This book will help social science students with successful completion of their dissertation. A truly practical, step-by-step guide which will take students through the whole process from start to finish.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: why do a dissertation in the Social Sciences?
Ready to research?
What is expected in your dissertation?
How do I define a research question?
What kind of researcher am I?
How do I write the Research Proposal?
Finding sources and doing the literature review
What are the problems of real world research?
The research design
Carrying out the research
What do I do with all of this data?
Drawing conclusions and coming up with theories
Writing up
Troubleshooting: what to do if it all goes wrong