This book guides students through the process of planning,
researching, and writing the final version of theses and
dissertations. Five major stages of the process are illustrated
with multiple examples from the social and behavioral sciences,
humanities, and such allied fields as education, social work, and
business administration. The first stage, Preparing the Way,
describes problems and alternative solutions in working with
faculty advisors and in searching the professional literature.
Stage 2 explains how to find good research topics and define them
clearly for presentation to faculty advisors.
Stage 3 describes problems often encountered in data collection
and suggests solutions for those problems. At Stage 4, students
learn ways of organizing and interpreting information, including
classification schemes, verbal and statistical summaries, and
methods of deriving meaning from data. The final stage, Presenting
the Finished Product, offers guidelines for thesis and dissertation
writing and for publishing the results in such media as books,
journal articles, and popular periodicals. Stage 5 also includes a
chapter about how students can mount a convincing defense of their
work during a faculty committee's final oral examination
session.
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