Surviving your dissertation: a comprehensive guide to content and process

Getting started

The research process

Selecting a suitable topic

Methods of inquiry : quantitative and qualitative approaches

Working with content : the dissertation chapters

Literature review and statement of the problem

The method chapter : describing your research plan

Presenting the results of quantitative studies

Presenting the results of qualitative studies

Discussion

Working with process : what you need to know to make the dissertation easier

Overcoming barriers : becoming an expert while controlling your own destiny

Writing

How to complete your dissertation using online data access and collection

Guidelines for the presentation of numbers in the dissertation

Informed consent and other ethical concerns

References

Name index

Subject index.