النمطية المنهجية في الرسائل الجامعية : دراسة مطبقة على عينة من رسائل الدكتوراه بجامعتي الملك سعود و الأمام محمد بن سعود الإسلامية

الملخص EN

This study aims to identify the extent to which postgraduate researchers practice systematic methodology in their dissertations through looking at the limitations of those dissertations by answering questions related to the validity of the method used in each study, the suitability of the study population to the research problems and the mechanism used in sample selection.

The current study used the qualitative method represented in the content analysis methodology to analyze a purposive sample of 16 PhD dissertation in the field of humanities collected from King Saud University and Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University.

Results of the current study found that 50% of the analyzed dissertations used inappropriate systematic methodology in using the research methods and 31.25% used inappropriate systematic methodologies to calculate the sample size or the method of data collection from the study population.

The thing that would affect the reliability, quality and the scientific value of the studies.

The researchers highlighted the importance of working on improving the research skills of postgraduate students in order for them to acquire proper knowledge and understanding of the concepts of scientific methodologies, which on its turn would, contributes to raising the level of the produced researches and the future of scientific researches in general.