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Post by writing on Aug 31, 2012 20:35:13 GMT -5
I just wanted to get a general sense of how long dissertation writing takes. I know that's a huge question and really depends. But I am using a secondary data, I know my variables that will be used in dissertation, my models, statistical analysis etc. The only thing left is to write my actual dissertation. As a quant research, anyone has any ideas about the length of writing? My plan is to wrap it up in 5-months. Does it seem to be realistic to you guys?
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Post by sure on Aug 31, 2012 20:49:52 GMT -5
Yep, I basically wrote my dissertation this summer. Of course, I had already published a couple of articles based on preliminary analyses and write-ups from years prior. So, while the dissertation was original, I wasn't exactly starting from scratch.
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Post by efficiency on Sept 2, 2012 3:28:37 GMT -5
I just wanted to get a general sense of how long dissertation writing takes. I know that's a huge question and really depends. But I am using a secondary data, I know my variables that will be used in dissertation, my models, statistical analysis etc. The only thing left is to write my actual dissertation. As a quant research, anyone has any ideas about the length of writing? My plan is to wrap it up in 5-months. Does it seem to be realistic to you guys? The question is how much writing you have already completed, since progress is measured by what is on paper. If you have something already down (and I assume that you would, at least, have lit review done if doing a major project or the front end of a paper complete if you are combining several articles to make the one document), then completing in 5 or 6 months is certainly doable. Once I got back to working on mine full-time, it took about 6 months to write it, although I had one article already done (so one of my 3 substantive chapters) and a short intro chapter, in addition to some front-end stuff for another paper that had to be revised extensively later on. What you need to know is that a) if you are going on the market, you will need to speak to what you are finding in your dissertation as opposed to what you will find, since it is critical that you evidence a strong likelihood of finishing in time to accept a position and you need something to talk about for a job talk presentation, and b) the job market slows writing progress significantly until a job has been secured, such that I lost maybe 3 months in my process even though I had a position secured by Christmas. Plan accordingly, because at the close of a grad career, there are sometimes a lot of moving parts and the dissertation becomes just one of several time- and energy-consuming tasks. Good luck! |
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Post by thanks on Sept 2, 2012 7:18:07 GMT -5
I'm the original poster and really appreciate your responses and encouragement. I have already written lit. review and methodology sections for my dissertation. I will need to work on data analysis and to write three chapters based on the results. Hopefully I will get a job offer this year and finish my PhD as well. Will see how it goes. Thanks again.
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