You may also consider alternative methodologies that could be employed to gather data relevant to your questions. The discussion functions as an appraisal and criticism, now reconsidering the issues and hypotheses covered in the introduction in relation to your findings, but without simply reiterating chunks from your introduction or findings. All references cited in the text should be included here - and vice versa. There are no firm and fast specific rules for content and presentation. Aspects of the dissertation may have a different weight depending upon, for example, the nature of your project and the availability of a background literature.
Dissertations are double-marked and are given two separate agreed marks. .