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'The book is an excellent edition to those already available in the area and provides a very practical guide that students can pick up and use for reference throughout their dissertation' - ESCalate Like the previous editions of this bestselling text, Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process, Third Edition offers readers guidance that other dissertation guides often miss, from ways to improve one's writing, to identifying one's learning preferences, to dealing with emotional blocks. Using examples from a wide range of disciplines, the authors give readers expert advice on the entire dissertation process: selecting a suitable topic; conducting a literature review; managing data overload; building an argument; presenting the material, data, and results; and working with faculty committees. The entire text has been updated and fresh examples have been added to it. This edition features an up-to-the-minute discussion of online research and the use of software packages. The authors have expanded their coverage of qualitative work, and added information about the use of mixed methods to the book. These updates and more make the Third Edition of Surviving Your Dissertation a must have resource for graduate students. Key Features of the Third Edition: Walks readers through the dissertation process as an ideal mentor would. Devotes more attention to qualitative work, and touches upon mixed methods. Discusses online library resources and completing one's dissertation via the Internet. Features new material on the use of graphics. Includes information about informed consent forms.Product Identifiers
PublisherSAGE Publications INC International Concepts
ISBN-139781412916790
eBay Product ID (ePID)92024263
Product Key Features
Number of Pages328 Pages
Publication NameSurviving Your Dissertation: a Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Research
AuthorKjell Erik Rudestam, Rae R. Newton
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height228 mm
Item Weight450 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorRae R. Newton, Kjell Erik Rudestam