Your undergraduate dissertation : the essential guide for success
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Your undergraduate dissertation : the essential guide for success
(Sage study skills)
SAGE, 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
'This book is one of the most helpful I have seen in terms of helping undergraduate students understand the methods and principles involved in carrying out research for the final dissertation which many degree courses require. In essence it is a complete guide, covering every aspect of the process, outlining each step from selecting a theme to final writing and submission' -ESCalate
Your Undergraduate Dissertation: The Essential Guide for Success is a practical step-by-step guide to managing and developing a successful undergraduate project.
Nicholas Walliman offers a comprehensive and easy to follow guide to both the theoretical and practical aspects of doing a dissertation. This book provides a clear and structured explanation of how to undertake a project, helping readers to identify and acquire the necessary skills to plan and carry out the research and writing.
This practical and concise book provides:
- Advice for preparing a project and choosing a topic
- Guidelines for writing a project proposal and producing a literature review
- Advice on choosing and implementing appropriate methodology
- An awareness of ethical issues
- Methods of data collection and analysis
- Information for writing-up the report
- Interdisciplinary case-studies and `real-life' examples to illustrate key themes
This book is a compact, easy-to-read guide to all the essential facets of dissertation writing at undergraduate level. Written in a lively and engaging manner, its use of humorous illustrations, simple exercises and useful guides to further reading, make it an attractive handbook for students across the social sciences.
Written by an experienced lecturer and writer, this book is a`must-have' for a any student anxious to maximize their success in dissertation writing.
Table of Contents
What's It All for?
What Types of Dissertations Are There?
What Will It Be about?
How Do I Get Started?
What's All This about Philosophy?
How Do I Write a Proposal?
What about Working and Planning My Time?
Where and How Do I Get Hold of All the Necessary Background Information?
How Can I Manage All the Notes?
Arguments: Why Do I Need Them?
What Sorts of Data Will I Find?
What's All This about Ethics?
How Do I Get Hold of Data?
What Do I Do with the Information When I've Got It?
When Do I Need to Combine Data Collection with Analysis?
How Can I Create a Mini-World to Manipulate?
What about Referencing?
Writing It up
How on Earth Can I Manage Such a Long Piece of Writing?
What Can I Do to Make My Work Look Interesting and Easy to Read?
Who Else Might Be Interested in My Writing?
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