Writing the Methodology Chapter of a UK Dissertation
The structure UK examiners expect, the philosophical framing you can't skip, and how to defend every methodological choice.
Methodology is the chapter UK examiners read with the sharpest pencil. Every choice - paradigm, design, sampling, analysis - needs justification, not just description.
Standard structure
Research philosophy (positivist / interpretivist / pragmatist), approach (deductive / inductive), strategy (survey / case study / experiment), choices (mono / mixed methods), time horizon, techniques and procedures. This is Saunders' research onion - UK supervisors recognise and reward it.
Justify every choice
Don't just state 'I used semi-structured interviews.' Explain why interviews over surveys, why semi-structured over structured, why this sample size, why this analytical approach. Each justification should reference methodological literature.
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