Description
This engaging book not only offers step-by-step guidance on planning, writing, and defending a dissertation but also helps create a beginning-to-end process that is meaningful, rewarding, and exciting. Each chapter answers commonly asked questions, contains a checklist for each part of the dissertation, provides a summary of key points, and lists additional resources. Topics addressed include tips for staying motivated, time management, and self-care; selecting a dissertation committee and narrowing down the topic; writing a proposal; preparing the literature review; creating the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions; understanding research methodology and ethics; collecting and analyzing data; presenting results; and best of all—publishing a dissertation.
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Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
About the Authors xi
Chapter 1 The Doctoral Dissertation 1
Chapter 2 Staying Well Throughout the Dissertation Process 17
Appendix A: Example of a Student Wellness Plan 27
Chapter 3 Selecting the Dissertation Committee and Narrowing Down the Topic 29
Chapter 4 Writing a Proposal 57
Appendix B: Example Quantitative Proposal 74
Appendix C: Example Qualitative Proposal 83
Chapter 5 The Literature Review 93
Appendix D: Example of a Literature Review Outline 107
Chapter 6 Creating the Problem Statement, Purpose Statement, and Research Questions 111
Chapter 7 Research Methodology and Ethics 123
Appendix E: Subject Informaed Consent 141
Appendix F: Subject Assent 144
Chapter 8 Collecting and Analyzing Data 145
Chapter 9 Presenting and Discussing the Results 157
Chapter 10 Preparing for the Defense 171
Chapter 11 Disseminating the Project to the Professional Community 183
Appendix G: Example Authorship Agreement 201
References 203
Index 209
