Walau belum dapat tarikh viva, tapi nak simpan soalan-soalan bocor ni kat sini supaya tak hilang.
Senang sikit nak rujuk bila perlukan.
Juga dapat dari Facebook Dr Othman Talib @ Dr OT.
Kalau tak boleh jawab... jgn salahkan ibu yang mengandung !
Ini post yang pernah aku uploaded beberapa bulan yang lepas... aku postkan lagi bagi yang terlepas.... .. jgn takut... 33 soalan ini tidak terlepas sempadan, berkisar hanya kepada kajian anda yang baru lepas anda siapkan !!
Kepada yang baru dapat PhD, boleh simpan soalan ini utk viva PG akan datang...
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1. What is the topic / discipline of your research area?
2. What is your study about?
3. What made you think that your study is worth doing?
4. What is the main problem / issue are you going to tackle?
5. What is the main debates related to the problem/issue?
6. Are there any alternative perspectives related to the problem/issue?
7. Generally, what the literature says about the problem / issue?
8. How are you going to tackle the problem / issue?
9. What is the contribution (to the body of knowledge) of your study in your field?
10. What are the main problem statement for your study?
11. What is your expected finding before starting your study?
12. How did you review previous studies?
13. Who is the main authors / leading researcher in the area of your investigation?
14. Can you mention the main journals you have reviewed related to your field?
15. Now, can you mention local expert(s) of your study.
16. What is the ‘novel’ aspect of your study?
17. What are the variables involved, and why you decided to choose them?
18. Briefly explain the theoretical / conceptual framework underpinnings your study?
19. What is the research design of you study? Why used quantitative not qualitative or not mixed method (or vice versa)
20. What instrument are you going to use – pilot test, validity and reliability?
21. How did you analyse your data?
22. How the statistical analysis used in your study appropriate to answer your research questions? How the coding process used in your study appropriate to answer your research questions (qualitative)?
23. Have you tested all the assumption related to your data? How did you validate the interview transcript before coded (qualitative)?
24. How did you get your sample? What is your sampling technique?
25. How far can you generalise the finding? How can you generalise the meaning interpreted in your study (qualitative)?
26. Can you summarize the main finding of your study?
27. Is there any direct impact in term of the practical implication of the finding?
28. Are you satisfied with the outcome of your study – If not, how could you improve your study / procedure / framework / analysis?
29. What aspects of your methodology differ from others?
30. Have you faced any difficulty in conducting your study, and how did you overcome it?
31. What is the best advice or recommendation can you give to the future candidate related to this topic?
32. Can you now consider yourself as an expert in this field? Why?
33. Why do you think that your thesis / dissertation has achieved the PhD /Master standard / level?
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Showing posts with label tips viva. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tips viva. Show all posts
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Friday, February 6, 2015
Useful links
Two useful links for future reference...
1. The key succesful PhD thesis?
Write in your own voice.
and
2. How to survive PhD viva?
17 top tips.
Just click the underline title if you interested too!
1. The key succesful PhD thesis?
Write in your own voice.
and
2. How to survive PhD viva?
17 top tips.
Just click the underline title if you interested too!
