The dissertation : from beginning to end / Peter Lyons, Howard J. Doueck.
Material type: TextSeries: Pocket guides to social work research methodsPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2010]Copyright date: c2010Description: vii, 203 pages : forms, tables ; 21 cmContent type:- text
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- volume
- 9780195373912 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 808.066361 LYO 22
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Includes appendix.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The doctoral degree in social work-The candidate, the chair, and the committee-The literature review, theory, problem statement, and hypotheses-Ethics and research methodology-Sampling and measurement-Data management and analysis-Writing and presenting results.
"Many otherwise strong doctoral students get stuck at the dissertation stage, but this trusty guide take students from the early planning phase to finishing the final draft. It contains straightforward advice for each stage of the dissertation process: selecting a chair, completing the literature review, developing a hypothesis, selecting a study sample and appropriate measures, managing and analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data, establishing good writing habits, and overcoming obstacles to completing the dissertation on schedule."
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