Finish your dissertation, don't let It finish you! / / Joanne Broder Sumerson
| Finish your dissertation, don't let It finish you! / / Joanne Broder Sumerson |
| Autore | Sumerson Joanne Broder |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Disciplina | 808.066378 |
| Soggetto topico |
Academic writing
Dissertations, Academic |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-41635-X
1-118-41925-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Finish Your Dissertation, Don't Let It Finish You!; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Price of Your Study; Passion; Rigor; Integrity; Creativity; Energy; Pre-Study Prep; Pre-Study To-Do Checklist; Chapter 1: The Secret Handshake; The Team That Will Make or Break You: The Committee; Typical Dissertation Committee Structure; The Chairperson; General Committee Members; "Emily Post" for Academic Research; Top 10 Rules for Maintaining Emotional and Social Intelligence; Honesty Really Is the Best Policy; Checklist for Maintaining Integrity
Chapter 2: Breaking Ground on Your Study The Intrinsically Satisfying Study Topic; Breaking Ground Can Be Easier Than You Think; The Quick and Dirty About Variables; Dependent Variables; Independent Variables; Levels Within the Variables; Variable Definitions; This Is Exactly What I Want to Know: Ask Solid Research Questions; Examples of Strong Research Question Stems; Examples of Bad Research Questions; Examples of Good Research Questions; This Is What I Think About What I Want to Know: Confident Hypotheses; Examples of Research Questions and Hypotheses; Chapter 3: Anatomy of a Dissertation What Comes Before the Five Chapters What Follows the Five Chapters; Additional Helpful Resources; Chapter 4: Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Your Study: The Strong Introduction; Introduction (What Is Going On Here?); Rationale (So What Makes This Topic Important?); Purpose of Study (Now What Is Going to Be Done About It?); Chapter 5: Literature Review Made Simple; How to Do an Exemplary Lit Review; Give the Author Proper Credit; Juice Your Sources for the Information You Need; Threats to Internal and External Validity; Internal Validity; External Validity; Empirical Juicer; Theoretical Juicer Additional Helpful Resources Chapter 6: Data Scavenger Hunt: Methodology; What Type of Interior (Research) Design Goes With Those Foundational Research Questions?; Core Nuts and Bolts of Research Design; The People Helping You Do It: The Participant Sample; Study Props: Instruments and Materials; Qualitative, Quantitative, or Mixed Methods?; Construct Validity; Go Get It: Study Procedure; What Type of Detail Needs to Be in the Procedure?; Additional Helpful Resources; Chapter 7: The Institutional Review Board (IRB); The IRB Application Process The IRB Four: Voluntary, Anonymity, Confidentiality, and Transparency Solid Consent Forms; IRB Survival Skills; Chapter 8: Making Sense of the Data Collection Scavenger Hunt: Results; Data Speak; What Do I Do With These Numbers?; What Do I Do With the Words?; Tips for Conducting a Content Analysis; Additional Helpful Resources; Chapter 9: I Am Listening, Data: Discussion; Introduction; Interpretation of Findings for Research Questions and Hypotheses and Additional Analyses: What?; Limitations; Implications for Theory and Practice: So What?; Future Research: Now What?; Conclusion Chapter 10: Your Data's Next Chapter After the Dissertation Write-Up and Graduation |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453734003321 |
Sumerson Joanne Broder
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Finish your dissertation, don't let It finish you! / / Joanne Broder Sumerson
| Finish your dissertation, don't let It finish you! / / Joanne Broder Sumerson |
| Autore | Sumerson Joanne Broder |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 pages) |
| Disciplina | 808.066378 |
| Soggetto topico |
Academic writing
Dissertations, Academic |
| ISBN |
1-118-41635-X
1-118-41925-1 |
| Classificazione |
836.5
377.5 808.06/6378 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795965203321 |
Sumerson Joanne Broder
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Finish your dissertation, don't let It finish you! / / Joanne Broder Sumerson
