02612cam a22003258i 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200031000840350013001150400027001280420008001550500020001632450156001832630009003392640057003483000015004053360026004203370028004463380027004745040051005015201402005526500031019546500041019856500029020266550024020557000026020797000032021057760149021372308025320251228143217.0230425s2023    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2023014791  a9781032213859q(paperback)  a23080253  aDLCbengerdacDLCdAU  apcc00aH62b.D577 202400aDissertation research methods :ba step-by-step guide to writing up your research in the social sciences /cPhilip Adu and D. Anthony Miles, [editors].  a2410 1aAbingdon, Oxon ;aNew York, NY :bRoutledge,c©2024  a451 pages   atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"Dissertation Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Up Your Research in the Social Sciences focuses specifically on methodology when planning, writing and submitting your dissertation thesis. Written by two methodology experts in the social sciences, the book provides a step-by-step guide through each stage of the dissertation process. It covers all aspects of the methodological considerations needed from choosing a topic or research question, literature review, identifying research gaps, accessing potential study participants, utilizing the right sampling strategies, ways to analyze data, and writing up findings. Readers are introduced to the main research methods normally used in dissertations, and their characteristics, and are guided to choose an appropriate research method for their study, provide substantial description of the selected method, and articulate strong arguments supporting the method. The book is filled with templates, exemplars and tools to help students to write about methodology in their thesis, and to equip readers to successfully trouble shoot methodology challenges they may face. This compact book will be of use to all undergraduate and graduate students in the social sciences, Education and behavioural sciences looking for a guide to working with robust and defensible methodological principles in their dissertation research and theses"-- 0aSocial sciencesxResearch. 0aSocial sciencesxStudy and teaching. 0aDissertations, Academic. 0aPrint books.2local1 aAdu, Philip,eeditor.1 aMiles, D. Anthony,eeditor.08iOnline version:tDissertation research methodsdLondon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024z9781003268154w(DLC) 2023014792