Hi all. If a PhD is approximately 350 pages (social sciences), how long is the literature supposed to be? I read previous posts here and people suggest that it is about 100 pages. I think that it should be around 200 but again I have no experience. Anyone finishing the write up and can give me their opinion? Thanks!

Thanks. 20 000/30 000 words is ok! After 2-3 experiments that pretty much worked, I am thinking of changing the subject a little (still in the same area) but the problem is that I will end up with experiments that are not so much related to each other and this is a bit probleatic (for the literature review and for the PhD as a whole of course). Has anyone done something like that?

My thesis will (if all works out) be a bit disconnected cos there are a couple if slightly "off-topic" things that I want to try in addition to my remit. My supervisor was encouraging about it: you may as well try everything you can. If you're good at blagging you can usually find a way of linking topics