Your undergraduate dissertation : the essential guide for success

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walliman, Nicholas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE Publications , 2004
Series:Sage study skills
Subjects:
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 do I get hold of all the necessary background information?
  • How can I manage all the notes?
  • Why do I need arguments?
  • What sorts of data will I find?
  • What's all this about ethics?
  • How do I get hold of data? Reading, surveying, testing and observing
  • What do I do with the information? Using quantitative analysis
  • When do I combine data collection with analysis? Doing qualitative research
  • How can I create a mini world to manipulate? Experiments and models
  • What about referencing?
  • How can I manage such a long piece of writing? Writing up
  • How can I make my work look interesting and easy to read?
  • Who else might be interested in my writing?