Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process - Brossura

Rudestam, Kjell Erik; Newton, Rae R.

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ISBN 10: 0803945639 ISBN 13: 9780803945630

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications Inc, 1992

Riassunto

This book offers a user-friendly guide to preparing a perfect dissertation. Rather than focusing only on how to draft the report itself, the authors provide readers with material on generating a researchable question, as well as methods for assessing blind spots and learning styles that may get in the way of completing a dissertation. Using examples from a wide variety of disciplines, the authors demonstrate how to write up results, develop appropriate writing skills, and ways to construct tables and figures. In addition, the book includes information on writing up qualitative research, using computer technology effectively to assist in the dissertation process and following ethical guidelines in conducting research.

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L'autore

Kjell Erik Rudestam is Professor of Psychology at Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California, where he served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for many years. He was previously a psychology professor at York University, Toronto, and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, after receiving his PhD in Psychology (Clinical) from the University of Oregon. He is the author of Your Statistical Consultant: Answers to Your Data Analysis Questions, 2nd edition (also with Rae R. Newton), Handbook of Online Learning, 2nd edition (with Judith Schoenholtz-Read), and eight other books, as well as numerous articles in professional journals on topics including suicide, psychotherapy, and family and organizational systems. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 12), a Diplomate of the American Board of Examiners in Professional
Psychology (Clinical), a Diplomate of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, and holds an Honorary Doctorate of Science from The Professional School of Psychology.

Contenuti

PART ONE: GETTING STARTED
The Research Process
Selecting a Suitable Topic
Methods of Inquiry
Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
PART TWO: WORKING WITH CONTENT: THE DISSERTATION CHAPTERS
Review of the Literature and Statement of the Problem
The Method Chapter
Describing Your Research Plan
Presenting the Results of Empirical Studies
Discussion
PART THREE: WORKING WITH PROCESS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE THE DISSERTATION EASIER
Overcoming Barriers
Becoming an Expert While Controlling Your Own Destiny
Writing
Computing
Using a Personal Computer Effectively
Guidelines for the Presentation of Numbers in the Dissertation
Informed Consent and Other Ethical Concerns

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: SAGE Publications Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0803945639
• ISBN 13: 9780803945630
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 312