08-02-2013, 17:28
Jerome Wrote:Amazing how many dissertations requiring 'original' (i.e. from one ) research always seem to transpire into a survey of many as opposed to the student actually researching the topic for themselves.
I can't speak for all students, but that is what I have done - I have compiled a literature review of all related academic and social material, and now I am also conducting interviews with music journalists, bloggers and musicians as well as a focus group looking at the gaps currently in our understanding of the subject. However, a survey is also a very good way of getting original research material as it offers a way to gather a large quantity of data from the target population the study is looking at.
Hopefully the dissertation will yield original findings or ideas as a result of the methods I have used.