| Finish your dissertation, don't let It finish you! / / Joanne Broder Sumerson |
| Autore | Sumerson Joanne Broder |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 pages) |
| Disciplina | 808.066378 |
| Soggetto topico |
Academic writing
Dissertations, Academic |
| ISBN |
9781118419250
1118419251 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Finish Your Dissertation, Don't Let It Finish You! -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Price of Your Study -- Passion -- Rigor -- Integrity -- Creativity -- Energy -- Pre-Study Prep -- Pre-Study To-Do Checklist -- Chapter 1: The Secret Handshake -- The Team That Will Make or Break You: The Committee -- Typical Dissertation Committee Structure -- The Chairperson -- General Committee Members -- "Emily Post" for Academic Research -- Top 10 Rules for Maintaining Emotional and Social Intelligence -- Honesty Really Is the Best Policy -- Checklist for Maintaining Integrity -- Chapter 2: Breaking Ground on Your Study -- The Intrinsically Satisfying Study Topic -- Breaking Ground Can Be Easier Than You Think -- The Quick and Dirty About Variables -- Dependent Variables -- Independent Variables -- Levels Within the Variables -- Variable Definitions -- This Is Exactly What I Want to Know: Ask Solid Research Questions -- Examples of Strong Research Question Stems -- Examples of Bad Research Questions -- Examples of Good Research Questions -- This Is What I Think About What I Want to Know: Confident Hypotheses -- Examples of Research Questions and Hypotheses -- Chapter 3: Anatomy of a Dissertation -- What Comes Before the Five Chapters -- What Follows the Five Chapters -- Additional Helpful Resources -- Chapter 4: Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Your Study: The Strong Introduction -- Introduction (What Is Going On Here?) -- Rationale (So What Makes This Topic Important?) -- Purpose of Study (Now What Is Going to Be Done About It?) -- Chapter 5: Literature Review Made Simple -- How to Do an Exemplary Lit Review -- Give the Author Proper Credit -- Juice Your Sources for the Information You Need -- Threats to Internal and External Validity -- Internal Validity -- External Validity -- Empirical Juicer -- Theoretical Juicer.
Additional Helpful Resou Rces -- Chapter 6: Data Scavenger Hunt: Methodology -- What Type of Interior (Research) Design Goes With Those Foundational Research Questions? -- Core Nuts and Bolts of Research Design -- The People Helping You Do It: The Participant Sample -- Study Props: Instruments and Materials -- Qualitative, Quantitative, or Mixed Methods? -- Construct Validity -- Go Get It: Study Procedure -- What Type of Detail Needs to Be in the Procedure? -- Additional Helpful Resources -- Chapter 7: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) -- The IRB Application Process -- The IRB Four: Voluntary, Anonymity, Confidentiality, and Transparency -- Solid Consent Forms -- IRB Survival Skills -- Chapter 8: Making Sense of the Data Collection Scavenger Hunt: Results -- Data Speak -- What Do I Do With These Numbers? -- What Do I Do With the Words? -- Tips for Conducting a Content Analysis -- Additional Helpful Resources -- Chapter 9: I Am Listening, Data: Discussion -- Introduction -- Interpretation of Findings for Research Questions and Hypotheses and Additional Analyses: What? -- Limitations -- Implications for Theory and Practice: So What? -- Future Research: Now What? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Your Data's Next Chapter After the Dissertation Write-Up and Graduation -- Pointers for a Smooth Oral Defense -- Postgraduation Words of Wisdom -- Your Dissertation Beyond Graduation (If and When You are Ready, of Course) -- Present at a Conference -- Publish Your Study in a Scholarly Journal -- Apply Your Study Data as Consultation Content -- Closing Thoughts -- Appendix A: Summary Chart of Statistics, What to Report, Abbreviations, and Suggested Syntax -- Appendix B: Anatomy of a Dissertation in Context -- Appendix C: Sample Dissertation Rubric -- Appendix D: The Juicers -- References -- About the Author -- Author Index -- Subject Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910966928603321 |
Sumerson Joanne Broder
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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