LOOK AT LATER ON ALL THESE QUESTIONS IN FACT ALMOST ALL THESIS DEFENSE QUESTIONS

CAN BE PUT INTO THREE MAIN CATEGORIES LET'S GO THROUGH THEM TOGETHER SO THE

FIRST CATEGORY OF COMMON THESIS DEFENSE QUESTIONS ARE THOSE SEEKING INFORMATION

WHICH IS ACTUALLY ALREADY IN THE THESIS LET'S LOOK AT SOME EXAMPLES CAN YOU

SUMMARIZE YOUR KEY FINDINGS IN JUST A FEW SENTENCES WHAT ARE THE KEY RESEARCHERS

AND AUTHORS IN THIS RESEARCH AREA WHAT ARE THE MAIN ON-GOING DEBATES OR ISSUES

IN THIS RESEARCH AREA WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF YOUR CHOSEN TOPIC WHY

DID YOU CHOOSE THIS TOPIC WHY DID YOU USE THE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY THAT YOU

USED WHAT SAMPLING PROCEDURE DID YOU USE WHY DID YOU ARRIVE AT THIS SIMPLE SIZE

WHY DID YOU INCLUDE THESE VARIABLES IN YOUR REGRESSION ANALYSIS HOW DO YOUR

FINDINGS COMPARE TO OTHER STUDIES IN THE FIELD SO THESE ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF

QUESTIONS ASKING FOR INFORMATION WHICH IS ALREADY IN THE THESIS OR THE

DISSERTATION IF I WROTE MY THESIS PROPERLY AND AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER

WHAT I WROTE THEN THESE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE RELATIVELY EASY TO ANSWER

CAN I SUMMARIZE MY KEY FINDINGS IN A FEW SENTENCES SURE BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY

SUMMARIZED MY KEY FINDINGS IN THE ABSTRACT OR IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE

KEY RESEARCHERS AND AUTHORS IN THIS AREA WELL THEY'RE ALREADY COVERED IN THE LIT

REVIEW CHAPTER AND PROBABLY IN THE DISCUSSION CHAPTER ONGOING DEBATES

ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IN MY LIT REVIEW AND IN MY DISCUSSION WHY DID I CHOOSE

THIS TOPIC AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS TOPIC ARE ALREADY COVERED IN THE INTRO

SAMPLE SIZE AND SAMPLING PROCEDURES ARE ALREADY DESCRIBED AND JUSTIFIED IN MY

METHODOLOGY CHAPTER HOW MY FINDINGS COMPARED TO OTHER STUDIES ARE CAREFULLY

DISCUSSED IN THE DISCUSSION CHAPTER SO THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS ARE

SIMPLY IN THE THESIS AS LONG AS MY THESIS IS PROPERLY WRITTEN AND AS LONG

AS I CAN REMEMBER WHAT IS IN MY THESIS I CAN ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS NO PROBLEM

NOW IN MY OBSERVATION AND IN MY EXPERIENCE THESE QUESTIONS QUESTIONS ASKING FOR

INFORMATION THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE THESIS ARE MORE COMMON IN BACHELOR AND

MASTER LEVEL THESIS DEFENSES AND THEY ARE LESS COMMON IN PHD DEFENSES AND THIS IS

PROBABLY BECAUSE THESE QUESTIONS ARE RELATIVELY EASY TO ASK AND ANSWER

ANOTHER POTENTIAL REASON MIGHT BE THAT THESE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED TO CHECK

WHETHER THE STUDENT PERFORMED THE RESEARCH AND WROTE THE THESES THEMSELVES

AND BECAUSE GHOST WRITING IS MORE OF A POTENTIAL CONCERN FOR BACHELOR THESES

AND MASTER DISEASES THESE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED A BIT MORE IN BACHELOR AND MASTER LEVEL

DEFENSES GHOST WRITING IS LESS OF A PROBLEM FOR PHD DISSERTATIONS SO

TO ME THAT THESE QUESTIONS ARE NOT VERY FREQUENTLY ASKED IN PHD DEFENSES THE

SECOND MAIN CATEGORY OF COMMON THESIS DEFENSE QUESTIONS ARE WHAT I CALL

REFLECTIVE HYPOTHETICALS SO THESE QUESTIONS ARE CERTAINLY RELATED TO THE

CONTENT OF THE THESIS BUT THEY ARE NOT DIRECTLY OR SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE

ACTUAL SUBSTANCE OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE THESIS PER SE LET'S LOOK AT SOME

EXAMPLES OF THESE REFLECTIVE HYPOTHETICALS IF YOU WERE TO PERFORM

