My past survey conducted (methodology/findings) is potentially forming the base of my current paper.
I wonder what are some typical ways to start with in this direction. Typically, w.r.t the use of literature review, survey design and the data collected.
Can I skip these parts by providing a briefly summary of how I did them in past paper?
...Your Help appreciated...
Dear Shahid Mir,
You can use your old research to set foundation of current research. Your previous research can give some evidence of the problem existing in the focus area. The literature can also help you to synthesize the literature in your current research. However, the methodology to be used in any research strictly depend on the data characteristics (whether it is time-series, panel or survey cross-sectional data).
Best wishes for your research.
Atif
You can update the data and compare it with the past data. It can give different results. It makes sense to use it in temporal comparisons I guess.
I think you can try to update your review of literature and see if the data is still viable if the gap is still evident.
Do you mean you've done new work using the methods previously published? If so a very brief summary so experts will understand the basics of what you have done with a reference to the original publication is enough. Clearly highlight any deviations (if it is simply an expanded dataset include number of old and new samples and how you will be handling the fact the two publications are not independent datasets).
If however, it is a new analysis of the dataset already published then you need to get a clear understanding of what your field would consider interesting and novel enough to justify another publication. It has to address a different hypothesis or pull in new information that was not available at time of the original publication. There will then need to be a section detailing the new analyses carried out for the new hypothesis.
It is important to understand that you want to update your work and extend previous work. Update means that you have new or more data and new results can be drawn. However, if you are able to find new aspect of your earlier work, then it will be extension of your earlier work. If updating is required, then just write a review paper and provide additional information. In this way you may avoid literature review repetition or self plagiarism. If extension is the aim, then you have new dimensions, therefore new literature review is required.
Hope your question is addressed.
Dear,
Just update the data and proceed with methodology, you may get desire results.
Thanks all, the comments are indeed eye opening for me.
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So learning from your comments, my work typically is going to be the Extension of previous work. Here I'm gonna test new hypotheses.
However, I will be using the previously surveyed (collected) data and analyse the same for new dimensions. For literature part, i will be providing a brief summary of the past work.
I will share the updates with you people..Insha-Allah
Dear Shahid Mir,
You can use your old research to set foundation of current research. Your previous research can give some evidence of the problem existing in the focus area. The literature can also help you to synthesize the literature in your current research. However, the methodology to be used in any research strictly depend on the data characteristics (whether it is time-series, panel or survey cross-sectional data).
Best wishes for your research.
Atif
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