Research
A Thesis That Nearly Stalled, Defended With Distinction
MSc candidate, Faculty of Social Sciences
- 5
- Sessions
- 10
- Weeks to deadline
- Distinction
- Outcome
The challenge
Where they started
A postgraduate student had collected data for eight months but could not make the analysis answer her research questions, and her submission deadline was ten weeks away.
Our support
What RIO Center did
Through the RIO Research Clinic she was matched with a methodologist who identified that her research questions and instrument had drifted apart. Over five sessions they restructured the analysis plan, reran the analysis in SPSS, and rebuilt the findings chapter.
The outcome
What changed
She submitted on time and defended with distinction. Her supervisor has since referred four other students to the Clinic.
“I thought I needed someone to check my statistics. What I actually needed was someone to tell me my questions and my questionnaire had stopped matching. Nobody else had said that.”
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