Surviving Your Dissertation
A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process
Fourth Edition
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Perfect for graduate students as well as behavioral and social scientists who supervise and conduct research!
In the fully updated Fourth Edition of their best-selling guide, Surviving Your Dissertation, Kjell Erik Rudestam and Rae R. Newton answer questions concerning every stage of the dissertation process, including
- selecting a suitable topic,
- conducting a literature review,
- developing a research question,
- understanding the role of theory,
- selecting an appropriate methodology and research design,
- analyzing data, and
- interpreting and presenting results.
In addition, this must-have guide covers topics that other dissertation guides often miss, such as the many types of quantitative and qualitative research models available, the principles of good scholarly writing, how to work with committees, how to meet IRB and ethical standards, and how to overcome task and emotional blocks. With plenty of current examples, the new edition features an expanded discussion of online research, data collection and analysis, and the use of data archives, as well as expanded coverage of qualitative methods and added information on mixed methods.
Contents
Part I: Getting Started
- Chapter 1: The Research Process
- Chapter 2: Selecting a Suitable Topic
- Chapter 3: Methods of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
PART II: Working with the Content: The Dissertation Chapters
- Chapter 4: Literature Review and Statement of the Problem
- Chapter 5: The Method Chapter: Describing Your Research Plan
- Chapter 6: Presenting the Results of Quantitative Studies
- Chapter 7: Presenting the Results of Qualitative Research
- Chapter 8: Discussion
PART III: Working with Process: What You Need to Know to Make the Dissertation Easier
- Chapter 9: Overcoming Barriers: Becoming an Expert While Controlling Your Own Destiny
- Chapter 10: Writing
- Chapter 11: How to Complete Your Dissertation Using Online Data Access and Collection
- Chapter 12: Guidelines for the Presentation of Numbers in the Dissertation
- Chapter 13: Informed Consent and Other Ethical Concerns
Additional materials
Description
Perfect for graduate students as well as behavioral and social scientists who supervise and conduct research!
In the fully updated Fourth Edition of their best-selling guide, Surviving Your Dissertation, Kjell Erik Rudestam and Rae R. Newton answer questions concerning every stage of the dissertation process, including
- selecting a suitable topic,
- conducting a literature review,
- developing a research question,
- understanding the role of theory,
- selecting an appropriate methodology and research design,
- analyzing data, and
- interpreting and presenting results.
In addition, this must-have guide covers topics that other dissertation guides often miss, such as the many types of quantitative and qualitative research models available, the principles of good scholarly writing, how to work with committees, how to meet IRB and ethical standards, and how to overcome task and emotional blocks. With plenty of current examples, the new edition features an expanded discussion of online research, data collection and analysis, and the use of data archives, as well as expanded coverage of qualitative methods and added information on mixed methods.
Contents
Part I: Getting Started
- Chapter 1: The Research Process
- Chapter 2: Selecting a Suitable Topic
- Chapter 3: Methods of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
PART II: Working with the Content: The Dissertation Chapters
- Chapter 4: Literature Review and Statement of the Problem
- Chapter 5: The Method Chapter: Describing Your Research Plan
- Chapter 6: Presenting the Results of Quantitative Studies
- Chapter 7: Presenting the Results of Qualitative Research
- Chapter 8: Discussion
PART III: Working with Process: What You Need to Know to Make the Dissertation Easier
- Chapter 9: Overcoming Barriers: Becoming an Expert While Controlling Your Own Destiny
- Chapter 10: Writing
- Chapter 11: How to Complete Your Dissertation Using Online Data Access and Collection
- Chapter 12: Guidelines for the Presentation of Numbers in the Dissertation
- Chapter 13: Informed Consent and Other Ethical Concerns
Additional materials
Reviews
Surviving Your Dissertation
A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process
June 2014 | 376 pages | Sage US
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Perfect for graduate students as well as behavioral and social scientists who supervise and conduct research!
In the fully updated Fourth Edition of their best-selling guide, Surviving Your Dissertation, Kjell Erik Rudestam and Rae R. Newton answer questions concerning every stage of the dissertation process, including
- selecting a suitable topic,
- conducting a literature review,
- developing a research question,
- understanding the role of theory,
- selecting an appropriate methodology and research design,
- analyzing data, and
- interpreting and presenting results.
In addition, this must-have guide covers topics that other dissertation guides often miss, such as the many types of quantitative and qualitative research models available, the principles of good scholarly writing, how to work with committees, how to meet IRB and ethical standards, and how to overcome task and emotional blocks. With plenty of current examples, the new edition features an expanded discussion of online research, data collection and analysis, and the use of data archives, as well as expanded coverage of qualitative methods and added information on mixed methods.
Table Of Contents:
- Part I: Getting Started
- Chapter 1: The Research Process
- Chapter 2: Selecting a Suitable Topic
- Chapter 3: Methods of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
- PART II: Working with the Content: The Dissertation Chapters
- Chapter 4: Literature Review and Statement of the Problem
- Chapter 5: The Method Chapter: Describing Your Research Plan
- Chapter 6: Presenting the Results of Quantitative Studies
- Chapter 7: Presenting the Results of Qualitative Research
- Chapter 8: Discussion
- PART III: Working with Process: What You Need to Know to Make the Dissertation Easier
- Chapter 9: Overcoming Barriers: Becoming an Expert While Controlling Your Own Destiny
- Chapter 10: Writing
- Chapter 11: How to Complete Your Dissertation Using Online Data Access and Collection
- Chapter 12: Guidelines for the Presentation of Numbers in the Dissertation
- Chapter 13: Informed Consent and Other Ethical Concerns
Recent Product Reviews:
“This text provides a broad coverage, focused approach for dissertation, balanced approach between quantitative and qualitative designs, and excellent examples.”
Udaya R. Wagle, Western Michigan University
“I wish this text was available when I was working on my dissertation as it would have demystified the process greatly!”
Anne J. Hacker, Walden University
“The title is wonderful and attention getting. It’s practical and consistent with the title in terms of compliance with requirements while seeking the path of least resistance toward completion of a quality product.”
Bernie Kerr, Central Michigan University
“[S]traightforward, well-written, concise and not too cumbersome….gets to the root of what students need to know. I like the detailed explanations and examples for writing each section of the dissertation.…The text explains and gives examples of how to write the methodology and the results. I also think the student suggestions are very helpful.”
Kaye Pepper, University of Mississippi
“The text is well organized.…It includes chapters on the presentation of both quantitative and qualitative results which are particularly welcome in PhD programs that value paradigmatic diversity and do not expect students to conform to the assumptions of a single paradigm such as positivism.”
Karin Klenke, Leadership Development Institute (LDI) International