Doing Your Masters Dissertation

Aimed at masters students working on their dissertations, this book provides the nuts-and-bolts techniques needed to create the work as well as encouragement of intellectual reflection and critical thinking. The first section on preparation covers the definition of a masters, finding and formulating a topic, imagining the dissertation, deciding on a type of dissertation, and searching and viewing the literature. Part two deals with research design and methodology—assumptions and beliefs, choices and consequences, ethics and standards, and research design. Finally, the third portion guides students through the actual writing, from research proposal to the dissertation itself. The author is UK-based, but the material seems applicable on both sides of the pond. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR