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Direct linkTrafford, Vernon; Leshem, Shosh; Bitzer, Eli – Higher Education Review, 2014
This study investigated how candidates claimed to have made an original contribution to knowledge in the conclusion chapters of 100 PhD theses. Documentary analysis was used to discover how this was explained within theses at selected universities in three countries. No other documents were accessed and neither were candidates, supervisors or…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Text Structure, Content Analysis
