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How to Design, Write, and Present a Successful Dissertation Proposal
- Elizabeth A. Wentz - Arizona State University, USA
October 2013 | 232 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This concise, hands-on book by author Elizabeth A. Wentz is essential reading for any graduate student entering the dissertation process in the social or behavioral sciences. The book addresses the importance of ethical scientific research, developing your curriculum vitae, effective reading and writing, completing a literature review, conceptualizing your research idea, and translating that idea into a realistic research proposal using research methods.
The author also offers insight into oral presentations of the completed proposal, and the final chapter presents ideas for next steps after the proposal has been presented. Taking the view that we “learn by doing,” the author provides Quick Tasks, Action Items, and To Do List activities throughout the text that, when combined, develop each piece of your research proposal. Designed primarily for quantitative or mixed methods research dissertations, this book is a valuable start-to-finish resource.
The author also offers insight into oral presentations of the completed proposal, and the final chapter presents ideas for next steps after the proposal has been presented. Taking the view that we “learn by doing,” the author provides Quick Tasks, Action Items, and To Do List activities throughout the text that, when combined, develop each piece of your research proposal. Designed primarily for quantitative or mixed methods research dissertations, this book is a valuable start-to-finish resource.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Ethics
Chapter 3: Curriculum Vita
Chapter 4: Area of Specialization
Chapter 5: Effective Reading
Chapter 6: Effective Writing
Chapter 7: Literature Review
Chapter 8: The Academic Village
Chapter 9: Conceptualizing a Research Idea
Chapter 10: Problem Statement
Chapter 11: Research Methods
Chapter 12: Research Proposal
Chapter 13: Oral Presentations
Chapter 14: Next Steps
This is a great text for geography graduate students. It provided the framework for my graduate course on research and writing and is a great source for class exercises that I successfully implemented in my course.
Geography Dept, University Of Iowa
October 2, 2014
I teach a methods course for doctoral students. This book was very appropriate for students this semester.
Architecture Dept, Univ Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
April 9, 2014
Practical and helpful for students moving into dissertation stage
School of Leadership, Dallas Baptist University
April 2, 2014
