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A research timeline sums its phases, but the phases overlap in practice and every one overruns. Eight, fourteen, ten and twelve weeks gives 44 weeks - about ten months, or 52.8 weeks with a 20% contingency. Data collection at 32% of the plan is usually the phase most exposed to external delay, since it depends on other people.
Total duration
total = literature + data collection + analysis + writing
Contingency
add about 20% for the inevitable overruns
Data collection, because recruitment, ethics amendments and access negotiations are outside the researcher's control.
Literature review and writing can overlap with everything else. Only analysis genuinely depends on data collection finishing.