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This book guides students through the process of planning, researching, and writing the final version of theses and dissertations. Five major stages of the process are illustrated with multiple examples from the social and behavioral sciences, humanities, and such allied fields as education, social work, and business administration. The first stage, Preparing the Way, describes problems and alternative solutions in working with faculty advisors and in searching the professional literature. Stage 2 explains how to find good research topics and define them clearly for presentation to faculty advisors.

Stage 3 describes problems often encountered in data collection and suggests solutions for those problems. At Stage 4, students learn ways of organizing and interpreting information, including classification schemes, verbal and statistical summaries, and methods of deriving meaning from data. The final stage, Presenting the Finished Product, offers guidelines for thesis and dissertation writing and for publishing the results in such media as books, journal articles, and popular periodicals. Stage 5 also includes a chapter about how students can mount a convincing defense of their work during a faculty committee's final oral examination session.

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• Preface
• The Nature of Theses and Dissertations
• Preparing the Way Sources of Guidance
• Searching the Literature Choosing and Defining
• Research Topics Sources and Types of Research Problems
• Building and Adapting Theories Stating the Problem and Its Rationale Collecting
• Information Types of Research Methods and Sources of Information
• Data Collection Techniques and Instruments Things That Go Wrong Organizing
• Information Classification Patterns
• Summarizing Information Verbally, Numerically, and Graphically
• Interpreting the Results Modes of Interpretation
• Presenting the Finished Product
• Writing the Final Version Mounting a Persuasive
• Defense Reaching a Wider Audience
• Appendix: Outline of a Dissertation Proposal
• References
• Index

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

R. Murray Thomas is professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Dale L. Brubaker is Professor, Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.