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Dissertation Support

Resources to help you plan and develop your dissertation or research project

Why use SPIDER?

SPIDER can be useful for qualitative or mixed methodology research questions where the focus is on attitudes and experiences and the study design.

S: Sample or people involved

PI: Phenomenon of Interest or behaviours or reasons for decisions

D: Design or form of research used

E: Evaluation or outcome measures

R: Research type or research styles used

Applying SPIDER 

S: Sample - female care leavers starting university study

PI: Phenomenon of Interest - experiences

D: Design - questionnaire and interview

E: Evaluation - survey

R: Research type - mixed

 

A resulting question:

What are the conflicting and consistent experiences of female care leavers in the first year of higher education?