Successful Dissertations and Theses: A Guide to Graduate Student Research from Proposal to Completion / Edition 2

by David Madsen

Overview

Madsen's book should be welcome both to graduate students about toundertake dissertations and to faculty needing to learn the role ofthesis adviser. . . . Madsen tells how to propose, outline, write,defAnd, and possibly publish a dissertation, information whichshould save graduate students years, pain, and money.
—Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555423896
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/16/1992
Series:	Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series
Edition description:	2nd ed
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

David Madsen is professor of education at the University of Washington

Table of Contents

1. Starting and Completing the Dissertation.

2. Working with the Research Adviser and Advisory Committee.

3. Selecting and Shaping the Research Topic.

4. Preparing the Research Proposal.

5. Employing Basic Research Sources and Techniques.

6. Using the Library and Locating Essential Resources.

7. Organizing, Outlining, and Writing.

8. DefAnding the Thesis.

9. Adapting the Thesis for Publication and Presentation.

Resources: Sample Proposals and Manuscript Pages A. SampleProposal: Historical Approach B. Sample Proposal: ExperimentalApproach C. Sample Pages.