Chapter 3: Quantitative Master's Thesis
This section provides guidelines for conducting the research and writing a quantitative master's thesis including a suggested timeframe for completing a master's degree in two years, proposal writing, the structure of a typical thesis, Institutional Review Board and protection of animal subjects considerations.
As you begin your Master's project, bear in mind that your project should be the result of work that is independently conducted, and that represents original research and critical analysis. The work should demonstrate the following from the student concerning the field of study:
- Awareness and understanding of important current work worldwide
- Ability to plan an experiment or other research activity that contains critical hypo-deductive elements such as hypothesis, controls, statistically appropriate sample sizes, independent variable manipulations, and correct statistical analyses
- Knowledge and motivation to carry out the planned research activity
- Ability to conduct a mathematically and statistically correct analysis of the results of the research activity
- Ability to draw reasonable conclusions from the research work
- Ability to complete a written description of work in the form of a properly written and organized thesis
- Ability to complete a thesis with potential for participation in professional meetings and/or publication in scholarly journals
- Chapter 3: Quantitative Master's Thesis
- Section 3.1: Suggested timeline for quantitative master's degree in two years
- Section 3.2 Components of a quantitative thesis proposal
- Section 3.3: Quantitative thesis chapters
- Section 3.4: Other considerations: human and animal subjects