Preparing to go: the dissertation journey -- The journey before you: 29 steps -- Planning the trip: the conceptual conversation -- Developing your itinerary: the preproposal -- Advice from other travelers: the literature review -- Getting there: the dissertation proposal -- Things to see and do: data collection and analysis -- Making the most of your travels: the last chapter plus -- Useful phrases: writing and editing -- Travelogue: the dissertation defense -- Making the best use of your guide: advisor advising -- Avoiding delays and annoyances: enacting the scholar role.
Summary:
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. -- Provided by publisher.
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