adapting literature

dar100

Hi Folks,

Question, I'm attempting to have my thesis published. However, I would like to rewrite some of the content in the lit review, and also add some new content to the lit review. I'm not going near the primary research obviously. My question is, would this be considered ok? And would it be ok to utilise the existing primary data to compare against the new literature?

Thanks

Black Swan

dar100 wrote: »

Question, I'm attempting to have my thesis published. However, I would like to rewrite some of the content in the lit review, and also add some new content to the lit review. I'm not going near the primary research obviously. My question is, would this be considered ok?

Published masters with literature revisions and citations seems appropriate.

dar100 wrote: »

And would it be ok to utilise the existing primary data to compare against the new literature?

Is the existing primary data your intellectual property, or does it belong to others? If yours, there should be no problems using it. As far as comparing it to new studies/literature, such comparisons are done, especially in meta-analysis of studies on a particular research topic, along with citations.

dar100

Black Swan wrote: »

Published masters with literature revisions and citations seems appropriate.

Is the existing primary data your intellectual property, or does it belong to others? If yours, there should be no problems using it. As far as comparing it to new studies/literature, such comparisons are done, especially in meta-analysis of studies on a particular research topic, along with citations.

Thanks Black Swan.

Basically I have added a couple of paragraphs into the lit review, and taken a little bit of an angle of interpretation of the findings. Well I have synthesised the findings into a chart type format to develop a framework. I sent it to a local journal, so see what happens

Black Swan

dar100 wrote: »

Thanks Black Swan.

Basically I have added a couple of paragraphs into the lit review, and taken a little bit of an angle of interpretation of the findings. Well I have synthesised the findings into a chart type format to develop a framework. I sent it to a local journal, so see what happens

Best of luck dar100.

dar100

Black Swan wrote: »

Best of luck dar100.

Thanks,

And thank you for all your help, you are a fountain of knowledge and very generous with passing it on.

Working on a new PhD proposal. I may be in need again:)

Black Swan

dar100 wrote: »

Working on a new PhD proposal. I may be in need again:)

You are welcome dar100. Start a new thread when you wish.