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How to write your undergraduate dissertation / Bryan Greetham.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Macmillan study skillsPublisher: London : Macmillan International Higher Education/Red Globe Press, 2019Edition: Third editionDescription: xvii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781352005226
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.02 GR.H 2019 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2369 .G747 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: EXAMINERS AND SUPERVISORS.- 1. Examiners -- What Are They Looking For?.- 2. Working With Your Supervisor.- PART II: GENERATING AND DEVELOPING ORIGINAL IDEAS.- 3. What Activities Suit You Best?.- 4. Types of Research.- 5. What Interests You Most?.- 6. Generating Your Own Ideas 1: Using Trigger Questions.- 7. Generating Your Own Ideas 2: Perspectives and Levels.- 8. Developing Your Ideas 1: Causal Relations.- 9. Developing Your Ideas 2: Conceptual Relations.- 10. Original Questions and Hypotheses 1: Using Analogies.- 11. Original Questions and Hypotheses 2: Working With Your Structures.- PART III: DECIDING ON YOUR PROJECT.- 12. Searching the Literature 1: Knowing What to Look For.- 13. Searching the Literature 2: How to Search.- 14. Choosing the Topic 1: Feasibility.- 15. Choosing the Topic 2: Ethical Issues.- PART IV: ORGANISING YOUR WORK.- 16. Planning Your Research.- 17. Managing Your Time.- 18. Your Retrieval System.- 19. Reading.- 20. Note-taking.- PART V: DOING YOUR RESEARCH.- 21. Qualitative and Quantitative Research.- 22. Secondary Sources.- 23. Primary Sources 1: Quantitative Research.- 24. Primary Sources 2: Designing and Distributing Your Questionnaire.- 25. Primary Sources 3: Qualitative Research -- Interviews and Focus Groups.- 26. Primary Sources 4: Qualitative Research -- Case Studies and Observations.- PART VI: PLANNING YOUR DISSERTATION.- 27. The Main Components and Introduction.- 28. The Literature Review.- 29. Research Methods, Findings, Conclusions and Appendices.- PART VII: ORGANISING YOUR THINKING.- 30. Developing Consistent Arguments 1: The Components.- 31. Developing Consistent Arguments 2: The Connections.- 32. Using Evidence 1: Describing It.- 33. Using Evidence 2: Drawing Inferences.- 34. Using Evidence 3: Creating Causal Connections.- 35. Using Language 1: Clarity Jargon.- 36. Using Language 2: Clarity Manipulative Words.- 37. Using Language 3: Consistency.- PART VIII: WRITING YOUR DISSERTATION.- 38. The First Draft.- 39. Style 1: Finding Your Own Voice.- 40. Style 2: Simplicity and Economy.- PART IX: PLAGIARISM, REFERENCING AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES.- 41. Plagiarism.- 42. Referencing and Bibliographies.- PART X: EDITING.- 43. Revision 1: The Structure.- 44. Revision 2: The Content.- PART XI: PRESENTING YOUR WORK.- 45. Oral Presentations.- 46. Poster Presentations.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.
Summary: This work teaches students how to generate their own ideas and develop them into original research projects. Using examples from all disciplines, it teaches students how to construct arguments and use evidence and language consistently.Summary: This practical guide takes undergraduate students step-by-step through the process of completing a dissertation, from the initial stages of generating original ideas and planning the project through to writing their first draft and critically reviewing their own work. It shows students how to choose the most appropriate methods for collecting and analysing their data and how to then integrate this research into their dissertation. Students will learn how to develop consistent and persuasive arguments and write up their research in a clear and concise style.This book is an essential resource for undergraduates of all disciplines who are required to write a dissertation as part of their degree.-Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: EXAMINERS AND SUPERVISORS.- 1. Examiners -- What Are They Looking For?.- 2. Working With Your Supervisor.- PART II: GENERATING AND DEVELOPING ORIGINAL IDEAS.- 3. What Activities Suit You Best?.- 4. Types of Research.- 5. What Interests You Most?.- 6. Generating Your Own Ideas 1: Using Trigger Questions.- 7. Generating Your Own Ideas 2: Perspectives and Levels.- 8. Developing Your Ideas 1: Causal Relations.- 9. Developing Your Ideas 2: Conceptual Relations.- 10. Original Questions and Hypotheses 1: Using Analogies.- 11. Original Questions and Hypotheses 2: Working With Your Structures.- PART III: DECIDING ON YOUR PROJECT.- 12. Searching the Literature 1: Knowing What to Look For.- 13. Searching the Literature 2: How to Search.- 14. Choosing the Topic 1: Feasibility.- 15. Choosing the Topic 2: Ethical Issues.- PART IV: ORGANISING YOUR WORK.- 16. Planning Your Research.- 17. Managing Your Time.- 18. Your Retrieval System.- 19. Reading.- 20. Note-taking.- PART V: DOING YOUR RESEARCH.- 21. Qualitative and Quantitative Research.- 22. Secondary Sources.- 23. Primary Sources 1: Quantitative Research.- 24. Primary Sources 2: Designing and Distributing Your Questionnaire.- 25. Primary Sources 3: Qualitative Research -- Interviews and Focus Groups.- 26. Primary Sources 4: Qualitative Research -- Case Studies and Observations.- PART VI: PLANNING YOUR DISSERTATION.- 27. The Main Components and Introduction.- 28. The Literature Review.- 29. Research Methods, Findings, Conclusions and Appendices.- PART VII: ORGANISING YOUR THINKING.- 30. Developing Consistent Arguments 1: The Components.- 31. Developing Consistent Arguments 2: The Connections.- 32. Using Evidence 1: Describing It.- 33. Using Evidence 2: Drawing Inferences.- 34. Using Evidence 3: Creating Causal Connections.- 35. Using Language 1: Clarity Jargon.- 36. Using Language 2: Clarity Manipulative Words.- 37. Using Language 3: Consistency.- PART VIII: WRITING YOUR DISSERTATION.- 38. The First Draft.- 39. Style 1: Finding Your Own Voice.- 40. Style 2: Simplicity and Economy.- PART IX: PLAGIARISM, REFERENCING AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES.- 41. Plagiarism.- 42. Referencing and Bibliographies.- PART X: EDITING.- 43. Revision 1: The Structure.- 44. Revision 2: The Content.- PART XI: PRESENTING YOUR WORK.- 45. Oral Presentations.- 46. Poster Presentations.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.

This work teaches students how to generate their own ideas and develop them into original research projects. Using examples from all disciplines, it teaches students how to construct arguments and use evidence and language consistently.

This practical guide takes undergraduate students step-by-step through the process of completing a dissertation, from the initial stages of generating original ideas and planning the project through to writing their first draft and critically reviewing their own work. It shows students how to choose the most appropriate methods for collecting and analysing their data and how to then integrate this research into their dissertation. Students will learn how to develop consistent and persuasive arguments and write up their research in a clear and concise style.This book is an essential resource for undergraduates of all disciplines who are required to write a dissertation as part of their degree.-Publisher's description.

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