This page is a toolbox for students that are working on a masters thesis. This toolbox is has five compartments.
The first is a video series called Master’s thesis Magic, where I give real advice on how to do a master’s thesis while playing Magic: The Gathering online (MTG Arena).
The second has a bunch of examples of masters theses that you can check to see what you are supposed to do and write.
The third has tools for methods. Most of it is for qualitative methods, but there are some great resources for quantitative methods as well.
The fourth has a list of measurements that you can use to build questionnaires for your thesis, if you are doing a quantitative project.
The fifth is an ongoing stream of research topics that you can use for your own thesis. They include research question, main articles for the literature review and data collection tools such as interview guides
Master’s thesis Magic (videos)
| Topic | Deck | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Radkos discard | Video |
| Qualitative or quantitative thesis? | Grixis thievery | Video |
| How to choose your thesis topic | Lukka mutate machine gun | Video |
| Literature review, not a gap but the shoulders of giants | Orvar saga+constellation | Video |
Masters theses that I advised
| Title | Topic | Method | Year | Link to PDF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technological innovation & value creation: A study of Blockchain Technology | Creating innovative business models from a disruptive technology | Multiple case study with document analysis (qualitative) | 2018 | Link |
| Behavior toward the use of a password generator | Risk and adoption of consumer grade technology | Survey (quantitative) | 2019 | Link |
| How do hotels respond to negative reviews on TripAdvisor | Companies' appropriation of social recommendation websites | Multiple case study with document analysis (qualitative) | 2020 | Link |
| Fundraising policy in non-profits | How non-profits try to offer benefits for patrons | Interviews | 2009 | Link |
Tools to collect and analyze data
| Title | Description | Methods | Link | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to grounded theory | Provides a very brief description of the three stages of grounded theory analysis. | Qualitative | Link | Text |
| L. Theroux on how to interview and connect with people | L. Theroux is one of the best documentary interviewers that I have ever seen. He shares some tips in this video. | Qualitative | Link | Video |
| Discussion on saturation in qualitative analysis | Saturation is a key concern when doing qualitative research. This paper discusses when to stop collecting data. | Qualitative | Link | Text |
| Qualitative data visualization. | Do you want to have fancy visualizations but only have qualitative data. This text can help. | Qualitative | Text | |
| Analyzing social networks from email data. | With so much email data around, this is a very useful explanation of how to do network analyses on mailboxes. | Quantitative | Link | Text |
| How to start with text mining | Text mining is not very used at the masters level, but it probably should be because you waste no time collecting data. This is a good introduction to the method. | Qualitative | Link | Text |
List of measurements
| Domain | Reference | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Personality and general psychology | Multiple scales | Link |
| Personality and general psychology | Multiple scales | Link |
| Internet attitude scale | Tsai, C. C., Lin, S. S., & Tsai, M. J. (2001). Developing an Internet attitude scale for high school students. Computers & Education, 37(1), 41-51. | Link |
| Family attitude scale | Kavanagh, D. J., O'Halloran, P., Manicavasagar, V., Clark, D., Piatkowska, O., Tennant, C., & Rosen, A. (1997). The Family Attitude Scale: reliability and validity of a new scale for measuring the emotional climate of families. Psychiatry research, 70(3), 185-195. | Link |
| Stanford presenteism scale | Koopman, C., Pelletier, K. R., Murray, J. F., Sharda, C. E., Berger, M. L., Turpin, R. S., ... & Bendel, T. (2002). Stanford presenteeism scale: health status and employee productivity. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 44(1), 14-20. | Link |
| Corporate character scale | Davies, G., Chun, R., da Silva, R. V., & Roper, S. (2004). A corporate character scale to assess employee and customer views of organization reputation. Corporate reputation review, 7(2), 125-146. | Link |