Inside track: writing dissertations and theses
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction xiii
1 ACADEMIC RESEARCH: AN OVERVIEW 1
Conducting academie research: common concerns 2
The similarities and differences between a thesis and a dissertation 3
Developing independence as a researcher and finding your voice 5
Meeting the challenges of academic research 8
Intellectual challenges 8
Emotional challenges 12
Motivational challenges 13
Becoming a member of an academic community 17
Research seminars and conferences 17
Local chapters and special interest groups 18
Networking in person and on the internet 18
Creating a support group 19
Choosing and working with your supervisor 19
The supervisor’s role 20
Factors affecting your choice of supervisor 22
Joint supervisions 25
What can go wrong in the supervisor-supervisee relationship 25
The upgrading process 26
2 PREPARING YOUR RESEARCH 29
Introduction 30
Familiarity with your university’s rules and regulations 30
Ethical considerations 32
Identifying a gap in the literature 34
Deciding on a research topic 36
Generating research questions and research hypotheses 38
Deciding on the research approach 41
Philosophical inquiry 42
Quantitative approaches 43
Qualitative approaches 47
Mixed-methods approaches 50
Disciplinary and subject variations 52
3 PREPARING TO WRITE 53
Reading and planning before you write 54
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Contents
Sources of information 54
Information literacy 54
Types of source materials 55
Electronic sources of information 56
Oral sources of information 62
Identifying and selecting appropriate information 62
Know what you are looking for 63
Search for titles of books or articles 63
Perform an internet search of relevant theories or concepts 63
Perform a name search of relevant scholars 64
Read abstracts 64
Read synopses of books 64
Look through tables of contents 64
Check indexes 65
Scan books or articles for key terms 65
Read bibliographies 65
Scan library shelves 66
Read book reviews 66
Ask a librarian! 66
A final note 66
Note-making 67
Directing your note-making 67
Making your notes understandable 69
Recording your sources 75
Creating a plan and organising your argument 76
Why plan? 76
Laying out your plan 77
4 CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE WRITING 79
The style of academic writing 80
Clarity 80
Level of formality 82
Avoiding cliches 87
Keeping your writing gender-neutral 88
Supporting your statements 89
Avoiding plagiarism 90
Referencing and quotations 90
Acknowledging alternative perspectives 103
Introductions 104
Summarising and concluding individual chapters 110
Summaries 110
Conclusions 113
The mechanics of academic writing 116
Capitalisation and punctuation 116
VIII
Contents
English and Latin abbreviations 128
Headings 128
Figures 132
Footnotes 134
Bibliography 135
Acknowledgements 139
Table of contents 140
Acronyms and abbreviations 140
Appendices 140
5 THE RESEARCH PROJECT 141
Introduction 142
The abstract 143
Keywords 145
The introduction 146
The background of the issue 146
Creating a sense of interest 147
Presenting key terminology 150
Statement of the problem 150
Purposes of the study 152
Significance of the study 153
Theoretical perspective 154
The audience for the study 156
Delimitations 157
The literature review 158
The purposes of a literature review 158
Reading critically 158
Options for writing the literature review 159
How to review published papers and books 160
Organising the literature review 161
Synthesising and summarising major sections 162
Presenting the gap in the literature 162
Stating the major purposes of the study 163
Stating research questions 164
Stating research hypotheses 167
Methodology 169
Research participants 170
Instrumentation 171
Procedures 174
Analytical approach 175
The results 176
Organising the results 176
Using tables and graphs to present results 177
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Contents
The discussion 178
Relate your results to previous research 178
The theoretical consequences of your results 179
The practical consequences of your results 180
New contributions of your study 181
The conclusion 182
Summarising your findings 182
Limitations of the study 183
Suggestions for future research 185
Final conclusions 185
6 THE FINAL STRAIGHT is?
Submitting your dissertation/thesis 188
Selecting your examiners 188
Getting your dissertation/thesis bound 189
The viva (oral examination) 190
What is a viva and what is its purpose? 190
Preparing for your viva 191
What to expect in the viva 192
Strategies for success 194
The outcome 195
Publishing and presenting your research 197
Publishing in journals 198
Publishing a book 202
Presenting your research 206
And finally . . . 206
APPENDIX 207
Sample table of contents (1) 207
Sample list of figures (1) 212
Sample table of contents (2) 215
Sample list of figures (2) 222
Selected answers to activities 223
References 231
Index 235
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