Robert Slater

How to Do a Dissertation in Record Time Using Government Data

A Primer

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A practical, commonsense, how-to guide to writing a doctoral dissertation that shows beginner students how to use government data to cut months, even years off of the process.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781610485692
• ISBN-10: 1610485696
• Artikelnr.: 70440298

Autorenporträt

Robert O. Slater is a professor of education who does research and writes on educational leadership, democracy and human development in K-12 and higher education. He received his BA from the Harris Teachers College in St. Louis, MO, one of the historic HBCUs in the U.S., his MEd from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, and his PhD from the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Overview and Commonsense Questions
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Doctoral Program Overview
Chapter 3: The Structure of the Traditional Dissertation
Chapter 4: 10 Commonsense Questions
Chapter 5: The Practical and Theoretical Questions
Chapter 6: From "Topic" To Research Question
Part II: The Dissertation
Chapter 7: Problem Statement
Chapter 8: Literature Review and Conceptual Framework
Chapter 9: Methodology
Chapter 10: Data Analysis and Discussion
Chapter 11: Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
Part III The Mind's Eye
Chapter 12: The Mind's Eye
Appendix A
Accessing the GSS Data
Accessing the NAEP Data
References
About the Author