Finish your dissertation, don't let It finish you! / / Joanne Broder Sumerson

• Autore: Sumerson Joanne Broder
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2014]; 2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 pages)
• Disciplina: 808.066378
• Soggetto topico: Academic writing; Dissertations, Academic
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: An all-inclusive, practical guide to help you design, conduct, and finish your academic dissertation-with minimal drama Sharing the secrets for successfully navigating through the dissertation and thesis process while maintaining your sanity, Finish Your Dissertation, Don't Let It Finish You! presents comprehensive coverage of the entire dissertation process, from selecting a committee and choosing a research topic to conducting the research and writing and defending your dissertation. Joanne Broder Sumerson follows the sequential flow of a dissertation, to help you move through the process in a logical, step-by-step manner, with an abundance of practical examples and useful tips on: Proper dissertation etiquette-smarts and strategies for managing the committee Breaking ground on your study The anatomy of the five chapters of your dissertation Making a compelling argument for why your study should be done Creating an exemplary literature review The best practices in research design Getting official approval from the Institutional Review Board Organizing your freshly collected data Concluding your dissertation Presenting a smooth oral defense.
• Titolo autorizzato: Finish your dissertation, don't let It finish you
• ISBN: 9781118419250; 1118419251
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966928603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II