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Proposals that work : a guide for planning dissertations and grant proposals

Title
Proposals that work : a guide for planning dissertations and grant proposals / Lawrence F. Locke, Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, Stephen J. Silverman.
Author
Locke, Lawrence F.
Publication
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, ©2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Spirduso, Waneen Wyrick.
  • Silverman, Stephen J.
Description
xvi, 350 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Previous editions of this bestselling book have helped over 100,000 students and professionals write effective proposals for dissertations and grants. Clear, accessible and reader-friendly the book provides both practical advice for the would-be writer and lengthy examples that show how effective proposal writing can be done.
Uniform Title
NetLibrary.
Subject
  • Proposal writing in research > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Dissertations, Academic > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Research grants > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Fund raising > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Dissertations, Academic
  • Fund raising
  • Academic Dissertations as Topic
  • Financing, Organized
  • Fund Raising
  • Research Support as Topic
  • Training Support
  • fund raising
  • 02.13 practice of science
  • Proposal writing in research
  • Research grants
  • Proefschriften
  • Onderzoek
  • Fondsenverwerving
  • Schrijfvaardigheid
  • Promotie (wetenschappelijk onderwijs)
Genre/Form
  • Handbook
  • Handbooks and manuals.
  • Guides (form)
  • Guides et manuels.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-344) and index.
Contents
  • Part I: Writing the proposal -- The function of the proposal -- Doing the right thing: "The habit of truth" -- Developing the thesis or dissertation proposal: some common problems -- Content of the proposal: important considerations -- Preparation of proposals for qualitative research: different assumptions -- Style and form in writing the proposal -- The oral presentation.
  • Part II: Money for research -- Funding student research -- Preparation of the grant proposal -- Part III: Specimen proposals -- Experimental study -- Qualitative study -- Quasi-experimental design -- Funded grant -- Appendices.
ISBN
  • 0761917063
  • 9780761917069
  • 0761917071
  • 9780761917076
LCCN
99006594
OCLC
  • ocm41503072
  • 41503072
  • SCSB-865930
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library