Proposals that work : a guide for planning dissertations and grant proposals /

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Author / Creator:Locke, Lawrence F.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Newbury Park : Sage Publications, c1987.
Description:271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/899595
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Other authors / contributors:Spirduso, Waneen Wyrick.
Silverman, Stephen J.
ISBN:0803929862 : $29.50
0803929870 (pbk.) : $12.95
Notes:Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 257-263.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Writing The Proposal
  • Function of the Proposal
  • Developing the Thesis or Dissertation Proposal
  • Some Common Problems
  • Content of the Proposal
  • Important Considerations
  • Preparation of Proposals for Qualitative Research
  • Different Assumptions, Familiar Problems, and New Responses
  • Style and Form in Writing the Proposal
  • Money for Research
  • How to Ask for Help
  • Preparing the Grant Proposal
  • Part 2. Specimen Proposals
  • Experimental Design - The Effects of Age, Modality and Complexity of Response, and Practice on Reaction Time
  • Qualitative Study - Returning Women Students in the Community College
  • Quasi-Experimental Design - Teaching Children to Question What They Read
  • An Attempt to Improve Reading Comprehension Through Training in a Cognitive Learning Strategy
  • Funded Grant - A Field Test of a Health-Based Educational Intervention to Increase Adolescent Fertility Control