THIS RESEARCH STUDY ALL OVER AGAIN WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY IF YOU COULD

CHOOSE A DIFFERENT RESEARCH METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE

YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION WHICH RESEARCH METHODOLOGY WOULD YOU USE AND WHY

INSTEAD OF THIS HAD YOU DONE THAT WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE DIFFERENT IN

YOUR FINDINGS IF YOU WERE AN ASSESSOR OF THIS RESEARCH STUDY HOW WOULD YOU GRADE

THIS WORK WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE MOST PROBLEMATIC ISSUE CONCERNING

THIS STUDY SO THESE REFLECTIVE HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS CAN BE A LITTLE

BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO PREPARE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH DIRECTION THESE

HYPOTHETICALS WOULD GO AND BECAUSE THESE QUESTIONS ARE NOT ABOUT ACTUAL

THINGS THAT ARE IN THE THESIS I CAN'T SIMPLY TRY TO MEMORIZE EVERYTHING THAT I

WROTE AND THEN BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS WHICH MEANS THIS SECOND

CATEGORY OF THESIS DEFENSE QUESTIONS CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING TO ANSWER

BUT THE THING ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS IS THAT IF THEY ARE PROPERLY ADDRESSED AND

ANSWERED THEY COULD ACTUALLY LEAD TO VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS IN THE DEFENSE

SO IF YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS WELL IT CAN REALLY MAKE THE DEFENSE MUCH MORE

INTERESTING AND ENJOYABLE AND IF YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS PROPERLY IT CAN

ADD COLORS TO THE DEFENSE AND HELP IMPRESS YOUR PROFESSORS AND THE FINAL

AND THIRD CATEGORY OF COMMON THESIS DEFENSE QUESTIONS WHAT MANY WOULD

CONSIDER AS A DIFFICULT TYPE OF QUESTIONS WOULD BE CHALLENGING AND

ACCUSATORIAL QUESTIONS SO THESE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED BY THE PROFESSORS TO

POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT THEY BELIEVE WAS NOT CORRECT THEY MAY BE POINTING OUT

THINGS WHICH THEY VIEW AS INCORRECTLY DONE OR THEY MIGHT BE POINTING ON WHAT

THEY PERCEIVE TO BE IMPORTANT EMISSIONS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE IN THE THESIS

SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE THESIS BUT WASN'T LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT

SOME EXAMPLES THE STUDY DONE BY AUTHOR X DEMONSTRATED Y WHICH CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES

THAT YOUR STUDY FAILED IN Z AND YET YOU MADE NO MENTION OF THIS IN YOUR LIT

REVIEW NOR IN YOUR DISCUSSION HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY THIS SERIOUS OMISSION LET ME

POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THE THEORY THAT YOU USED TO COME

CAPITALIZE YOUR MODEL OR THIS PARTICULAR SCALE WHICH YOU USED TO MEASURE THIS

VARIABLE IS NOW CONSIDERED OUTDATED OBSOLETE OR UNRELIABLE BASED ON RECENT

RESEARCH FINDINGS OF SO AND SO THIS SERIOUSLY UNDERMINES THE VALUE OF YOUR

RESEARCH YOUR RESPONSE PLEASE SO THESE TWO QUESTIONS ARE ACTUALLY BOTH QUITE

ACCUSATORIAL ACCUSING YOU OF HAVING DONE SOMETHING INCORRECTLY AND NOW LET'S TAKE

A LOOK AT A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES WHICH ARE MORE OF A CHALLENGING NATURE I'D LIKE

YOU TO TALK ABOUT WHY YOU CHOSE TO PERFORM THIS STUDY IN ORGANIZATION A

INSTEAD OF ORGANIZATION B WHEN THE TOPIC APPEARS TO HAVE MORE SIGNIFICANCE FOR

ORGANIZATION B OR ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN YOUR PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS YOU SUGGEST THAT

ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD DO X BECAUSE THAT WOULD AID ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

AND PRODUCTIVITY I'D LIKE TO CHALLENGE YOU TO GIVE MORE DETAILS AS TO HOW

ORGANIZATIONS CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THIS SO THESE TWO QUESTIONS ARE LESS OF

AN ACCUSATION BUT THEY ARE CHALLENGING THE STUDENT TO COME UP WITH MORE

INFORMATION AND MORE EXPLANATION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT THEY WROTE IN THE THESIS

AND THESE CHALLENGING ACCUSATORIAL QUESTIONS DEPENDING ON HOW THEY'RE

PHRASED CAN BE ACTUALLY QUITE DIFFICULT TO ANSWER DURING THE DEFENSE IMAGINE THE

CONTEXT AND THE SETTING OF A THESIS DEFENSE ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TALKING

ABOUT A THESIS DEFENSE AT A REPUTABLE UNIVERSITY WHERE THINGS ARE DONE VERY

SERIOUSLY AND VERY FORMALLY A LEARNED PROFESSOR THROWS AT YOU A CRITICAL AND

ACCUSATORIAL QUESTION AND ASKS YOU TO RESPOND ON THE SPOT WITHOUT THE

OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT ADDITIONAL LITERATURE WITHOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO

SPEAK WITH COLLEAGUES AND FELLOW RESEARCHERS WITHOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO

THINK ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS ALL THAT MAKES THESE QUESTIONS DIFFICULT TO

DEAL WITH I REMEMBER FOR MY OWN PHD DEFENSE I DID

EVERYTHING I COULD TO PREPARE I HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM MY SUPERVISORS ADVISERS

COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS BUT STILL DURING THE DEFENSE THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT I

FOUND TO BE VERY DIFFICULT AND THOSE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS WERE THESE

CHALLENGING AND ACCUSATORIAL QUESTIONS WHEN I WAS ASKED ABOUT SOMETHING WHICH

WAS IN THE THESIS I COULD ANSWER VERY WELL BECAUSE I KNEW MY THESIS VERY WELL

WHEN I WAS GIVEN A REFLECTIVE HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION I COULD STILL

IMPROVISE AND WING IT AND TALK ABOUT STUFF BUT WHEN A PROFESSOR WHOM I

RESPECTED GREATLY WHOSE WORK I CITED EXTENSIVELY IN MY OWN THESIS ASKED ME

SOMETHING WHICH WAS VERY CHALLENGING AN ACCUSATORIAL POINTING OUT SOMETHING THAT

THEY BELIEVE I DID WRONG WELL WAS DIFFICULT TO RESPOND TO WELL RIGHT

THERE ON THE SPOT DURING THE DEFENSE BUT YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY TO KNOW DESPITE ALL

THAT I PASSED MY DEFENSE WITH NO PROBLEM YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THAT IS

JUST PART OF THE GAME BECAUSE THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS NO MATTER HOW

WELL-PREPARED WE ARE CHANCES ARE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE

QUESTIONS THAT WE FIND TO BE DIFFICULT OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER WELL DURING

THE DEFENSE SO DON'T BE AFRAID OF THAT NOW IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH

THESE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER VIDEO TOP 10 TIPS FOR

SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE AS USUAL LET ME END THE VIDEO WITH A FEW QUESTIONS DO YOU

AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH MY TYPOLOGY OF COMMON THESIS DEFENSE QUESTIONS WHAT

STRATEGIES WOULD YOU USE TO TACKLE EACH OF THE THREE CATEGORIES OF QUESTIONS

WHAT SMART IDEAS DO YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSE TRICKY CHALLENGING

ACCUSATORIAL QUESTIONS HOW HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED THESIS DEFENSES YOURSELF

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