| Physical description |
1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
chapter 1. Introduction -- chapter 2. Ethics -- chapter 3. Curriculum vitae -- chapter 4. Area of specialization -- chapter 5. Effective reading -- chapter 6. Effective writing -- chapter 7. The literature review -- chapter 8. The academic village -- chapter 9. Conceptualizing a research idea -- chapter 10. Problem statement -- chapter 11. Research methods -- chapter 12. Research proposal -- chapter 13. Oral presentations -- chapter 14. Next steps. |
| Summary |
This concise, hands-on book by author Elizabeth A. Wentz is essential reading for any graduate student entering the dissertation process in the social or behavioral sciences. The book addresses the importance of ethical scientific research, developing your curriculum vitae, effective reading and writing, completing a literature review, conceptualizing your research idea, and translating that idea into a realistic research proposal using research methods. The author also offers insight into oral presentations of the completed proposal, and the final chapter presents ideas for next steps after the proposal has been presented. Taking the view that we "learn by doing," the author provides Quick Tasks, Action Items, and To Do List activities throughout the text that, when combined, develop each piece of your research proposal. Designed primarily for quantitative or mixed methods research dissertations, this book is a valuable start-to-finish resource. |
| Notes |
Description based on MARC record for print version. |
| Subject |
Dissertations, Academic -- United States.
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Report writing.
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Research -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9781506374710 (ebook) : No price |
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