Using Committee Feedback to Prepare for a Defense (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Paying attention to feedback is very important. If you have a committee member always providing you feedback about methodology, you have to expect that during the defense, they might ask you about your research method, right? If they ask a lot about your theoretical framework, if they ask a lot about how you apply your study, what is the implication of your study, provide you feedback about how to present the findings. All these are signals that will give you an idea about the kinds of questions that you're going to receive from them. So it helps you to anticipate the areas that they are going to ask you questions and then you prepare yourselves.
- Track recurring feedback from each committee member.
- Expect defense questions in areas that committee members emphasize.
- Prepare clear explanations of methodology, theory, application, implications, and findings.
- Use feedback patterns to anticipate questions and reduce uncertainty.