Masters Dissertation Example

4.4.1 Major determinates of practical implementation
11% of ‘yes’ responses indicated that findings had been taken up into policy only (table 3) 
rather than in practical implementation (table 2) and were adjusted to a ‘no’ response to 
determine whether there would be any difference in the factors determining practical 
implementation of findings only (table 7). This left 47 % of respondents whose findings had 
been implemented. Only main effects were examined. 
Table 7. Minimum adequate model for factors influencing the practical implementation of research 
findings (logistic regression (df=429). Only the factor levels of significance are shown in detail P(>|z|), but 
the significance of the factor as a whole is represented P(>|Chi|) 
Factor 
Factor level 
Direction 
P(>|z|)
P(>|Chi|) 
Journal 
Dissemination
Motivation (research) 
Motivation (publication) 
Author capacity
Recommendations 
Research ongoing
Funding local NGO
CB 
BD 
Yes 
Scientific 
Scientific 
Practitioners 
Academic 
Yes 
Yes 
No 
Negative 
Negative 
Positive 
Negative 
Negative 
Negative 
Negative 
Positive 
Positive 
Negative
0.028 
0.031 
0.02 
0.0002 
0.030 
0.028 
0.04 
0.001 
6.95e-05
0.01 
0.05 
- 
0.02 
4.999e-07 
0.05 
- 
1.594e-04 
7.227e-04 
1.351e-05 
8.025e-04 
The model was very similar to that reported above, suggesting that the initial response variable 
is representative. However, journal differences became significant, with CB joining BD with 

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lower levels of implementation (fig.22 (a)), and findings applicable at the species level only 
was removed from the model. This could be due to journal differences reflecting this variable, 
as CB and BD have the lowest proportion of findings applicable at a species level (fig.22 (b)). 
Motivation behind publication also increased its explanatory power, with the purpose of 
publication to practitioners becoming significantly negatively correlated with the 
implementation of conservation action, further supporting the assertion that publication is not 
an adequate form of dissemination to reach conservation practitioners.