Completing your qualitative dissertation : a road map from beginning to end

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Author:

Bloomberg, Linda Dale.

ISBN:

9781452202709

Personal Author:

Bloomberg, Linda Dale.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2012.

Physical Description:

xxix, 312 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Contents:

List of tables -- List of figures -- List of appendices -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- Taking charge of yourself and your work -- A complete dissertation : the big picture -- Gearing up : there is method in the madness -- Choosing a qualitative research approach -- A first step: developing your proposal -- Content and process: a chapter-by-chapter roadmap -- Introduction to your study -- Developing and presenting the literature review -- Presenting methodology and research approach -- Analyzing data and reporting findings -- Drawing trustworthy conclusions and presenting actionable -- Nearing completion -- Some final technical considerations -- Defense preparation -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.

Subject Term:

Qualitative research.

Dissertations, Academic.

Added Author:

Volpe, Marie.

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Graduate students often struggle with turning qualitative research projects into a master′s thesis or doctoral dissertation because the research itself is inherently messy. This book helps address that challenge. Linda Dale Bloomberg and Marie Volpe have distilled decades of experience of dissertation advisement and successful doctoral defences into this highly practical reference for graduate students. They focus on finding and articulating a clear research problem, purpose, and questions; laying out a research design that will lead to gathering the right kind of data and support the right kind of analysis; and writing up and defending the study. To help, they provide working tools, an integrative summary discussion at the end of each chapter, comprehensive checklists, and an annotated bibliography in each chapter.