FINISH YOUR DISSERTATION
Guidance, expertise, and support to empower you to accelerate and finish your dissertation or thesis.
WANT TO ACCELERATE YOUR DISSERTATION, REKINDLE YOUR MOTIVATION, AND TURN YOUR FEARS AND FRUSTRATIONS INTO CONFIDENCE AND SUCCESS?
The Finish Your Dissertation course will empower you to accelerate and finish your quantitative – or quantitatively dominant – dissertation or thesis.
STRESS LESS ABOUT
YOUR DISSERTATION
Are you stuck? Don’t know how to present your conceptual framework, write your research methodology, or analyze your stats?
The good news is that with the right guidance, skills and support, you can stress less, accelerate the process, and be on your way to finishing your dissertation!
The Finish Your Dissertation course will teach you how to:
Structure a winning introduction so your dissertation has a strong foundation.
Present a theoretical argument to elevate your findings beyond the particulars of your study.
Present your conceptual framework to provide the structure of your study.
Construct a conceptual diagram for a clear rendition of your concepts.
Describe your research strategy so your findings will address your research questions.
Choose your sampling methodology so that you can state your inferences correctly.
Describe your measurement methods correctly to avoid common reporting errors.
Analyse your statistics to answer your research questions.
Interpret your results in the context of your conceptual framework.
Find emotional support so you can embrace the emotional highs and weather the lows.
IF YOU NEED SUPPORT, YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
I’ve always been the go-to person who explained mathematics and statistics to my cousins and friends at school.
Then, when I was studying, I helped my fellow students.
Later, I taught my own students.
I love teaching, and am known for my infinite patience.
Let me help you too.
Merle Werbeloff
Lovingly known as Stats Auntie.
I CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO ACCELERATE
YOUR DISSERTATION EVEN IF...
YOU’RE SCARED OF STATISTICS AND ANALYSIS
You’re not alone. Most students are scared of statistics. If you want statistical analysis, we’ll analyze your stats together, make sure you understand your results, and ensure the analysis answers your research questions. You’ll be looking over my shoulder (virtually), so you’ll know how it’s done.
PROMISE #1: I WILL SIMPLIFY THE ANALYSIS PROCESS AND EXPLAIN THE STATISTICS.
YOU’RE A PROFESSIONAL IN YOUR FIELD, NOT AN ACADEMIC RESEARCHER. YOUR DISSERTATION IS STRESSING YOU OUT.
I understand. It may be some time since you last studied, and you’re struggling to meet the deadlines of your supervisor or school. You may have family obligations. Academic and emotional support is essential, and you’ll find exactly this on Coach’s Couch, where I, and likeminded students, meet online for mutual support.
PROMISE #2: I’M HERE FOR YOU WITH ACADEMIC AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ON COACH’S COUCH.
YOU’RE NOT READY...
You can jump into the Finish Your Dissertation course at any stage. First up, the Relieve Your Dissertation Pain Points section of the course will guide you on the fundamentals, from structuring a winning introduction and your conceptual framework, to getting the strategy, sampling and measurement aspects right. It’s so much easier to write the later chapters of your dissertation if the principles of the earlier chapters are coherent and consistent.
PROMISE #3: IF YOU’RE STILL READING THIS, YOU’RE READY.
TAKE THE
COURSE TOUR
The Finish Your Dissertation course described in under two minutes!
The Finish Your Dissertation
course has three parts:
Relieve Your Dissertation Pain Points
This part of the course comprises narrated videos with references, templates, and examples on the challenges of a dissertation that traditionally trip students up.
1-to-1 Consulting
1-to-1 provides individualized and personalized research and statistical advice tailored to your dissertation.
Coach’s Couch
Each week, this part of the course provides group emotional and academic online support.
You can select the parts of the course you need.
A previous student says…
I would like to thank you, Merle, for the effort you put into this course. Never have I had a lecturer so passionate and patient, who goes way beyond the extra mile.
I believe you work so hard in your craft to help everyone in your class succeed.
