Preparation to Do Masters or PhD: Checklist
Those who have an idea to do Masters/ PhD, but do not know how to move on?
Finalised which area you are interested in. How about you?
You may have a tentative topic. Based on your topic, find key words.
Search for journals, read related thesis and refer to chapter
With reading knowledge, meet a few Profs and senior lecturers and tune their reliable ideas pertaining to the topic. Have you done that? 5. Then, finalised a few issues for the problem statement. What are the issues will be brought to PhD Studies? Have you?
(Further research).
Find objectives based on the issues (problem statement). Have you?
I have read more than 30 articles and tabulated them and found a gap? Have you?
Then, outline your frameworks.
Then, consider about the ethical clearance and where I intend to get the data? How to access easily? So, I wrote a letter to a few companies to access the data. How about you?
Find research designs, if can try to do a pilot study to find out whether the methodology which you have chosen reliable or not.
Then write your research proposal based on your University or Faculty guidelines.