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    This document discusses the concepts of specificity, feasibility, and choosing a feasible dissertation topic. [1] Specificity refers to the proportion of true negative cases out of all cases without a given condition, while feasibility studies determine if an intervention is appropriate for further testing based on economic, technical, legal, and scheduling considerations. [2] When choosing a dissertation topic, it is important to ask questions about the specific problem being explored, what theory and methodology can be used, who will participate, and how they will be accessed to ensure the topic is feasible and can be successfully completed.

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    This document discusses the concepts of specificity, feasibility, and choosing a feasible dissertation topic. [1] Specificity refers to the proportion of true negative cases out of all cases without a given condition, while feasibility studies determine if an intervention is appropriate for further testing based on economic, technical, legal, and scheduling considerations. [2] When choosing a dissertation topic, it is important to ask questions about the specific problem being explored, what theory and methodology can be used, who will participate, and how they will be accessed to ensure the topic is feasible and can be successfully completed.

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    This document discusses the concepts of specificity, feasibility, and choosing a feasible dissertation topic. [1] Specificity refers to the proportion of true negative cases out of all cases without a given condition, while feasibility studies determine if an intervention is appropriate for further testing based on economic, technical, legal, and scheduling considerations. [2] When choosing a dissertation topic, it is important to ask questions about the specific problem being explored, what theory and methodology can be used, who will participate, and how they will be accessed to ensure the topic is feasible and can be successfully completed.

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    Specificity and Feasibility of The Problem

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    This document discusses the concepts of specificity, feasibility, and choosing a feasible dissertation topic. [1] Specificity refers to the proportion of true negative cases out of all cases without a given condition, while feasibility studies determine if an intervention is appropriate for further testing based on economic, technical, legal, and scheduling considerations. [2] When choosing a dissertation topic, it is important to ask questions about the specific problem being explored, what theory and methodology can be used, who will participate, and how they will be accessed to ensure the topic is feasible and can be successfully completed.

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    SPECIFICITY AND

    FEASIBILITY
    O F T HE P R O B L E M
    “This is a quote. Words full of wisdom
    that someone important said and can
    make the reader get inspired.”

    —SOMEONE
    FAMOUS
    Specificity
    Specificity is calculated as the proportion of true
    negative cases divided by all cases without the
    condition. The outcome of the test is typically
    referred to as being positive (indicating the
    condition is present) or negative (the condition is
    not present).
    Feasibility
    Feasibility studies are used to determine whether an
    intervention is appropriate for further testing; in other
    words, they enable researchers to assess whether or not the
    ideas and findings can be shaped to be relevant and
    sustainable
    Feasibility
    ● A feasibility study is an analysis that takes all of a
    project's relevant factors into account—including
    economic, technical, legal, and scheduling
    considerations—to ascertain the likelihood of
    completing the project successfully.
    Is Your Topic
    Feasible?
    For some students, choosin
    g a topic for
    their dissertation comes or
    ganically, or it
    may have even been part o
    f the reason
    they pursued their PhD in
    the first place.
    However, for others, it can
    be a bit more
    of a struggle. This can be fo
    r a number of
    reasons.
    Perhaps you had something in m
    ind at your
    workplace, but then changed job
    s so the
    population of interest is no longer
    available for you to sample. Perh
    aps you
    discover that a study you had you
    r heart
    set on involves a vulnerable popu
    lation.
    In order to discover a study topic
    that is not only feasible but also
    reasonable, justifiable, and
    necessary, you may find it helpful
    to ask yourself the following
    questions:
     
    01 02 03
    What is the specific What theory can I use to What methodological
    problem? explore this study? approach can I use?
    04
    Who is going to participate in
    this study?
    What is the specific problem? This pertains more to
    being able to identify the variables of you chosen
    topic so that you can devise research questions.
    This is also an important moment to pause and dig
    through the literature to ensure that you can
    identify support for the existence of this problem
    as a gap in the literature with other (recent)
    research studies.
    What theory can I use to explore this
    study?  Whether you choose to do a
    qualitative or quantitative study, you
    will need a theory to ground it.
     
    What methodological approach can I use?  Is there
    an instrument out there that is valid and reliable
    that you can use to assess your variables? If not,
    and you are studying perceptions or lived
    experiences, you may have a qualitative study
    on your hands.

     
    Who is going to participate in this study? And, more
    importantly, how will you access them? Can you
    access them?
     
    Once you are in a place where you can confidently and
    completely answer each of these questions, you have a
    solid, defendable dissertation topic.
    END

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