Doing Your Social Science Dissertation / Edition 1

by Judith Burnett

Overview

Judith Burnett helps students to rise to the dissertation challenge, making the most of the opportunities which a dissertation offers and overcoming the obstacles to successful completion. This book takes students through the process of doing a dissertation from turning the raw ideas into a research question, designing the research project, choosing appropriate methods, developing a research proposal, planning and executing the project, working with data, writing up, and preparing the work for presentation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412931120
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/04/2009
Series:	SAGE Study Skills Series
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Judith Burnett is a lecturer at University of East London.

Table of Contents

Introduction: why do a dissertation in the Social Sciences?
Ready to research?
What is expected in your dissertation?
How do I define a research question?
What kind of researcher am I?
How do I write the Research Proposal?
Finding sources and doing the literature review
What are the problems of real world research?
The research design
Carrying out the research
What do I do with all of this data?
Drawing conclusions and coming up with theories
Writing up
Troubleshooting: what to do if it all goes wrong