Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Part 1 Examiners and Supervisors |
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1 Examiners: What are they Looking for? |
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2 Working with Your Supervisor |
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Part 2 Generating and Developing Original Ideas |
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3 What Activities Suit You Best? |
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5 What Interests You Most? |
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6 Generating Your Own Ideas 1: Using Trigger Questions |
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7 Generating Your Own Ideas 2: Perspectives and Levels |
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8 Developing Your Ideas 1: Causal Relations |
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9 Developing Your Ideas 2: Conceptual Relations |
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10 Original Questions and Hypotheses 1: Using Analogies |
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11 Original Questions and Hypotheses 2: Working with Your Structures |
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Part 3 Deciding on Your Project |
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12 Searching the Literature 1: Knowing What to Look for |
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13 Searching the Literature 2: How to Search |
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14 Choosing the Topic 1: Feasibility |
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15 Choosing the Topic 2: Ethical Issues |
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Part 4 Organising Your Work |
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16 Planning Your Research |
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Part 5 Doing Your Research |
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21 Qualitative and Quantitative Research |
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23 Primary Sources 1: Quantitative Research |
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24 Primary Sources 2: Designing and Distributing Your Questionnaire |
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25 Primary Sources 3: Qualitative Research - Interviews and Focus Croups |
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26 Primary Sources 4: Qualitative Research - Case Studies and Observations |
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Part 6 Planning Your Dissertation |
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27 The Main Components and Introduction |
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29 Research Methods, Findings, Conclusion and Appendices |
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Part 7 Organising Your Thinking |
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30 Developing Consistent Arguments 1: The Components |
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31 Developing Consistent Arguments 2: The Connections |
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32 Using Evidence 1: Describing it |
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33 Using Evidence 2: Drawing Inferences |
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34 Using Evidence 3: Creating Causal Connections |
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35 Using Language 1: Clarity - Jargon |
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36 Using Language 2: Clarity - Manipulative Words |
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37 Using Language 3: Consistency |
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Part 8 Writing Your Dissertation |
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39 Style 1: Finding Your Own Voice |
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40 Style 2: Simplicity and Economy |
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Part 9 Plagiarism, Referencing and Bibliographies |
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42 Referencing and Bibliographies |
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43 Revision 1: The Structure |
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44 Revision 2: The Content |
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Part 11 Presenting Your Dissertation |
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Conclusion |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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