2017
DOI: 10.12973/ejmste/80754
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Motivation to pursue PhD Studies in Mathematics and Sciences Studies among International Students in a Research University

Abstract: This study tried to explore what motivates international students to attain PhD graduation requirements in mathematics and sciences studies in a Chinese research university. The design of the study was qualitative and all collected data were analyzed by thematic analysis. The study explored the motive forces that enable international PhD students to persist and solve all challenging situations to fulfill PhD graduation requirements in mathematics and sciences studies. The internal and external motivations were… Show more

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“…The thematic analysis was the best choice to analyze this type of data because it involves deductive and inductive coding (Boyatzis, 1998). Deductive coding focuses on categories and themes in light of the existing literature, whereas inductive coding focuses on themes and variations that emerge from the data (Altınay-Gazi & Altınay-Aksal, 2017; Munyengabe et al, 2017c;Zhou, 2014). Similar results were put together, discussed and compared with existing literature in the field.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The thematic analysis was the best choice to analyze this type of data because it involves deductive and inductive coding (Boyatzis, 1998). Deductive coding focuses on categories and themes in light of the existing literature, whereas inductive coding focuses on themes and variations that emerge from the data (Altınay-Gazi & Altınay-Aksal, 2017; Munyengabe et al, 2017c;Zhou, 2014). Similar results were put together, discussed and compared with existing literature in the field.…”
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confidence: 99%