Description
Book SynopsisDissertations and Theses From Start to Finish, now updated and revised to reflect changes to the APA''s Publication Manual, Seventh Edition!
For over twenty-five years, Cone and Foster''s useful bookhas guided student writers through the practical, logistical, and emotional struggles that come with writing dissertations and theses.It offers guidance to students through all the essential steps, including:
- Defining topics;
- Selecting faculty advisors;
- Scheduling time to work on the project, and;
- Conducting, analyzing, writing, presenting, and publishing research.
This third edition of this bestselling work follows new guidelines from APA''s Publication Manual, Seventh Edition, and includes questions to help steer research, checklists, diagrams, and sample research papers. It also reflects the most recent advances in online research and includes fully updated online resources.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Mitchell J. Prinstein
Chapter 1: What Are Theses and Dissertations, and Why Write a Book about Them?
Chapter 2: Starting Out: Assessing Your Preparation for the Task Ahead
Chapter 3: Time and Trouble Management
Chapter 4: Finding Topics and Faculty Collaborators
Chapter 5: Formulating and Communicating Your Plans: An Overview of the Proposal
Chapter 6: Reviewing the Literature
Chapter 7: Research Methodology and Ethics
Chapter 8: Measuring Study Variables
Chapter 9: Selecting the Appropriate Data Analysis Approaches
Chapter 10: Collecting, Managing, and Analyzing the Data
Chapter 11: Presenting the Results
Chapter 12: Discussing the Results
Chapter 13: Managing Committee Meetings: Proposal and Oral Defense
Chapter 14: Presenting Your Project to the World
References
Index
About the Authors
