Surviving Your Thesis

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Suzan Burton, Peter Steane
Psychology Press, 2004 - Business & Economics - 254 pages

From choosing a supervisor and topic to staying motivated, completing a research thesis is not an easy matter. Each stage represents a different challenge and many students struggle through without identifying the skills needed to make the most of their time.

This wonderful resource for all doctoral and masters level students, explores the challenges and complexities of successfully engaging in the research process and thesis writing. Chapters include:

  • choosing and working with a supervisor
  • developing a research proposal
  • motivating yourself
  • choosing the right research method
  • responding to criticism
  • advice from the examiners
  • preparing work for publication.

This clear and practical guide, ideal for all doctoral and masters level students, takes readers from the very early stages of the process through to the final phase of examination and publication, using vignette examples to highlight key issues.

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Contents

resilience in doing a thesis
11
Is a thesis right for you?
11
3
25
4
46
5
59
6
71
Operational issues and the medium stage
95
8
110
LEE PARKER
159
12
175
13
190
14
209
15
220
16
232
Index
249
Copyright

9
124

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Writing for Academic Journals
Murray
No preview available - 2004