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| Preface | |
| About the Authors | |
| Getting Started | |
| Selecting a Suitable Topic | |
| Sources of Topics | |
| Criteria for Topic Selection | |
| Summary | |
| Selecting a Chair and Committee | |
| Criteria to Consider in Selecting a Chair | |
| Composition and Role of the Committee | |
| Research Prospective Committee Members | |
| The Desirable Student | |
| Summary | |
| What You Need to Know | |
| Quantitative Research Designs | |
| Descriptive Research | |
| Correlational Research | |
| Causal-Comparative Research | |
| Quasi-Experimental Research | |
| Experimental Research | |
| Theory Development | |
| Summary | |
| Basic Statistics | |
| Descriptive Statistics | |
| Inferential Statistics | |
| Summary | |
| Qualitative Research Designs | |
| Phenomenological Research | |
| Case Study Research | |
| Ethnographic Research | |
| Grounded Theory Research | |
| Mixed Method Research | |
| Summary | |
| The Dissertation Chapters | |
| Writing the Introduction Chapter | |
| Background of the Study | |
| Statement of the Problem | |
| Purpose of the Study | |
| Significance of the Study | |
| Definition of Terms | |
| Theoretical Framework | |
| Models | |
| Research Questions (or Hypotheses) | |
| Limitations | |
| Delimitations | |
| Assumptions | |
| Organization of the Study | |
| Summary | |
| Writing the Literature Review Chapter | |
| Searching the Literature | |
| Writing the Literature Review | |
| Synthesizing the Literature | |
| Summary | |
| Writing the Methodology Chapter | |
| Introduction | |
| Selection of Participants | |
| Instrumentation | |
| Data Collection | |
| Data Analysis | |
| Summary | |
| Conclusion | |
| Writing the Results Chapter | |
| Introduction | |
| Descriptive Statistics | |
| Testing the Research Questions (Hypotheses) | |
| Additional Analyses | |
| Summary | |
| Conclusion | |
| Writing the Discussion Chapter | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion | |
| Implications for Practice | |
| Recommendations for Further Research | |
| Conclusions | |
| Summary | |
| The Defense and Afterward | |
| The Proposal and Final Defense | |
| Prepare a Well-Written Document | |
| Know the Format | |
| Prepare Your Presentation | |
| Practice Your Presentation | |
| Anticipate Questions | |
| Final Oral Defense | |
| Tips on How to Avoid Common Mistakes | |
| Summary | |
| Publishing Your Dissertation | |
| Presentations | |
| Job Interview | |
| Academic Journals | |
| Books | |
| Chapters in Books | |
| Popular Press | |
| Internet Publishing | |
| Desktop Publishing | |
| Planning the Writing Process | |
| Summary | |
| Initial Letter to Participants | |
| First Follow-up Letter to Participants | |
| Second Follow-up Letter to Participants | |
| Dissertation Proposal Outline (Correlational) | |
| Dissertation Proposal Outline (Analysis of Variance) | |
| Dissertation Proposal Outline (Multivariate Analysis of Variance) | |
| Dissertation Proposal Outline (Qualitative) | |
| The Qualitative Research Critique | |
| Agreement: Guidelines for Chairing a Dissertation | |
| Checklist for Dissertation Quality | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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