Hey Guys,

I hope you all had a happy and healthy holiday break.

I’m back after the break and ready to get cracking again on giving you some insight into constructing your dissertation. Below – I’ve given you the table of contents for my methodology section of my dissertation. Remember that not all dissertations will look exactly the same. Depending on the methodology – your dissertation will be a bit different.

Leave me comments if you have questions.

CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY……………………………………………………………………… 38

Research Design………………………………………………………………………………………. 38

Qualitative Research…………………………………………………………………………………. 39

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis………………………………………… 40

Phenomenology………………………………………………………………….. 42

Hermeneutic………………………………………………………………………. 44

Ideography………………………………………………………………………… 45

Participants: Inclusion Criteria…………………………………………………………………… 45

Sample Size………………………………………………………………………………….. 46

Data Collection: Sampling………………………………………………………………. 47

Participant Recruitment………………………………………………………………….. 48

Oral Survey Screening…………………………………………………………. 49

Data Collection………………………………………………………………………………………… 50

Interviews…………………………………………………………………………………….. 50

Data Management……………………………………………………………………………………. 52

Data Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………….. 53

Step 1: Reading and Rereading……………………………………………………….. 53

Step 2: Initial Noting……………………………………………………………………… 54

Step 3: Developing Emergent Themes……………………………………………… 54

Step 4: Connections Across Themes………………………………………………… 55

Step 5: Moving to the Next Case…………………………………………………….. 55

Step 6: Looking for Patterns Across Cases……………………………………….. 55

Reflexive Bracketing………………………………………………………………………………… 56

Trustworthiness……………………………………………………………………………………….. 57

Ethical Issues…………………………………………………………………………………………… 58

Respect for Persons……………………………………………………………………….. 59

Self of the Researcher………………………………………………………………………………. 60

Role of the Researcher……………………………………………………………………………… 62

Limitations of the Research……………………………………………………………………….. 63

Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 65