cant you just delay your official leave date until the end of the month? and just tie up loose ends in the meanwhile?

i got someone else's thesis printed online: epubli.co.uk

they were the cheapest i could find, and reliable. perfect.

Why not?

Good luck grumple! :)

Discuss your concerns with your supervisors too. If you want to get out, the earlier the better. No point wasting time and energy.

It really isn't the end of the world if you don't complete the PhD. Apparently 50% of those who start don't. Personally I think a PhD is over rated and really only needed if you want to become a researcher or stay in academia.

I love my PhD but in hindsight, I don't think its healthy for your mental health or relationships, unless you are very disciplined. It also can be a financial strain.

Thanks!

I would recommend you take this free course: how to survive your PhD: https://www.edx.org/course/how-survive-phd-anux-rsit-01x#!

Thanks chickpea!

The cards were used to understand the choices and preference, and I have used them to report which method was most popular and which was least popular.

I have used applied thematic analysis which allows the use of quantification in the analysis. Does this mean it would still be a qualitative study?

Hi,

In my qualitative interviews, for one of the questions, I provided a series of cards to participants, each contained a different way to do something, and asked the participant to choose the three he most preferred.

(Lets say, each card was a different mode of transport, and asked the participant to choose the three cards (modes) he most preferred, and I noted it down)

I am now writing up the methods section and wondering what do I call these cards? They are not vignettes but what are they?

And does the use of these cards mean my study is not a qualitative study but a mixed methods?

Thanks!

Many congratulations! :-))

Good luck! Let us know how it goes

I am not in the same stage as you but just wanted to wish you luck - you can do it! :-)

Hi,

I have codes, some that I have combined to become main codes.

I now feel like the main codes are actually themes. Are they?

Let me give an example. Say I asked people why they ate chocolate everyday?

The reasons (main codes) were: pleasure, greed, hunger, elevated mood, and distraction.

Are these high level 'reasons' codes or themes?

If your research topic is well defined, the first thing I would do is enroll myself on a methodology course/module.

So if the methods suggested is ethnography for example, get yourself on qualitative research course.

Master the methods and then things will seem easier.

Thanks Chickpea. I don't really know of any existing theories or models that could relate to my research. Its difficult because it is interdisciplinary.