Dissertation

you should provide detail of how you achieved your aim and objectives in answer of your research question(s). You should provide a level of detail that would enable others to replicate your work exactly. This could include, for example if completing a narrative review, a detailed search strategy including the search terms used and how they have been combined using Boolean operators, inclusion and exclusion criteria, the sources of information, and the date restrictions of your search to identify the existing evidence in answer of your research question(s). In addition, you should identify the tools used to critically appraise the identified evidence including detail of their application. You may be Thematically Analysing the identified evidence, in which case, a detailed explanation of how this, or indeed other analyses, have been conducted should be included. Please note, these are examples of what you might include and are not an exhaustive list of what to include in your methods section.