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Bryan Greetham
ISBN: 9780230218758
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
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Examining each essential stage of research and writing a dissertation, this book teaches students across all disciplines how to use qualitative and quantitative techniques to plan and research, how to generate ideas to develop into original research projects, and how to write a clear and concise dissertation.
Examining each essential stage of research and writing a dissertation, this book teaches students across all disciplines how to generate ideas and develop them into original research projects. It clearly explains the best way of planning and conducting research using qualitative and quantitative techniques and primary and secondary material; enabling the student to successfully plan and write a clear and concise dissertation.
| ISBN | 023021875X | | Pages | 416 | | ISBN13 | 9780230218758
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 511 | | Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | | Published in | Basingstoke | | Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan | | Series title | Palgrave Study Skills | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 217 | | Publication date | 30 Apr 2009 | | Width (mm) | 138 | | DEWEY | 808.02 | | Spine width (mm) | 24 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education |
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| Pt. 1 | | Examiners and supervisors | | 5 | | 1 | | Examiners: What are they looking for | | 7 | | 2 | | Working with your supervisor | | 14 | | Pt. 2 | | Generating and developing original ideas | | 21 | | 3 | | What activities suit you best? | | 23 | | 4 | | Types or research | | 30 | | 5 | | What interests you most? | | 41 | | 6 | | Generating your own ideas | | 49 | | 7 | | Developing your ideas 1: Causal relations | | 58 | | 8 | | Developing your ideas 2: Conceptual relations | | 67 | | 9 | | Original questions and hypotheses 1: Using analogies | | 80 | | 10 | | Original questions and hypotheses 2: Working with your structures | | 87 | | Pt. 3 | | Deciding on your project | | 99 | | 11 | | Searching the literature | | 101 | | 12 | | Choosing the topic | | 112 | | Pt. 4 | | Organising your work | | 123 | | 13 | | Planning your research | | 125 | | 14 | | Managing your time | | 136 | | 15 | | Your retrieval system | | 149 | | 16 | | Reading | | 157 | | 17 | | Note-taking | | 166 | | Pt. 5 | | Doing your research | | 177 | | 18 | | Qualitative and quantitative research | | 179 | | 19 | | Secondary sources | | 187 | | 20 | | Primary sources 1: Quantitative research | | 195 | | 21 | | Primary sources 2: Designing and distributing your questionnaire | | 201 | | | More... | | |
'It is written fluently and engagingly. Explanations, broader discussions and directions never out-stay their welcome. The book keeps moving on. There is also a very good sense of how much information the reader can absorb in a sentence, a paragraph and a section.' - John Peck, former Reader at Cardiff University, UK 'I admire the general, well-written, refreshingly presented, focus on 'thinking'. The market is huge and ever-expanding. There are a number of volumes on 'how to write a dissertation', but not with a focus on clarity of language and building arguments.' - Jonathan Grix, Senior Lecturer in German Studies and Research Methodology, University of Birmingham  Be the first to write a customer review
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