01565pamaa2200241 4500 0000046861 20121206090000.0 9781412916790 (pbk.) 808.02 RUD 2007 LB2369 RUD 2007 RUDESTAM Surviving your dissertation : a comprehensive guide to content and process Kjell Erik Rudestam and Rae R. Newton. 3rd ed. Newbury Park: Sage Pub., 2007. viii, 317p.: ill.; 23cm. BMEGI Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-302) and indexes Getting started -- The research process -- Selecting a suitable topic -- Methods of inquiry : quantitative and qualitative approaches -- Working with content : the dissertation chapters -- Literature review and statement of the problem -- The method chapter : describing your research plan -- Presenting the results of quantitative studies -- Presenting the results of qualitative studies -- Discussion -- Working with process : what you need to know to make the dissertation easier -- Overcoming barriers : becoming an expert while controlling your own destiny -- Writing -- How to complete your dissertation using online data access and collection -- Guidelines for the presentation of numbers in the dissertation -- Informed consent and other ethical concerns -- References -- Name index -- Subject index Report writing Dissertations, Academic Research Newton, Rae R http://www.sagepublishings.com