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Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The student becomes a scholar
• Importance of a research proposal
• The book's plan
• Audience
• Motivation
• Reminders
• Ethics
• Introduction
• The scientist as autonomous being
• Collaborative research
• Scientific misconduct
• Slander
• Stealing ideas
• Plagiarism
• Falsifying data and results
• Human subject testing
• Harassment
• Enjoying life
• Reminders

• Curriculum vitae
• Introduction
• Forms of the CV
• Content
• Style
• Feeling stuck?
• Reminders
• Area of specialization
• Introduction
• Function of the AOS
• Pieces of the AOS
• Organization of the AOS
• Some constraints
• The language of research
• Reminders
• Effective reading
• Introduction
• Reasons to read
• What to read
• Peer reviewed or not
• Measures of success for peer-reviewed material
• Finding material to read
• Citation indices
• Reference lists
• Journals
• Professors
• General web searches
• How to read
• Passive reading
• Active reading
• Organizing what you read
• Systematic
• Ad hoc
• Read daily
• Stop reading
• Reminders
• Effective writing
• Introduction
• Content
• Structure
• Document
• Paragraph
• Sentence
• Grammar
• Verbs
• Passive voice
• Vocabulary
• Parallel structure
• Pattern
• Balance
• Autonomic grammar check
• Document format
• Revise and resubmit
• Give feedback
• Self-feedback
• External feedback
• Responding to feedback
• Other challenges
• Writer's block
• English as a second language
• Reminders
• The literature review
• Introduction
• Theoretical framework
• Concrete steps to move forward
• Identify keywords and references
• Create an annotated bibliography
• Organize and synthesize
• Write and rewrite
• Review and revise
• Remaining remarks
• Reminders
• The academic village
• Introduction
• Advisor
• Selecting an advisor
• Advising style
• Mentor versus friend
• Your advisor's role
• Changing your advisor
• Get feedback
• Committee
• Other faculty
• Graduate students
• Dissertation support group (DSG)
• Prioritizing
• Time management
• Feedback
• Peer pressure
• Problem solving
• Personality conflicts
• Lifelong friendship
• Some guiding principles
• Going forward
• Family and friends
• Reminders
• Conceptualizing a research idea
• Introduction
• Integration between the AOS and the literature review
• Pathways to the research concept
• Top down
• Bottom up
• Random walk
• Alternate pathways
• Application, method, theory
• An example
• Assessment
• Revise and resubmit
• Reminders
• Problem statement
• Introduction
• Ways to describe the research problem
• Research objective
• Research question
• Descriptive
• Relationship
• Causal
• Hypotheses
• Evaluating research objectives and questions
• Roll-a-research
• A specific research topic
• Reminders
• Research methods
• Introduction
• Methods to answer a research question
• Study area or scope
• Data
• Procedures
• Research objective
• New approach
• Implementation and evaluation
• Proposal evaluation
• validity and reliability
• Activities
• Reminders
• Research proposal
• Introduction
• Proposal content
• Title
• Introduction
• Literature review
• Research objectives or questions
• Methods
• Anticipated results and project significance
• Time line
• References
• Appendices
• Length and formatting
• Proposal writing activities
• Reminders
• Oral presentation
• Introduction
• Preparation
• Audience
• Content
• Organization
• Visual aids
• Sample presentation
• Speaking
• Confidence
• Experience
• Presentation day
• Reminders
• Next steps
• Introduction
• Reuse your proposal
• Funding
• First drafts
• Time line
• The review process
• Recipe for success
• Remaining thoughts
• Last reminders.

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Author/Creator:

Wentz, Elizabeth A. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

How to design, write, and present a successful dissertation proposal [by Wentz, E.A.]

Subjects:

Dissertations, Academic — United States

Report writing

Research — United States

Dissertations, Academic

Research

United States

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xvii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Call Numbers:

LB2369 .W39 2014

ISBNs:

9781452257884 (pbk., alk. paper)
1452257884 (pbk., alk. paper)
9781483312590 (web pdf) [Invalid]
1483312593 (web pdf) [Invalid]
9781483323817 (epub) [Invalid]
1483323811 (epub) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2013031335

OCLC Numbers:

889161508
840462702 [Invalid]