3 tomatoes already. really happy!

my submission date is January 5th, so no Christmas this year.

4 chapters to go - have all drafts but need major correcting and a fair amount of reading to be done as i go along.

the first two are major - require tonnes of creativity and should be complete by end October.

the last two don't need a lot of work and am hoping to be done by end of third week of November (both). yikes! its scary just thinking about it.

then immediate start on corrections - 6 weeks.

any tips anyone?!

feeling very panicked about it sometimes when i think of time frames but i think its doable if i can keep my cool.

my motto:

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear." - like finishing this thesis and getting on with my life! lol.

thanks KB. I was going to using the randomising function on the calculator. i think its quantitative am using them because although i have interviews they are much less and informal than the questionairres. i will get a hold of a stats bk.

is 30% considered a decent sample?

hi all, am a law student trying to come up with a table to show the revenues earned by companies over the particular period of time. i have a group of companies say 100, i need to choose a number of them. probably 30%. is that a good sample? what is the name of this method of sampling - someone told me it is random sampling. (i don't have any clue about stats but am learning the 5 months to submission - not good!) my question is:

1) how do i describe my methodology - is 'random sampling' an academic method?
2) if i use random sampling is my study qualitative/quantitative or what? i also intend to hand out a number of questionairres.
3) are there any books i can read on this?

this data forms only a small part of my thesis and its only serves to elaborate what am already saying by providing background information. i rely on 'argument'/ theory to make my thesis using comparative case-study. i also look at stuff from other disciplines. how do i describe my method? any views are helpful.

hailey (love you all. xx)

Hi all..

I'm new here. :)

Great thing i've found this site. I was started to get really down about my progress or lack of it. I've not done much since the start of the year. My official deadline is in December but I'd like to join this thread to work on getting my first draft of the thesis by the end of July (that is very ambitious!). I have draft chapters but they all need massive correcting and reviewing to work together as one piece. Some parts are so out of date and others plain wrong.... but the good thing is a do have a bit of feedback on every chapter. My aims are as follows:



End of April - finish ch.1 (doable!)

End of May - finish ch.2 (doable!)

End of June - finish ch.3 (very ambitious!)

End of July - finish ch.4 & 5 (very ambitious!)

End of August - any unfinished business on the first draft and submit to supervisor.

September - November - final corrections (hope 3 months is enough!)

December - submit.



Today's aim: complete and incorporate a literature review i've been doing for ages into chapter 1.



all the best guys!