The cloud of "chain of evidence" underlying chapters 4 & 5 of dissertation projects (mba)

The cloud of "chain of evidence" underlying chapters 4 & 5 of dissertation projects (mba).

The main structures of chapter 4 and 5 are depicted in the blog note (March 6, 2022). Together, they present a cloud of "chain of evidence" of the dissertation project, as follows:

In a nutshell, Chapter 4 is responsible for presenting mainly the "objective" and "empirical"  data captured from the data-gathering efforts of research methods. These highlighted data (note: additional data gathered, not so important, could be located in the appendix of the dissertation report). form the major input in the "cloud of chain of evidence" to be further processed in Chapter 5 "presentation of research findings". Specifically, the captured data [Chapter 4 findings] are interpreted and analyzed with academic ideas (re: the theoretical framework level 1a and level 1c), resulting in analysis findings (e.g., AF1, AF2....). These analysis findings are then discussed in terms of their knowledge value (including actionable value) to meet specific research objectives (ROs..) of the dissertation project. The analysis done in Chapter 5 could be quantitative or qualitative. 

The underlying path of the "cloud of chain of evidence" is thus as follows:

Chapter 4: findings --> Chapter 5: processed with academic ideas and data analysis methods (quantitative & qualitative)--> analysis findings (embodying knowledge) --> extent of achieving specific research objectives.

Note: 

1. The research objectives of the dissertation report are first presented in theoretical framework level 0; and the the theoretical framework level 0 is derived from the management-concerns diagram (re: the agile literature review approach).

2.the academic ideas of theoretical framework level 1a are examined in Chapter 2: Literature Review of the dissertation report.

Additional study materials (video): about chapters 4 and 5.