Writing your doctoral dissertation : invisible rules for success /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Brause, Rita S. (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London ; New York : Falmer Press, 2000.
• Θέματα: Dissertations, Academic > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Report writing > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Authorship.; Dissertations, Academic.; Report writing.; Writing.; Electronic books.; Handbooks and manuals.

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Comparing a dissertation to a long term paper
• Writing a dissertation
• Writing a term paper
• 2. Jumping through hoops, going on a journey : personal metaphors for the process
• Metaphors for dissertation writing
• Reflecting on the reflections
• 3. The stages in writing a dissertation : an overview
• Institutional stages in the process : labels of progress
• The Coursework phase
• The Examination phase
• The Dissertation phase
• Noncompleters in doctoral programs
• 4. Pithy insights and suggestions for success
• Dissertation topic selection
• The dissertation committee
• Organization
• Writing
• The university community
• Personal stance
• Preparing for your study
• 5. Identifying your dissertation topic and your research questions
• Creating a setting for working on your dissertation
• Identifying your research problem or question
• Alternative starting points
• 6. Forming your dissertation committee
• The dissertation committee structure
• Characteristics to consider in selecting your committee chair
• Selecting the chair of your dissertation committee
• Selecting the readers on your doctoral committee
• 7. Roles and responsibilities of dissertation committees
• University concerns
• The university's commitment to your dissertation work
• Starting to work with your committee
• The complexities of the committee's power
• 8. Creating a professional setting: student-colleagues and other important resources
• Student-colleagues
• The university community
• Professional conferences and colleagues
• 9. Developing a productive setting
• The doctoral student's mind-set
• Your dissertation work
• The other people in your life
• Doing your study
• 10. Writing your dissertation proposal while designing your dissertation research
• Purposes for writing a dissertation proposal
• Contents of the dissertation proposal
• Steps towards approval of your proposal
• 11. Conducting your study
• Collecting and storing your data
• 12. Analyzing and interpreting your data
• Preliminary organization of your data
• Starting your analysis
• Why is explicit documentation important?
• Direct connection to your research questions
• Reducing your data
• Interpreting your findings
• Knowing what you found
• 13. Presenting your findings : drafting and editing your dissertation
• Creating a compelling argument for your findings
• 14. Defending your dissertation : preparing for orals.