Steve Tippins Ph.D. explains why statistical results alone don't make a dissertation meaningful. You need internal validity, meaning the study was conducted correctly, and external validity, meaning the results apply beyond your specific context. Without both, committees will dismiss your work.
You can have statistical results in a quantitative study, but are they valid? Did you do the study right? Is it transferable to other situations? You need to keep internal and external validity in mind when you're creating your plan. If you don't, your committee and future readers are going to look at your results and say, so what? Why do this study? Drop the word help in the comments and I'll send you a link to my free dissertation help community.
