Title Statements
- Full title :The portable dissertation advisor / Miles T. Bryant.
Summary
Written for the doctoral graduate student, this book gives you the vital support to write your dissertation when you can't be on campus full-time!
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2004
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Corwin Press
- Place of Publication:Thousand Oaks, California
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2004
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781483363097, 1483363090
- oclc:ocn915561023
- LC Classification:LB1742
- Dewey Decimal:378.2/42
Table of Contents
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Chapter 1 -- First Steps toward Your Dissertation -- How to Use This Book -- Dissertation Conventions -- The Dissertation Process -- Finding a Topic -- Finding a Theory -- Finding a Research Method -- Finding a Dissertation Support Group -- The Doctoral Dissertation in Historical Perspective -- Chapter 2 -- The Introductory Sections -- The Outline of a Proposal -- The First Chapter -- Summary -- Chapter 3 -- The Literature Review -- Quantitative and Qualitative Literature Reviews
Literature ReviewBeginning a Literature Review -- Types of Research Material -- Conduct of the Review -- How to Use a Research Library -- Summary -- Chapter 4 -- The Research Design -- Exploratory and Descriptive Studies -- Quantitative Studies -- Qualitative Studies -- Contingency Plans: Changing the Research Design Plan -- Some Common Design Problems -- Getting Good Data -- Objectivity and Bias -- The Institutional Review Board -- Summary -- Chapter 5 -- The Report of Your Findings -- Conventions Guiding the Reporting of Data
Reminder of the Research FocusObjective Presentation -- Explication of Research Process -- Data Reduction -…
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