Hello everybody!
I am writing my thesis which is essentialyl replicating other paper with new data with some modifications to the methodology (Also, some critique of the original paper). I am wondering whether it is going to be enough to graduate. The thing is that I am not quite sure about citing, because I am going to cite a lot of text and material from the original paper and I am afraid that my contribution will be quite bleak compared to the basics. Moreover, my extension is also partly based on the proposed further research suggestion from the original paper.
I am asking whether some of you have encountered such theses and how I should deal with the fact that I am going to copy a lot of material from the original paper.
Would really appreciate any helpful answers.