+1 862 207 3288 Section in thesis: Results and discussion
Word count 1500-2000
Harvard style referencing,1.5 line spacing, font size 12.
- Results and discussion can be merged into one
- 4 -6 themes needed, nothing less than 4.
- Look at Braun and Clarke for guidelines, thematic analysis for phycological themes. (first PDF document that comes up on google, stick to this as a guideline and generate themes)
- Coding – what keeps coming up?
- Imput themes and sub themes
- Discuss and support verbalism (quotes from the interviews), bring them into discussion
Results – this study attempts to …..
Basically, your reporting what has merged from the data.
Examples of Themes given by lecturer to use for my thesis
- Theme: stigma, sub theme of stigma : awareness (still a stigma however people are still aware of homelessness)
- Theme : Fear , sub theme : its not social norm, Ireland tend to brush things under the carpet
- Theme : lack of understanding to causes of homelessness , sub theme of this : addiction, unemployment.
- Theme : need for government funding, sub theme : resources ( before 3rd level education they believed that the government gave more help than they actually do to the homeless
- Theme; Development of liberal thought. (everyone should be treated equal, more inclined to help them out, give money or food to homeless)
- Theme : Misunderstanding , possible sub themes for misunderstanding: education,employment,addiction. (throughout all of my data there was a misunderstanding of………)
Look at ‘Amy rose Hayes thesis psychology’ on google for guideline on structure.
My thesis research question is : Can third level education tackle stigma? An exploration into students views towards homelessness and addiction.
Basically has learning about homelessness and addiction in 3rd level education had an impact on students views in relation to their opinions on homelessness.
So i have to link the results/discussion section to this throughout.