You are without question the best lecturer I have ever had. And you are the best at what you do.
A previous student says…
Just like you, I’ve lived through dissertation stress. In my case, both personally, and alongside my students.
I found my own PhD (Particularly harrying Days) journey harder than I’d expected.
I started it late my career, and underestimated the challenge.
I soon delved into the depths of topics I’d previously not known existed, and never expected their complexities.
The supercomputer did do its job of trawling through the intricacies of Bayesian statistics, and I encountered some wonderful people who helped me immensely, and I’m most grateful to them.
But these people were busy, and could help me only in fragments.
So, in lonely times, I often wished that I could consult someone like me, to hold my hand throughout, and explain – or at least work through – what I couldn’t grasp at that moment.
I rode the roller coaster often associated with a PhD.
Nevertheless, I submitted the dissertation on time, and thankfully, it was received positively.
Although I’d previously worked with, and encouraged, many postgraduate students, and seen their stress, my own experience made me far more empathic, more so than all my years of psychology training.
This is why I decided to offer my Coach’s Couch sessions, dedicated time to connect with students online, and offer emotional support. I run these sessions alongside my Relieve Your Dissertation Pain Points course, and 1-to-1 coaching.
MY ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
Teaching quantitative research methodology and statistics to postgraduate students for over 20 years.
Marking, supervising, tutoring, and assisting hundreds of psychology, business, public administration, and medical students with their dissertations and theses.
Completing my own PhD.
Collecting wonderful resources and guidance essential to mastering the fundamentals of a quantitative, or a quantitatively dominant, dissertation.
I’m a registered industrial psychologist, and am acutely aware of how important it is to be supported – on the academic side, structuring the research and analysing the results, and on the personal side – coping with the demands of family, work and academic pressures.
And so, I’ve constructed my online Finish Your Dissertation course – a composite of invaluable guidance to relieve the pain points of your dissertation, individualized and personalized 1-to-1 research and statistical advice tailored to your dissertation, and group emotional and academic support.
HERE’S JUST SOME OF WHAT YOU CAN GET IN THE FINISH YOUR DISSERTATION COURSE:
GUIDANCE
on the fundamentals
Perfect your chapters
on the parts that traditionally
trip students up.
The course has curated content.
Presented via:
Narrated videos
Templates
Worked examples
Workbooks.
All with references.
1-TO-1
individualized advice
Consistency of your:
Problem statement
Purpose statement
Research question(s)
Adequacy of your:
Research design
Sampling
Measurement
Advice on your:
Statistical techniques
Statistical analysis
Text mining
Interpretation of results
Presentation of results.
SUPPORT
via weekly online meetings
Meet with me and likeminded students.
Sessions designed to give you:
Motivation
Emotional support
Academic support.
FINISH YOUR DISSERTATION will empower you
to accelerate your dissertation process.
It will be there when you need it.
It will give you support.
It will give you the perspective to celebrate the highs, and get you through the lows.
It will speed up your delivery of a scholarly dissertation.
MEET THREE OF MY PREVIOUS STUDENTS
Ruth
I would like to kindly thank Merle Werbeloff for guiding me through this research with all the patience and expert guidance. Thank you, Merle, for being available when I needed you the most. Without you I might have been still far from finishing.
Zanele
Thank you for all the support, tolerance, and guidance you have shown me throughout the process. I have you to thank for this part of my degree.
Robert
Merle, Thanks again for all your assistance with this project. Without you, this study would, at best, have taken another couple of years!
HERE’S EXACTLY WHAT’S IN THE
FINISH YOUR DISSERTATION COURSE
The self-paced Relieve Your Dissertation Pain Points part of the course has 5 modules with narrated videos, templates, worked examples, downloadable workbooks, and module references. Its modules are:
Module 1
A Winning Introduction
The importance of a winning introduction; A problem vs a research problem; A template for structuring a winning introduction, including: The background of the research problem, The foreground of the research problem, Framing the associated research literature; The Problem statement & Problem statement template; The Purpose statement & Purpose statement template; The Research question and Research question templates; The scope, contribution and layout.
