02711cam a22003618i 4500 23080253 20251228143217.0 230425s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng 2023014791 9781032213859 (paperback) 23080253 DLC eng rda DLC AU pcc Alfaisal Main Library H62 .D577 2024 Dissertation research methods : a step-by-step guide to writing up your research in the social sciences / Philip Adu and D. Anthony Miles, [editors]. 2410 Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, ©2024 451 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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"-- Social sciences Research. Social sciences Study and teaching. Dissertations, Academic. Print books. local 4 Adu, Philip, editor. Miles, D. Anthony, editor. Online version: Dissertation research methods London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024 9781003268154 (DLC) 2023014792 lcc BOOKS 608230 608230 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2025-12-28 0 H62 .D577 2024 AU00000000021214 2025-12-28 14:33:29 310.00 2025-12-28 BOOKS