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Dissertation in a nutshell* 

Introduction  

• Tell me what you're gonna tell me.    

Literature Review    

• Tell me what everyone else told you.    

Current study      

• Tell me what they're missing.     

Methodology   

Data     

• How did you get the data?      

• Tell me about your sample.      

Analysis      

• What are you going to do to the data?     

Results      

• What did the data tell you?    

Discussion      

• What did the data say, explained in a way that anyone could understand?      

• How is this relevant?     

• How can we apply these findings?     

Conclusion     

• Tell me what you told me.     

Limitations     

• What issues did you have and why are they not your fault and trivial enough that this is still publishable?    

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