Module 2
Literature and Theory
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy for appraisal and synthesis of sources; The conceptual level of your writing: Examples of writing, Why theory in scholarly research, The role of theory in qualitative vs quantitative research, Formal definition of a theory, Structural diagrams of theory, Theoretical and conceptual frameworks; Structuring a scientific argument with the Toulmin model; Structural diagrams of the conceptual framework, Pitfalls re theoretical and conceptual frameworks (pdf).
Module 3
Research Design
Terminology and definition, Types of variables, Research approaches, Categories of research strategies, Experiments, Quasi-experiments, Non-experimental strategies, Descriptive strategies, Correlational strategies, Experimental/ quasi-experimental classic notation system (pdf).
Module 4
Sampling
Sampling concepts, Probability vs non-probability sampling, Probability sampling methods, Measuring sampling error, Non-probability sampling methods, Probability vs non-probability sampling (revisited), Describing your sample, Sample size determination, Sample size calculation, Sample sizes required in regression/ logistic regression; Missing information, Online surveys & social media polling.
Module 5
Measurement
Basic measurement concepts, Score reliability, Importance of score reliability, Types of score reliability, Reporting errors related to coefficient alpha; Good reporting practices, Reliable empirical research, Score validity, Research validity.
Advice on the research design, strategy, sampling, measurement. Statistical analysis and text mining. Checking the consistency of your problem and purpose statements, your research questions, and your propositions or hypotheses. Advice on your conceptual model diagram.
Online emotional support sessions with me and like-minded postgraduate students on navigating the stressors of postgraduate life, balancing conflicting demands, and maintaining motivation. Also support sessions on academic issues proving especially painful. Other topics on demand.
Meet my students Johnson, Kaylee and Manfred
The course was eye opening, motivating and rekindled my interest in stats.
Jaqui
I really enjoyed the program. I especially remember the insights and warm atmosphere that I still draw value from today.
Catlyn
You explain so clearly, and your videos are so helpful. They make everything much clearer, and quantitative research actually doable!
Manfred
START LEARNING TODAY
Purchase today and start learning straight away. Refine your chapters. Get statistical and emotional support as soon as possible.
ACCESS ANYWHERE
Access the course on your laptop, tablet or smartphone. Learn anywhere online.
UP CLOSE AND PERSONALIZED LEARNING
Book your 1-to-1 individual sessions to get advice on your dissertation’s methodology and statistical analysis.
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ESSENTIAL PLAN
NORMAL PRICE: $99
Relieve Your Dissertation Pain Points
SMART PLAN
NORMAL PRICE $299
SUMMER SPECIAL Pay ONLY $269. That's a 10% Discount!
Relieve Your Dissertation Pain Points
1-to-1 (5 hours) Individual research and statistical advice online
Emotional and academic online group support on Coach’s Couch (Weekly sessions for 2 months)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
NORMAL PRICE $599
SUMMER SPECIAL Pay ONLY $509. That's a 15% Discount!
Relieve Your Dissertation Pain Points
1-to-1 (10 hours) Individual research and statistical advice online
Emotional and academic online group support on Coach’s Couch (Weekly sessions for 5 months)
And what if you want more hours?
You can always purchase more hours with me at a reasonable rate.
FOR YOU if you’re:
Doing a quantitative, or quantitatively dominant, dissertation or thesis.
At any stage of your dissertation, from starting, the proposal stage, research stage, or nearly there.
Wanting assistance with only a part of your dissertation.
Needing mostly emotional support and less academic support.
NOT FOR YOU if you’re:
Expecting your dissertation to be done for you.
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE If the course is not for you, that’s not a problem. All you need to do is email me within 30 days of purchase to receive a full refund. Terms and Conditions: Refunds apply to the Relieve Your Dissertation Pain Points part of the course, and to coaching or consulting hours that have not yet been received. There are no refunds on coaching or consulting hours that have already been received.
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