How to do your dissertation in geography and related disciplines

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How to do your dissertation in geography and related disciplines

Tony Parsons and Peter Knight

Routledge, 2005

2nd ed

  • : pbk
  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-152) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Following the successful first edition, this revised and updated book continues to provide students with a detailed guide to the planning and procedures they must consider when preparing dissertations in geography, environmental science and geology. Written by well-respected authors in the field, it takes new sources, improved technology in production of the dissertation, and changes in teaching style into account. Guiding the reader through each stage in the process, it deals with many of the common concerns and issues involved in dissertation writing, ranging from deciding which topic to work on, through research design and data collection, to handing in the final bound volume. With an extended consideration of different types of data (qualitative, quantitative and spatial) and a broad reflection on different approaches to problem solving, this useful text suggests practical ways of dealing with the tasks involved, locates the common pitfalls associated with each, and helps readers write the best dissertation possible.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. What is a (Good) Dissertation and Why Do I Have to Do One? 3. When Should I Start and How Long Will it Take? 4. What Shall I Do It On? 5. How Do l Do It? 6. What Kind of Data Do I Need and How Do I Get Them? 7. What Can I Do with my Data When I've Got Them? 8. What Amount of Data Do I Need? 9. Should I Model? 10. Help! It's All Gone Horribly Wrong. What Can I Do? 11. How Should I Write up my Dissertation? 12. How Will It Be Marked? 13. A Final Word

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Details

  • NCID
    BA72319715
  • ISBN
    • 0415341558
    • 041534154X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 155 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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