Dissertation help

I_am_mad

Hello all,

I was just wondering if anyone could help me. I am doing my dissertation and I have done 3000 words so far and I need to complete the rest of my methodology and then interpret the data and results. Now I have used open ended questionnaires how do I display this type of data as I dont think I can really use graphs as each answer is going to be different? Also how do I display this when it comes to interpretting data and the writing. Do I write on one page and say see fig 1.1 and relate to it that way?

Also is it okay do you think to annotate the questionnaires to say what each one shows, I cant ask uni as they never even bother replying to emails!!

Thank you

alwaysonthego_2

I think it depends what type of research you are doing. Are you doing ethnography or quantative (sp)?

The_One_Who

Have you done any sort of thematic or textual analysis? How have you interpreted the data? You need to know what sort of data/results you are trying to show before you can work out how to display it.

HappyinSpain

Normally, you would amalgamate similar responses per question, so for instance Too costly/Too expensive/Too dear would be summed together to ease interpretation. Depends on the question really as to whether this is feasible.

KK22_2

Do you have a supervisor for your study? I thought for most courses you would have had a supervisor that should be able to help you with these questions.

As others say, need a bit more info before being able to advise.