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Question: Prepare dissertation on Wild swimming in Scotland: Evaluating the benefits and risks to public health and the environment.

We will get dataset of 717 survey responses from across the wild swimming community in Scotland that provides insight into perceived social, mental and physical benefits of wild swimming in addition to potential risks and challenges.

You just need to make dissertation proposal now.

Proposal:
The basic purpose of a dissertation proposal is to make you think NOW about what you're going to do, why and how This will ensure you have developed a more specific focus when you actually start on your dissertation in May

1. Introduce the topic and give a few examples of core and recent literature that have influenced your thinking or are agenda setting in this field.

2. Identify, based on 1, what the important knowledge gaps are and how your dissertation is positioned in relation to one or more of these (i.e justify the need)

3. Pinpoint the specific question you plan to focus on and any related hypotheses

4. Define your key aims - what do you have to do to answer the question in 3

5. Specify the approach you will follow - where, what design, how will data be harvested/collected/sourced/how in outline will it be analysed The approach is basically your roadmap to help you achieve your aims

6. Timeline for undertaking the research through to submission.