Surviving your dissertation : a comprehensive guide to content and process

Surviving your dissertation : a comprehensive guide to content and process / Kjell Erik Rudestam, Rae R. Newton.

Author/creator	Rudestam, Kjell Erik
Other author/creator	Newton, Rae R.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	2nd ed.
Publication Info	Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2001.
Description	xiv, 298 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Dissertations, Academic--United States. Report writing. Research--United States. Writing. Academic Dissertations as Topic

Contents	Part I : Getting started -- 1. The research process -- 2. Selecting a suitable topic -- 3. Methods of inquiry : quantitative and qualitative approaches -- Part II : Working with content : the dissertation chapters -- 4. Review of the Literature and statement of the problem -- 5. The method chapter : describing your research plan -- 6. Presenting the results of empirical studies -- 7. Discussion -- Part III : Working with process: what you need to know to make the dissertation easier -- 9. Writing -- 10. Computing : using a personal computer effectively -- 11. Guidelines for the presentation of numbers in the dissertation -- 12. Informed consent and other ethical concerns.
Local note	Little-337286--305131045412T
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-285) indexes.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- Kelly M. Thompson, donor
LCCN	00009854
ISBN	0761919627
ISBN	9780761919629 :