Dissertation Research Methods

Philip Adu

ISBN 10: 103221385X / ISBN 13: 9781032213859

Published by Routledge Sep 2023, 2023

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Dissertation Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Up Your Research in the Social Sciences focuses specifically on the methodologyfor planning, writing and submitting your dissertation thesis. Written by two methodology experts in the social sciences, the book provides a step-by-step guide through each stage of the dissertation process. It covers all aspects of the methodological considerations needed, from choosing a topic or research question, developing a literature review, identifying research gaps, accessing potential study participants, utilizing the right sampling strategies,analyzing data and writing up findings. Readers are introduced to the main research methods normally used in dissertations and their characteristics, and they are guided to choose an appropriate research method for their study, provide a substantial description of the selected method and articulate strong arguments in support of it. The book is filled with templates, exemplars and tools to help students write about methodology in their thesis and to equip readers to successfully troubleshoot any methodology challenges they may face. This compact book will be of use to all graduate students and their supervisors in the Social Sciences andEducation and Behavioural Sciences who arelooking for a guideto working with robust and defensible methodological principles in their dissertation research and theses. 472 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dissertation Research Methods
• Publisher: Routledge Sep 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 103221385X
• ISBN 13: 9781032213859
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 26D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 711 grams

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Synopsis

Dissertation Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Up Your Research in the Social Sciences focuses specifically on the methodology for planning, writing and submitting your dissertation thesis. Written by two methodology experts in the social sciences, the book provides a step-by-step guide through each stage of the dissertation process.

It covers all aspects of the methodological considerations needed, from choosing a topic or research question, developing a literature review, identifying research gaps, accessing potential study participants, utilizing the right sampling strategies, analyzing data and writing up findings. Readers are introduced to the main research methods normally used in dissertations and their characteristics, and they are guided to choose an appropriate research method for their study, provide a substantial description of the selected method and articulate strong arguments in support of it. The book is filled with templates, exemplars and tools to help students write about methodology in their thesis and to equip readers to successfully troubleshoot any methodology challenges they may face.

This compact book will be of use to all graduate students and their supervisors in the Social Sciences and Education and Behavioural Sciences who are looking for a guide to working with robust and defensible methodological principles in their dissertation research and theses.

About the Author

Philip Adu is a methodology expert and founder of the Center for Research Methods Consulting. He has provided research methodology services to clients for over ten years. He is also a contributing faculty at Walden University. Dr. Adu is the author of A Step-by-Step Guide to Qualitative Data Coding (2019). He is also a co-author of The Theoretical Framework in Phenomenological Research (2022).

D. Anthony Miles is CEO and founder of Miles Development Industries Corporation®, a consulting practice and venture capital acquisition firm. He also has extensive experience with dissertations and assisting doctoral students. Dr. Miles has served as a dissertation chair, methodologist and statistician. He has over ten years' experience with dissertations and has worked with over 100 doctoral students. In 2009, he was awarded the USASBE Doctoral Consortium fellowship for his doctoral research.