Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process
"The book is an excellent addition to those already available in the area and provides a very practical guide that students can pick up and use for reference throughout their dissertation process."―ESCalate (a Higher Education Academy Network publication)Like the previous editions of this bestselling text, Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process, Third Edition offers readers guidance that other dissertation guides often miss, from ways to improve one′s...
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The dissertation can often seem like an overwhelming and insurmountable obstacle to obtaining that advanced degree—unless you have a handy, comprehensive guide to help you survive the process. Surviving Your Dissertation offers students the perfect guide for preparing the best dissertation. Using examples from a wide range of disciplines, Kjell Erik Rudestam and Rae R. Newton provide readers with expert advice on the entire dissertation process: selecting a suitable topic, conducting a review of the literature, building an argument, presenting the material, presenting data and results and managing data overload, methods for developing appropriate writing skills, ways to construct tables and figures, working with faculty committees, Booknews The Ph.D dissertation is the rock against which many graduate break and spin into years or even decades as ABD's. Psychologist Rudestam, now Dean at the Fielding Institute, and sociologist Newton (California State U.-Fullerton) distill insights from helping their own students and hearing the stories of others into a guide through the often murky requirements and goals, focusing on students in the social sciences. It is not, they warn, a substitute for courses and texts on research methods or statistics. The first edition appeared nearly a decade ago. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefacePreface to the Second Edition1The Research Process2Selecting a Suitable Topic3Methods of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches4Review of the Literature and Statement of the Problem5The Method Chapter: Describing Your Research Plan6Presenting the Results of Empirical Studies7Discussion8Overcoming Barriers: Becoming an Expert While Controlling Your Own Destiny9Writing10Computing: Using a Personal Computer Effectively11Guidelines for the Presentation of Numbers in the Dissertation12Informed Consent and Other Ethical ConcernsReferencesName IndexSubject IndexAbout the Authors
\ The School Administrator"In nearly each chapter the authors list 'suggestions from students' to provide some relief in the whole process. For the scholar practitioner, the ease with which the whole process is explained will reduce the stress, and yet result in a high standard of research in dissertations. This book is helpful for both the mentor and mentee in Ph.D. or Ed.D. program. "— Jerry Horgen\ \ \ \ \ The School Administrator\ - Jerry Horgen\ "In nearly each chapter the authors list 'suggestions from students' to provide some relief in the whole process. For the scholar practitioner, the ease with which the whole process is explained will reduce the stress, and yet result in a high standard of research in dissertations. This book is helpful for both the mentor and mentee in Ph.D. or Ed.D. program."\ \ \ BooknewsThe Ph.D dissertation is the rock against which many graduate break and spin into years or even decades as ABD's. Psychologist Rudestam, now Dean at the Fielding Institute, and sociologist Newton (California State U.-Fullerton) distill insights from helping their own students and hearing the stories of others into a guide through the often murky requirements and goals, focusing on students in the social sciences. It is not, they warn, a substitute for courses and texts on research methods or statistics. The first edition appeared nearly a decade ago. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \ \ \ \ The Library Quarterly"The authors write from the position of the ideal mentor, presenting the issues doctoral students would like their chairpersons to discuss with them, yet rarely have done. Additionally, the student perspective is integrated into the text through numerous examples from a wide range of disciplines." — Marilyn M. Irwin\ \ \ \ \ NACADA Journal"A must for anyone considering graduate school. While the entire book is extremely helpful, the author's frequent use of charts, tables, lists and questions is an especially effective method to organize and summarize information. This book is also a worthwhile resource for those crafting and writing a thesis or dissertation... a practical and well-designed work that I highly recommend. "— Ellen Nagy\ \ \ \ \ The Library Quarterly\ - Marilyn M. Irwin\ "The authors write from the position of the ideal mentor, presenting the issues doctoral students would like their chairpersons to discuss with them, yet rarely have done. Additionally, the student perspective is integrated into the text through numerous examples from a wide range of disciplines."\ \ \ \ \ Dennis S. Reina"This book was my bible going through my dissertation. The authors’ clarity of writing and comprehensive thought allowed me to easily take the principles off the pages and put them into practice. I highly recommend it!"\ \ \ \ \ NACADA Journal\ - Ellen Nagy\ "A must for anyone considering graduate school. While the entire book is extremely helpful, the author's frequent use of charts, tables, lists and questions is an especially effective method to organize and summarize information. This book is also a worthwhile resource for those crafting and writing a thesis or dissertation... a practical and well-designed work that I highly recommend. "\ \ \
