Dissertations and Project Reports: A Step by Step Guide

✍ Scribed by Stella Cottrel

• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 225
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Introduction
Preparation and planning
1 'Where do I start?'
2 What makes a good dissertation or research project?
3 Project manage your dissertation
4 Managing yourself for the task
5 Using time effectively
6 Working with your supervisor
Developing your proposal
7 Understanding the assignment brief
8 Choosing your topic and title
9 Literature search and review
10 Principles of good research
11 Methodological approaches
12 Ethical considerations
13 Writing the research proposal
Conducting your research
14 The evidence base
15 Working with participants
16 Experiments
17 Observations
18 Surveys and questionnaires
19 Interviews
20 Case studies
21 Interpreting your findings
Writing it up
22 Your writing strategy
23 Getting the structure right
24 Fine-tuning your writing
25 Viva exams
Final considerations
References
Index