As a current doctoral student, <i>How to Do a Dissertation in Record Time Using Government Data: A Prime</i>r has been helpful in de-mystifying the dissertation process by providing a thorough yet accessible roadmap from finding a problem to finalizing the report. Chapter 4’s '10 Commonsense Questions' are a particular useful set of guides that I plan to post prominently on my office wall.
- Rich Vath, director of Research and Advancement, University of Louisiana System,
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
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