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How to Write Your Undergraduate Dissertation [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 416 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 215x137x18 mm, weight: 591 g, 28 black & white tables, 26 charts
  • Serija: Palgrave Study Skills
  • Išleidimo metai: 30-Apr-2009
  • Leidėjas: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN-10: 023021875X
  • ISBN-13: 9780230218758
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 416 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 215x137x18 mm, weight: 591 g, 28 black & white tables, 26 charts
  • Serija: Palgrave Study Skills
  • Išleidimo metai: 30-Apr-2009
  • Leidėjas: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN-10: 023021875X
  • ISBN-13: 9780230218758
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
Teaches students how to generate their own ideas and develop them into original research projects. Using examples from all disciplines, this title not only teaches students how to plan and research using qualitative and quantitative techniques and instruments, but also how to construct arguments and use evidence and language consistently.

Examining each essential stage of research and writing a dissertation, this book teaches students across all disciplines how to use qualitative and quantitative techniques to plan and research, how to generate ideas to develop into original research projects, and how to write a clear and concise dissertation.

Recenzijos

'It is written fluently and engagingly. Explanations, broader discussions and directions never out-stay their welcome. The book keeps moving on. There is also a very good sense of how much information the reader can absorb in a sentence, a paragraph and a section.' - John Peck, former Reader at Cardiff University, UK 'I admire the general, well-written, refreshingly presented, focus on 'thinking'. The market is huge and ever-expanding. There are a number of volumes on 'how to write a dissertation', but not with a focus on clarity of language and building arguments.' - Jonathan Grix, Senior Lecturer in German Studies and Research Methodology, University of Birmingham

Preface ix
Acknowledgements x
Introduction 1(4)
Part 1 Examiners and supervisors
5(16)
Examiners: What are they looking for?
7(7)
Working with your supervisor
14(7)
Part 2 Generating and developing original ideas
21(78)
What activities suit you best?
23(7)
Types of research
30(11)
What interests you most?
41(8)
Generating your own ideas
49(9)
Developing your ideas 1: Causal relations
58(9)
Developing your ideas 2: Conceptual relations
67(13)
Original questions and hypotheses 1: Using analogies
80(7)
Original questions and hypotheses 2: Working with your structures
87(12)
Part 3 Deciding on your project
99(24)
Searching the literature
101(11)
Choosing the topic
112(11)
Part 4 Organising your work
123(54)
Planning your research
125(11)
Managing your time
136(13)
Your retrieval system
149(8)
Reading
157(9)
Note-taking
166(11)
Part 5 Doing your research
177(54)
Qualitative and quantitative research
179(8)
Secondary sources
187(8)
Primary sources 1: Quantitative research
195(6)
Primary sources 2: Designing and distributing your questionnaire
201(11)
Primary sources 3: Qualitative research - interviews and focus groups
212(8)
Primary sources 4: Qualitative research - case studies and observations
220(11)
Part 6 Planning your dissertation
231(28)
The main components and introduction
233(6)
The literature review
239(9)
Research methods, findings, conclusions and appendices
248(11)
Part 7 Organising your thinking
259(64)
Developing consistent arguments 1: The components
261(10)
Developing consistent arguments 2: The connections
271(10)
Describing it
281(8)
Drawing inferences
289(9)
Creating causal connections
298(8)
Clarity
306(13)
Consistency
319(4)
Part 8 Writing your dissertation
323(26)
The first draft
325(9)
Finding your own voice
334(5)
Simplicity and economy
339(10)
Part 9 Plagiarism, referencing and bibliographies
349(22)
Plagiarism
351(7)
Referencing and bibliographies
358(13)
Part 10 Editing
371(17)
The structure
373(8)
The content
381(7)
Conclusion 388(1)
Bibliography 389(1)
Index 390
Bryan Greetham was educated at the universities of Kent and Sussex. He holds a PhD in moral philosophy from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is currently engaged in research into moral thinking and the Holocaust, and teaches philosophy at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Philosophy, How to Write your Undergraduate Dissertation and Thinking Skills for Professionals.