TY  - BOOK
AU  - Felix,Mark Stephan
AU  - Smith,Ian
TI  - A practical guide to dissertation and thesis writing
SN  - 9781527538764
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
KW  - Academic writing
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - sears
KW  - Dissertations, Academic
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
N1  - 1. Getting started : topics, problems, definitions and making a good start --  2. Ho do you choose a research topic? --  3. Reading, reading, reading : background to your literature review --  4. Let's start with the big "so what?" : writing your introduction --  5. Backing up your claims : writing your literature review --  6. What is research methodology? --  7. Defending your proposal --  8. Getting the fieldwork done --  9. Sifting through the information : your results or findings --  10. Your voice : presenting your discussion --  11. The conclusion --  12. Writing the abstract
N2  - "This book provides a step-by-step guide to writing the different chapters of a PhD dissertation, which will benefit aspiring, beginner and mid-track PhD students and candidates in the Social Sciences. Based on the authors'combined experience of working with both Masters and PhD students through the dissertation writing process, it offers helpful writing guidelines, from the conceptualization and problematization of the dissertation through to the literature review, methodological issues, writing up results and, finally, to the discussion, conclusions and abstract writing process. With chapters dedicated to offering guidelines, suggestions and pitfalls to watch out for, this book will assist PhD students and candidates in the fields of the various Social Sciences with exercises and pointers on successfully navigating the writing of a PhD dissertation. It takes the PhD student in the Social Sciences through the maze of writing a dissertation, and provides a step-by-step train of thought throughout the entire writing process."--Publisher
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