Surviving your dissertation : a comprehensive guide to content and process / Kjell Erik Rudestam, Rae R. Newton
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TextPublication details: Los Angeles SAGE Publications 2007Edition: 3. edDescription: viii, 317 p. ill. 23 cmISBN: - 9781412916783 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 141291678X (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781412916790 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1412916798 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Dissertations, Academic -- United States
- Report writing
- Research -- United States
- Research -- Methodology
- Dissertations, Academic
- Qualitative research
- Academic writing
- Doktorsavhandlingar
- Doktorsavhandlingar -- redigeringsteknik
- Vetenskapligt skrivande
- Kvalitativ metod
- Kvantitativ metod
- Forskningsmetodik
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-302) and indexes
Getting started -- The research process -- Selecting a suitable topic -- Methods of inquiry : quantitative and qualitative approaches -- Working with content : the dissertation chapters -- Literature review and statement of the problem -- The method chapter : describing your research plan -- Presenting the results of quantitative studies -- Presenting the results of qualitative studies -- Discussion -- Working with process : what you need to know to make the dissertation easier -- Overcoming barriers : becoming an expert while controlling your own destiny -- Writing -- How to complete your dissertation using online data access and collection -- Guidelines for the presentation of numbers in the dissertation -- Informed consent and other ethical concerns -- References -- Name index -- Subject index
... This is the most comprehensive and user-friendly book available for helping graduate students complete both quantitative and qualitative dissertations in the social sciences