TY - BOOK AU - Rudestam,Kjell Erik AU - Newton,Rae R. TI - Surviving your dissertation: a comprehensive guide to content and process SN - 9780803945623 (cased) : U1 - 808.02 RUD PY - 1992/// CY - Newbury Park, Calif., London PB - SAGE KW - Dissertations, Academic KW - United States KW - Report writing KW - Research KW - Biography & non-fiction prose KW - thema KW - Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics KW - Sociology & anthropology KW - Psychological methodology KW - Social sciences KW - Compositon (Arts) N1 - Includes bibliographcal references and index; Part 1-- Getting Started. 1. The Research Process. 2. Selecting a Suitable Topic. 3. Methods of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. -- Part 11-- Working with Content: The Dissertation Chapters. 4. Review of the Literature and Statement of the Problem. 5. The Method chapter: Describing your Research Plan. 6. Presenting the Results of Empirical Studies. 7. Discussion. -- Part 111-- Working with Process: what you need to know to make the Dissertation easier. 8. Overcoming Barriers: becoming an expert while controlling your own destiny. 9. Writing: Jody Veroff. 10. Computing: using a personal computer effectively. 11. Guidelines for the Presentation of Numbers in the Dissertation. 12. Informed Consent and other ethical concerns ER -