TY - BOOK AU - Foss, Sonja K. AU - Waters, William TI - Destination dissertation: a traveler's guide to a done dissertation SN - 9781442246140 U1 - 808.02 PY - 2016/// CY - Maryland PB - Rawman and Littlefield KW - Academic writing KW - Academic writing - Dissertation KW - Academic - Handbooks KW - Dissertations, Academic--Authorship N1 - Table of contents Machine generated contents note: ch. One Preparing to Go: The Dissertation Journey Can a Dissertation Really Be a Trip? Packing Your Bags Enjoyment Doability Competence Agency Support Our Guarantees Your Travel Agents How to Use This Guide ch. Two The Journey before You: 29 Steps Our Timetable Yeah, But ch. Three Planning the Trip: The Conceptual Conversation Selecting and Orienting a Partner Asking and Answering Questions Identifying Key Pieces ch. Four Developing Your Itinerary: The Preproposal Naming the Problem Formulating Your Research Question Criteria for a Good Research Question Multiple Research Questions Selecting Your Data Identifying Your Method of Data Collection Identifying Your Method of Data Analysis Identifying the Literature to Review Identifying the Significance of Your Study Identifying Your Chapters Writing Your Preproposal Assessing Your Decisions Contents note continued: Committing to the Preproposal with Your Advisor ch. Five Advice from Other Travelers: The Literature Review Coding Your Literature Keyboarding Method Photocopying Method Cutting Apart Your Codes Sorting Your Codes Checking Your Piles Creating Your Conceptual Schema Writing It Up ch. Six Getting There: The Dissertation Proposal Introduction Research Question Definition of Terms Literature Review Research Design Data History or Context Procedures Assumptions or Theoretical Framework Significance of the Study Outline of the Study Approval of the Proposal ch. Seven Things to See and Do: Data Collection and Analysis Collecting Your Data Creating Codable Data Identifying Your Unit of Analysis Coding Your Data Checking Your Codes Creating Your Explanatory Schema Getting Inspiration for Your Explanatory Schema Talking Out Loud Contents note continued: Random Stimulation Shifting Focus Aristotle's Topics Reversing Framing Assessing Your Explanatory Schema ch. Eight Making the Most of Your Travels: The Last Chapter Plus Summary Interpretation of Findings Limitations Suggestions for Future Research Three-Article Format Finishing Up ch. Nine Useful Phrases: Writing and Editing Fast Writing Switching Off the Screen Making Notes to Yourself Writing with Headings Skipping Around Getting Unstuck Slow Revising Editing Proofreading ch. Ten Travelogue: The Dissertation Defense Preparing for Your Defense The Defense Itself The Opening The Questions Your Answers The Closing Following Your Defense ch. Eleven Making the Best Use of Your Guide: Advisor Advising Asking Appropriately Agreeing on a Vision Expectations about Roles Expectations about Advising Expectations about Dissertations Contents note continued: Articulating Needs Conceptual Conversation Ground Rules Information about the Dissertation Process Information about Research and Writing Information about the Dissertation Defense Enacting Professionalism Assessing Your Relationship Understanding Your Advisor's Perspective Framing Issues Collaboratively Protecting Your Advisor's Face Planning for Action Applying Productive Chicanery Performing Completion Asking for Help from a Mediator Adding a Coadvisor Switching Advisors ch. Twelve Avoiding Delays and Annoyances: Enacting the Scholar Role Incomplete-Scholar Roles Housekeeper Model Employee Undocumented Worker Patient Good Student Proxy Critic Executor Maverick Enacting the Scholar Role: Writing Regularly Writing on a Schedule Focusing on Successes. N2 - Destination Dissertation: A Traveler's Guide to a Done Dissertation is a handbook that helps students successfully complete their dissertations. It uses a metaphor of travel to frame the dissertation process as an exciting trip of twenty-nine steps that can be completed in less than nine months. Designed for use by students in all disciplines and for both quantitative and qualitative dissertations, the book shows concrete and efficient processes for completing those parts of the dissertation where students tend to get stuck: conceptualizing a topic, developing a pre-proposal, writing a literature review, writing a proposal, collecting and analyzing data, and writing the last chapter. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442246140/Destination-Dissertation-A-Travelers-Guide-to-a-Done-Dissertation-Second-Edition ER -