70:30 ratio. Categories and themes should be defined in tables and text. The discussion section compares findings to past research and implications. The dissertation format includes standard sections like introduction, literature review, and references. Examiners prefer dissertations that are well-organized, error-free, and tell a clear and consistent story.

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    REPORTING FINDINGS

    DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
    WRITING THE DISSERTATION
    REPORTING FINDINGS
    After collecting and analyzing data, the
    reporting of the findings starts

    Way to report findings depends on the


    objectives. The findings can be in terms of

    1. Categories and theme, or

    2. Categories only
    The findings (relevant to a category or theme) are written in the form
    of :

    1. Paraphrased Excerpt:
    The researcher reports the interviewee’s responses using the researcher’s own words.
    Example:
    Respondent B5 participated in golf with a client because it helped him to be closer to and understand his
    client’s needs better. Hence, he is able to provide designs that suit the client.

    2. Verbatim Excerpt
    The researcher reports the interviewee’s responses using the interviewee’s actual words.
    Example:
    “I play golf with the client. Playing golf helps me be closer to the client. Then I can understand his needs
    better. So, when I know his needs, I can provide designs that suit him….”
    Respondent B5

    Ratio of paraphrased excerpts to verbatim excerpts in reporting the findings is 70:30


    In Findings chapter

    Make sections for each research objective’s findings

    Provide the category definition table for each


    objective section

    If the findings are plentiful, use two Finding


    chapters to report the findings.
    Eg. a research has two objectives for obtaining category
    findings and one objective for creating a theme finding.
    So the category findings are reported in a Category
    Finding chapter. The theme finding is reported in a
    Theme Finding chapter
    Categories and meaning units need to be defined in text and in
    table form
    In the Findings chapter
    1. Have a sub-section for each category
    1. Give definition of the category
    2. Provide sub-subsection for each meaning unit
    i. Provide definition of the meaning unit
    ii. Provide interview excerpts relevant to the meaning unit
    iii. Most of the excerpts are paraphrased
    iv. Provide OCCASIONAL verbatim excerpts of transcript relevant
    to the meanings unit
    v. Ratio of paraphrased excerpts to verbatim excerpts is 70:30
    in dissertation
    In Findings chapter

    1. Report the category findings as described in previous slide.

    2. Then, provide a subsection for the theme.

    3. Provide a label (usually in the form of a phrase) and definition


    of the theme.

    4. Provide paraphrased excerpts that are relevant to theme.

    5. Provide verbatim excerpts of transcript relevant to the theme.

    6. Ratio of paraphrased excerpts to verbatim excerpts is 70:30


    The Appendices is used to provide information that is related to
    the analysis but is unsuitable to be placed in the main text.

    The information in the Appendices is used to increase the readers’


    believability of the validity and reliability of the qualitative
    analysis.

    Provide in Appendices

    1. Interview questions

    2. Demographic information questionnaire

    3. Two or three examples of category evidence tables


    Provide in Appendices (contd)

    4. Thematic evidence tables (if one of objectives is to generate a


    theme)

    5. Category definition table

    6. Data consolidation table

    7. Comparison tables showing comparison between categories


    and demographic variable categories (if one of objectives is to
    generate hypotheses or hypothetical framework)

    8. Evidence tables for all categories or theme

    9. All interview transcripts (if fewer than eight interviewees)


    Suitable to be used if the objectives includes the generation of categories
    Eg. in this case (a research on physical recreational activities participation
    motives among Registered Architects”, the categories of participation reasons
    are (1) Instrumental motives (2) Dispositional Motives (3) Opportunity motives
    Suitable to be used if the objectives includes the generation of themes
    Eg. in this case (a research on physical recreational activities participation
    motives among Registered Architects”, lets assume that all respondents cited
    Health as a motive. Thus, the theme is
    “Registered Architects participate in physical recreational activities for health
    motives”
    Suitable to be used if the objectives includes the generation of a hypothesis
    Eg. in this case (a research on physical recreational activities participation
    motives among Registered Architects), a hypothesis can be made
    “The status of employment (self employed vs employed) influences the physical
    recreational activities participation among Registered Architects for marketing
    services of their firms”
    The reporting of group interview findings is
    similar to the way of reporting individual
    interview findings
    The dissertation emphasizes the reporting of similar and mutually
    supporting findings of the various data collection methods in the case
    study research

    The findings are organized in more than one Finding chapter.

    Each Finding chapter will describe the findings relevant to a research


    objective. The findings are organized into sections according to the
    research methods. Next, a section is provided to report the similar and
    mutually supporting findings of each research method.

    The final Finding Chapter describes the parts of findings from each type
    of data collection method that are either similar or mutually supportive.

    Way to report findings in the sections depend upon the normal way of
    reporting the particular research method findings, eg qualitative findings
    are describe in terms of paraphrased and verbatim excerpts
    Way to report findings depends on the objectives. The
    findings can be in terms of categories, themes, hypotheses
    or hypothetical framework

    The findings are organized according to each objective.


    The categories, theme, hypotheses or hypothetical
    framework are described in dedicated sections of the
    chapter

    These descriptions in each section are paraphrased


    descriptions of the raw observation notes.

    Photographs of the observed objects, persons or activities


    may be included to further support the findings
    DISCUSSION OF
    FINDINGS
    This is provided in the Discussion section of the
    Findings Chapter ( or in the Discussion Chapter)
    Make sections for each objective findings
    1. Compare findings with past findings (in references of past
    research cited in Literature Review Chapter)
    2. Identify past findings that concur with research findings
    3. Identify past findings that contradict with research findings
    4. Suggest reasons for the contradiction of past findings with
    research findings
    5. Support the reasons by citing relevant references
    Make a section that the implications of the findings to
    the solving of the problem (practice gap and research
    gap)
    WRITING THE
    QUALITATIVE
    DISSERTATION
    Title and Author’s Name
    Abstract
    Pledge of original work submission
    Acknowledgement
    List of contents
    List of Diagrams
    List of Tables
    List of Abbreviations

    Chapter 1: Introduction
    Chapter 2: Literature Review
    Chapter 3: Methodology
    Chapter 4: Findings and Discussion
    Chapter 5: Conclusion
    List of References
    Appendices
    Turnit in Report
    The following were suggested by experienced
    supervisors
    1. Each chapter has maximum of 30 pages maximum.
    2. Use simple grammatically correct English
    3. Ensure that there is content consistency and continuity
    between the chapters and the paragraphs.
    4. Make sure that all the contents are relevant to the
    research aim and objectives
    5. All references cited in the text is found in the
    Reference List
    6. All references in the Reference List is found cited in the
    text.
    Your dissertation is examined by your supervisor
    and another suitable lecturer
    1. Examiners dislike dissertations that difficult to read
    and understand.
    2. To ensure easy reading by examiners
    i. The contents are well organized.
    ii. The language is free of spelling and grammatical errors.
    iii. Use simple and common English words
    iv. Use simple sentences (one message per sentence)
    v. Be consistent in writing style (to avoid suspicion of
    plagiarism)
    vi. There is a consistent story line (relevant continuity
    between the sentences, paragraphs and chapters)

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