Research Catalog

Title

Writing your doctoral dissertation : invisible rules for success / Rita S. Brause.

Author

Brause, Rita S.

Publication

London ; New York : Falmer Press, 2000.

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Details

Description

xvi, 163 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Increasing numbers of adults are enroling in doctoral programmes, but their earlier college lives often do not prepare them for the rules of the academic game. Many have no idea what a dissertation looks like, how it gets that way, or what options are available to them. This book is a practical guide for students who need help in progressing from the decision to write a dissertation to the planning, writing and defending of it. It includes samples of proposals and dissertations that have been accepted and data drawn from a number of sources, including focus groups with doctoral students and graduates and responses to an open-ended questionnaire from doctoral students across the United States. - Publisher.

Subject

• Dissertations, Academic > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Report writing > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Writing
• Dissertations, Academic
• Writing
• writing (processes)
• 02.13 practice of science
• Report writing
• Proefschriften

Genre/Form

• Handbook
• manuals (instructional materials)
• handbooks.
• Handbooks and manuals
• Handbooks and manuals.
• Guides et manuels.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-159) and index.

Contents

Part 1 : Getting a sense of the terrain. Comparing a dissertation to a long term paper -- Jumping through hoops, going on a journey : personal metaphors for the process -- The stages in writing a dissertation : an overview -- Pithy insights and suggestions for success -- Part 2 : Preparing for your study. Identifying your dissertation topic and your research questions -- Forming your dissertation committee -- Roles and responsibilities of dissertation committees -- Creating a professional setting : student-colleagues and other important resources -- Developing a productive setting -- Part 3 : Doing your study. Writing your dissertation proposal while designing your dissertation research -- Conducting your study -- Analyzing and interpreting your data -- Presenting your findings : drafting and editing your dissertation -- Defending your dissertation : preparing for orals -- Appendices. Doctoral students' experiences : expectations of doctoral studies -- Suggested readings on the doctoral dissertation -- Suggested reading on the academic world -- Suggested reading on research methodology -- Sample checklist of activities.

ISBN

• 0750707968
• 0750707445
• 9780750707961
• 9780750707442

LCCN

99039560

OCLC

• ocm59385501
• 59385501
• SCSB-8904192

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library