How to design, write, and present a successful dissertation proposal /

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Author / Creator:Wentz, Elizabeth A., author.
Imprint:Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc, [2014]
©2014
Description:xvii, 213 pages ; 23 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13020660
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ISBN:9781452257884
1452257884
9781483312590
1483312593
9781483323817
1483323811
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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505 0 |a Introduction -- The student becomes a scholar -- Importance of a research proposal -- The book's plan -- Audience -- Motivation -- Reminders -- Ethics -- Introduction -- The scientist as autonomous being -- Collaborative research -- Scientific misconduct -- Slander -- Stealing ideas -- Plagiarism -- Falsifying data and results -- Human subject testing -- Harassment -- Enjoying life -- Reminders -- Curriculum vitae -- Introduction -- Forms of the CV -- Content -- Style -- Feeling stuck? -- Reminders -- Area of specialization -- Introduction -- Function of the AOS -- Pieces of the AOS -- Organization of the AOS -- Some constraints -- The language of research -- Reminders -- Effective reading -- Introduction -- Reasons to read -- What to read -- Peer reviewed or not -- Measures of success for peer-reviewed material -- Finding material to read -- Citation indices -- Reference lists -- Journals -- Professors -- General web searches -- How to read -- Passive reading -- Active reading -- Organizing what you read -- Systematic -- Ad hoc -- Read daily -- Stop reading -- Reminders -- Effective writing -- Introduction -- Content -- Structure -- Document -- Paragraph -- Sentence -- Grammar -- Verbs -- Passive voice. 
505 8 |a Vocabulary -- Parallel structure -- Pattern -- Balance -- Autonomic grammar check -- Document format -- Revise and resubmit -- Give feedback -- Self-feedback -- External feedback -- Responding to feedback -- Other challenges -- Writer's block -- English as a second language -- Reminders -- The literature review -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Concrete steps to move forward -- Identify keywords and references -- Create an annotated bibliography -- Organize and synthesize -- Write and rewrite -- Review and revise -- Remaining remarks -- Reminders -- The academic village -- Introduction -- Advisor -- Selecting an advisor -- Advising style -- Mentor versus friend -- Your advisor's role -- Changing your advisor -- Get feedback -- Committee -- Other faculty -- Graduate students -- Dissertation support group (DSG) -- Prioritizing -- Time management -- Feedback -- Peer pressure -- Problem solving -- Personality conflicts -- Lifelong friendship -- Some guiding principles -- Going forward -- Family and friends -- Reminders -- Conceptualizing a research idea -- Introduction -- Integration between the AOS and the literature review -- Pathways to the research concept -- Top down -- Bottom up -- Random walk -- Alternate pathways -- Application, method, theory -- An example -- Assessment -- Revise and resubmit -- Reminders -- Problem statement -- Introduction -- Ways to describe the research problem -- Research objective -- Research question -- Descriptive -- Relationship -- Causal -- Hypotheses -- Evaluating research objectives and questions -- Roll-a-research -- A specific research topic -- Reminders -- Research methods -- Introduction -- Methods to answer a research question -- Study area or scope -- Data -- Procedures. 
505 8 |a Research objective -- New approach -- Implementation and evaluation -- Proposal evaluation -- validity and reliability -- Activities -- Reminders -- Research proposal -- Introduction -- Proposal content -- Title -- Introduction -- Literature review -- Research objectives or questions -- Methods -- Anticipated results and project significance -- Time line -- References -- Appendices -- Length and formatting -- Proposal writing activities -- Reminders -- Oral presentation -- Introduction -- Preparation -- Audience -- Content -- Organization -- Visual aids -- Sample presentation -- Speaking -- Confidence -- Experience -- Presentation day -- Reminders -- Next steps -- Introduction -- Reuse your proposal -- Funding -- First drafts -- Time line -- The review process -- Recipe for success -- Remaining thoughts -- Last reminders. 
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