Dissertation is To Answer A Question
A dissertation is a lengthy piece of writing of between 10,000 and 20,000 words on a topic assigned by a department or chosen by the student himself or herself. It is typically divided into chapters and may include headings and subheadings, which are sometimes (but not always) numbered as in a report. Dissertations address a specific research question and may report on an empirical study or a literature-based study. Although the goal of a dissertation is to answer a question, the process is more important than the results. Even if you don't generate any usable data, you can still get a first in your dissertation - as long as you can demonstrate that you have learned about the research process and can analyses it to understand why you were unable to answer the question as successfully as you would have liked. You will need to search for relevant information in order to prepare the literature review and conduct additional research on your chosen topic. Experiments or studies inv...