Doing Your Master's Dissertation
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Just starting your Master's? Worried about your dissertation? This book is an indispensible guide to writing a successful Master's dissertation. The book begins by addressing issues you'll face in the early stages of writing a dissertation, such as deciding on what to research, planning your project and searching for literature online. It then guides you through different aspects of carrying out your research and writing up, helping you to:
- Write a research proposal
- Choose one or more methods
- Write the introduction and conclusion
- Discuss the literature
- Analyse your findings
- Edit and reference
- Formulate research questions
- Build your argument
The book offers guidance that other books often miss, from dealing with emotional blocks, to ways of identifying your strengths and weaknesses, and improving your writing. It addresses the social aspects of the writing process, such as choosing and working with an advisor, using social media and forming student work groups for added help and inspiration. Each chapter ends with an action plan, which is a resource section that features exercises and reflection questions designed to help you apply what you've read to your own work.
Student Success is a series of essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to boosting your employability and managing your wellbeing, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university.
Contents
Help! How Do I Find a Research Topic?
Help! How Do I Find a Research Topic?
Overcoming Barriers and Getting Started
Overcoming Barriers and Getting Started
Basic Rules of Writing
Basic Rules of Writing
Who Can Help You? Establishing Support Networks
Who Can Help You? Establishing Support Networks
A Guide for Searching the Literature
A Guide for Searching the Literature
Reviewing Research Literature
Reviewing Research Literature
How Do I Formulate Research Questions?
How Do I Formulate Research Questions?
Easier Said Than Done - Choosing a Suitable Research Design and Method
Easier Said Than Done - Choosing a Suitable Research Design and Method
The Art of Keeping a Steady Course - Structuring the Analysis
The Art of Keeping a Steady Course - Structuring the Analysis
Beginning and End - Introduction and Conclusion
Beginning and End - Introduction and Conclusion
Chaos and Order - Editing and Referencing
Chaos and Order - Editing and Referencing
When Is It Finished? Checklist Summary
When Is It Finished? Checklist Summary
Additional materials
Description
Just starting your Master's? Worried about your dissertation? This book is an indispensible guide to writing a successful Master's dissertation. The book begins by addressing issues you'll face in the early stages of writing a dissertation, such as deciding on what to research, planning your project and searching for literature online. It then guides you through different aspects of carrying out your research and writing up, helping you to:
- Write a research proposal
- Choose one or more methods
- Write the introduction and conclusion
- Discuss the literature
- Analyse your findings
- Edit and reference
- Formulate research questions
- Build your argument
The book offers guidance that other books often miss, from dealing with emotional blocks, to ways of identifying your strengths and weaknesses, and improving your writing. It addresses the social aspects of the writing process, such as choosing and working with an advisor, using social media and forming student work groups for added help and inspiration. Each chapter ends with an action plan, which is a resource section that features exercises and reflection questions designed to help you apply what you've read to your own work.
Student Success is a series of essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to boosting your employability and managing your wellbeing, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university.
Contents
Help! How Do I Find a Research Topic?
Help! How Do I Find a Research Topic?
Overcoming Barriers and Getting Started
Overcoming Barriers and Getting Started
Basic Rules of Writing
Basic Rules of Writing
Who Can Help You? Establishing Support Networks
Who Can Help You? Establishing Support Networks
A Guide for Searching the Literature
A Guide for Searching the Literature
Reviewing Research Literature
Reviewing Research Literature
How Do I Formulate Research Questions?
How Do I Formulate Research Questions?
Easier Said Than Done - Choosing a Suitable Research Design and Method
Easier Said Than Done - Choosing a Suitable Research Design and Method
The Art of Keeping a Steady Course - Structuring the Analysis
The Art of Keeping a Steady Course - Structuring the Analysis
Beginning and End - Introduction and Conclusion
Beginning and End - Introduction and Conclusion
Chaos and Order - Editing and Referencing
Chaos and Order - Editing and Referencing
When Is It Finished? Checklist Summary
When Is It Finished? Checklist Summary
Additional materials
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Doing Your Master's Dissertation
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April 2013 | 176 pages | Sage UK
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Just starting your Master's? Worried about your dissertation? This book is an indispensible guide to writing a successful Master's dissertation. The book begins by addressing issues you'll face in the early stages of writing a dissertation, such as deciding on what to research, planning your project and searching for literature online. It then guides you through different aspects of carrying out your research and writing up, helping you to:
- Write a research proposal
- Choose one or more methods
- Write the introduction and conclusion
- Discuss the literature
- Analyse your findings
- Edit and reference
- Formulate research questions
- Build your argument
The book offers guidance that other books often miss, from dealing with emotional blocks, to ways of identifying your strengths and weaknesses, and improving your writing. It addresses the social aspects of the writing process, such as choosing and working with an advisor, using social media and forming student work groups for added help and inspiration. Each chapter ends with an action plan, which is a resource section that features exercises and reflection questions designed to help you apply what you've read to your own work.
Student Success is a series of essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to boosting your employability and managing your wellbeing, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university.
Table Of Contents:
- Help! How Do I Find a Research Topic?
- Overcoming Barriers and Getting Started
- Basic Rules of Writing
- Who Can Help You? Establishing Support Networks
- A Guide for Searching the Literature
- Reviewing Research Literature
- How Do I Formulate Research Questions?
- Easier Said Than Done - Choosing a Suitable Research Design and Method
- The Art of Keeping a Steady Course - Structuring the Analysis
- Beginning and End - Introduction and Conclusion
- Chaos and Order - Editing and Referencing
- When Is It Finished? Checklist Summary