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Your undergraduate dissertation : the essential guide for success / Nicholas Walliman
- Author
- Walliman, Nicholas
- Published
- Los Angeles : SAGE, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Physical Description
- xiv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.What's it all for? -- 1.1.Why do I have to do a dissertation? The point of independent study -- 1.1.The main components of a dissertation -- 1.1.What will impress? Seeing it from the examiner's point of view -- 1.1.Chapter summary -- 1.1.What should I do now? -- 1.1.References to more information -- 2.What Types of Studies Are Suitable for a Dissertation? -- 2.2.Your choice -- 2.2.Practical investigations versus theoretical studies -- 2.2.Practical investigations -- 2.2.Theoretical studies -- 2.2.Another way of looking at types of dissertation -- 2.2.Chapter summary -- 2.2.What should I do now? -- 2.2.References to more information -- 3.What Will It Be About? -- 3.3.What really interests you? -- 3.3.Regulations and supervision -- 3.3.Previous examples -- 3.3.Getting background information -- 3.3.Chapter summary -- 3.3.What should I do now? -- 3.3.References to more information -- 4.How Do I Get Started? -- 4.4.What's the problem? -- 4.4.Second review of literature -- 4.4.What are the main concepts? -- 4.4.What about indicators? -- 4.4.What are the main variables and values? -- 4.4.Ways of stating your research problem -- 4.4.Definition of research objectives -- 4.4.Chapter summary -- 4.4.What should I do now? -- 4.4.References to more information -- 5.What's All This About Philosophy? -- 5.5.Can I believe what I see? Do I see what I believe? -- 5.5.Positivism -- 5.5.Relativism -- 5.5.How do these attitudes affect your dissertation? -- 5.5.Chapter summary -- 5.5.What should I do now? -- 5.5.References to more information -- 6.How Do I Write a Proposal? -- 6.6.What is a proposal? -- 6.6.The subject title -- 6.6.The aims or objectives -- 6.6.The background -- 6.6.Defining the research problem -- 6.6.The main concepts and variables -- 6.6.Methods -- 6.6.Expected outcomes -- 6.6.Programme of work -- 6.6.Chapter summary -- 6.6.What should I do now? -- 6.6.References to more information -- 7.What About Working and Planning My Time? -- 7.7.Motivation and discipline -- 7.7.Moods -- 7.7.Being creative -- 7.7.All the things you need to do -- 7.7.Setting up a programme -- 7.7.Starting to write -- 7.7.Chapter summary -- 7.7.What should I do now? -- 7.7.References to more information -- 8.How Can I Find and Review the Literature? -- 8.8.Information overload? -- 8.8.Library searches -- 8.8.The Internet -- 8.8.Evaluating web sources -- 8.8.Search techniques for online catalogues, databases and the net -- 8.8.Doing a literature review -- 8.8.Chapter summary -- 8.8.What should I do now? -- 8.8.References to more information -- 9.How Can I Manage All the Notes? -- 9.9.Introduction -- 9.9.Reading techniques -- 9.9.Identifying useful material -- 9.9.Organizing your system -- 9.9.Taking notes -- 9.9.Chapter summary -- 9.9.What should I do now? -- 9.9.References to more information -- 10.What's All This About Ethics? -- 10.10.Introduction -- 10.10.Honesty -- acknowledging other people's work and avoiding plagiarism -- 10.10.Respect for other people -- 10.10.Scientific honesty and subjectivity -- 10.10.Chapter summary -- 10.10.What should I do now? -- 10.10.References to more information -- 11.What Sorts of Data Will I Find? -- 11.11.The nature of data -- 11.11.Primary and secondary data -- 11.11.Quantitative and qualitative data and levels of measurement -- 11.11.Chapter summary -- 11.11.What should I do now? -- 11.11.References to more information -- 12.How Do I Collect Data? -- 12.12.Where are the necessary data? -- 12.12.Collecting secondary data -- 12.12.Collecting primary data -- 12.12.Sampling -- 12.12.Questionnaires -- 12.12.Interviews: structured, semi-structured and open -- 12.12.Standardized scales and tests -- 12.12.Accounts -- 12.12.Observation -- 12.12.Experiments and models -- 12.12.Chapter summary -- 12.12.What should I do now? -- 12.12.References to more information -- 13.How Do I Analyse Quantitative Data? -- 13.13.Raw data -- 13.13.Refer to the research questions -- 13.13.Analysis according to types of data -- 13.13.Quantitative analysis -- 13.13.Parametric and non-parametric statistics -- 13.13.Statistical tests: parametric -- 13.13.Statistical tests: non-parametric -- 13.13.Discussion of results -- 13.13.Chapter summary -- 13.13.What should I do now? -- 13.13.References to more information -- 14.How Do I Analyse Qualitative Data? -- 14.14.Qualitative research -- 14.14.Qualitative data collection and analysis -- 14.14.Preliminary analysis during data collection -- 14.14.Typologies and taxonomies -- 14.14.Pattern coding, memoing and interim summary -- 14.14.Main analysis during and after data collection -- 14.14.Chapter summary -- 14.14.What should I do now? -- 14.14.References to more information -- 15.Why Do I Need Arguments? -- 15.15.Introduction -- 15.15.The use of language -- 15.15.Statements -- 15.15.Argument -- 15.15.Different types of argument -- 15.15.Do I need to use logic in my argument? -- 15.15.Fallacies in argument -- 15.15.Building up your argument: the essential thread -- 15.15.Gathering your results -- 15.15.Chapter summary -- 15.15.What should I do now? -- 15.15.References to more information -- 16.How Can I Manage Such a Long Piece of Writing? -- 16.16.When to start writing up -- 16.16.Frame and fill -- 16.16.Marshalling your notes and drafting your text -- 16.16.Revisions -- 16.16.Tops and tails -- 16.16.Coming to conclusions -- 16.16.Don't forget your grammar and punctuation! -- 16.16.Chapter summary -- 16.16.What should I do now? -- 16.16.References to more information -- 17.What About Referencing? -- 17.17.Why should I bother about references? -- 17.17.Keeping track -- 17.17.Right ways of doing it -- 17.17.How many references do I need? -- 17.17.Chapter summary -- 17.17.What should I do now? -- 17.17.References to more information -- 18.How Can I Make My Work Look Interesting and Easy to Read? -- 18.18.Presentation ideas -- 18.18.Cover design and binding -- 18.18.Title -- 18.18.Acknowledgements -- 18.18.Abstract -- 18.18.Contents list -- 18.18.Introduction -- 18.18.References and bibliography -- 18.18.Appendices -- 18.18.Internal layout and design -- 18.18.Avoid the production blues -- 18.18.Chapter summary -- 18.18.What should I do now? -- 18.18.References to more information -- 19.Who Else Might Be Interested in My Writing? -- 19.19.Don't waste all your hard work: make it work for you! -- 19.19.Feedback to subjects and participants -- 19.19.Newspapers, journals and magazines -- 19.19.Radio and TV -- 19.19.Conference papers and poster presentations -- 19.19.Grants, awards and prizes -- 19.19.Publishing on the Internet -- 19.19.Setting up your own business -- 19.19.Ethics reminder -- 19.19.Chapter summary -- 19.19.What should I do now? -- 19.19.References to more information.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 1446253198
9781446253199 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-276) and index.
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