Queen's Learning Commons
Queen's University- Understanding Expectations
- Identifying Your Research Questions
- Developing a Methodology or Methodological Framework
- Reviewing the literature in your field
- Establishing a dissertation committee
- Writing a dissertation proposal
- Creating a Work Plan
- Creating a Disseration Support Network
- Conducting Research
- Conducting a comprehensive literature review
- Outlining and drafting chapters
- Taking care of visual details
- Reviewing, revising & submitting your text
- Creating defense draft & defending dissertation
- Writing the Abstract
- Finalizing Revisions
- Submitting Dissertation
- Getting Closure
Stage 9: Conducting Research
Primary research is important because, along with your chosen methodological framework, it will help you make an important and original contribution to the field
In this stage, you will find answers to your research questions using the methodology you established in previous steps. Research steps may vary across disciplines, but the areas of humanities, social sciences, and sciences outlined here offer guidelines for most dissertation studies.
Useful Web Sites for Conducting Research
- Ethics Review Boards for Use of Human Subjects
- Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans
- Social Science Research Methods
- Empirical Research
- EndNote Bibliography (software program)
- RefWorks
- Qualitative Research
Chose a Research Style:
Research in the Humanities
Research in the Social Sciences
Research in the Natural Sciences
Based on the original Dissertation Calculator from the University of Minnesota Libraries.