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Himpunan soalan viva
Top 40 potential viva questions
1. Can you start by summarising your thesis?
2. Now, can you summarise it in one sentence?
3. What is the idea that binds your thesis together?
4. What motivated and inspired you to carry out this research?
5. What are the main issues and debates in this subject area?
6. Which of these does your research address?
7. Why is the problem you have tackled worth tackling?
8. Who has had the strongest influence in the development of your subject area in theory and practice?
9. Which are the three most important papers that relate to your thesis?
10. What published work is closest to yours? How is your work different?
11. What do you know about the history of [insert something relevant]?
12. How does your work relate to [insert something relevant]?
13. What are the most recent major developments in your area?
14. How did your research questions emerge?
15. What were the crucial research decisions you made?
16. Why did you use this research methodology? What did you gain from it?
17. What were the alternatives to this methodology?
18. What would you have gained by using another approach?
19. How did you deal with the ethical implications of your work?
20. How has your view of your research topic changed?
21. How have you evaluated your work?
22. How do you know that your findings are correct?
23. What are the strongest/weakest parts of your work?
24. What would have improved your work?
25. To what extent do your contributions generalise?
26. Who will be most interested in your work?
27. What is the relevance of your work to other researchers?
28. What is the relevance of your work to practitioners?
29. Which aspects of your work do you intend to publish – and where?
30. Summarise your key findings.
31. Which of these findings are the most interesting to you? Why?
32. How do your findings relate to literature in your field?
33. What are the contributions to knowledge of your thesis?
34. How long-term are these contributions?
35. What are the main achievements of your research?
36. What have you learned from the process of doing your PhD?
37. What advice would you give to a research student entering this area?
38. You propose future research. How would you start this?
39. What would be the difficulties?
40. And, finally… What have you done that merits a PhD?
Source: http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/ResearchEssentials/?p=156
1. Can you start by summarising your thesis?
2. Now, can you summarise it in one sentence?
3. What is the idea that binds your thesis together?
4. What motivated and inspired you to carry out this research?
5. What are the main issues and debates in this subject area?
6. Which of these does your research address?
7. Why is the problem you have tackled worth tackling?
8. Who has had the strongest influence in the development of your subject area in theory and practice?
9. Which are the three most important papers that relate to your thesis?
10. What published work is closest to yours? How is your work different?
11. What do you know about the history of [insert something relevant]?
12. How does your work relate to [insert something relevant]?
13. What are the most recent major developments in your area?
14. How did your research questions emerge?
15. What were the crucial research decisions you made?
16. Why did you use this research methodology? What did you gain from it?
17. What were the alternatives to this methodology?
18. What would you have gained by using another approach?
19. How did you deal with the ethical implications of your work?
20. How has your view of your research topic changed?
21. How have you evaluated your work?
22. How do you know that your findings are correct?
23. What are the strongest/weakest parts of your work?
24. What would have improved your work?
25. To what extent do your contributions generalise?
26. Who will be most interested in your work?
27. What is the relevance of your work to other researchers?
28. What is the relevance of your work to practitioners?
29. Which aspects of your work do you intend to publish – and where?
30. Summarise your key findings.
31. Which of these findings are the most interesting to you? Why?
32. How do your findings relate to literature in your field?
33. What are the contributions to knowledge of your thesis?
34. How long-term are these contributions?
35. What are the main achievements of your research?
36. What have you learned from the process of doing your PhD?
37. What advice would you give to a research student entering this area?
38. You propose future research. How would you start this?
39. What would be the difficulties?
40. And, finally… What have you done that merits a PhD?
Source: http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/ResearchEssentials/?p=156
Thursday, June 28, 2012
tips semasa defence proposal
Dapat ni dari Doctorate Support Group (DSG):
"First 5 minutes, you must be able to give the overview of your entire project. If people don't see the BIG PICTURE after 5 minutes, they normally start shutting off themselves. That is why it is always good to start with a clear research framework, in a graphic form.
The last 3 minute, you must be able re-emphasize why your research is relevant and important. Especially in the context of filling the gaps in the existing corpus of knowledge.
Ini adalah permulaan dan penamat yang biasanya boleh 'melembutkan' hati para panel. So they would be less harder to you.
Those are my tips from oratory point of view. Weak presentation can devalue even a very strong research."
Tips yang berguna untuk mempertahankan proposal nanti. Walaupun masih agak jauh perjalanan itu. Tapi suatu masa nanti saya akan melaluinya.
"First 5 minutes, you must be able to give the overview of your entire project. If people don't see the BIG PICTURE after 5 minutes, they normally start shutting off themselves. That is why it is always good to start with a clear research framework, in a graphic form.
The last 3 minute, you must be able re-emphasize why your research is relevant and important. Especially in the context of filling the gaps in the existing corpus of knowledge.
Ini adalah permulaan dan penamat yang biasanya boleh 'melembutkan' hati para panel. So they would be less harder to you.
Those are my tips from oratory point of view. Weak presentation can devalue even a very strong research."
Tips yang berguna untuk mempertahankan proposal nanti. Walaupun masih agak jauh perjalanan itu. Tapi suatu masa nanti saya akan melaluinya.
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