How to Do a Dissertation in Record Time Using Government Data
A Primer
Published on 3. September 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-1-61048-570-8 (ISBN)
Description
How To Do a Dissertation in Record Time with Government Data: A Primer is written to help students in the social sciences and education do their dissertations in as few as four years from start to finish. Its purpose is to show doctoral students how to conceptualize, formulate and investigate a research problem using government data. Two data sets are used. One is the General Social Survey (GSS), which is used by social scientists and contains some of the best information available on American society. The other data used in this book is from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the gold standard for data on U.S. K-12 education. Both sets of data are free and available online.
Reviews / Votes
As a current doctoral student, How to Do a Dissertation in Record Time Using Government Data: A Primer 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 SystemMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
11 BW Illustrations, 7 Tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
142 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61048-570-8 (9781610485708)
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E-Book
09/2024
1st Edition
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Person
Robert O. Slater is a professor of education who does research and writes on educational leadership, democracy and human development in K-12 and higher education. He received his BA from the Harris Teachers College in St. Louis, MO, one of the historic HBCUs in the U.S., his MEd from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, and his PhD from the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL.
Content
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
About the Author
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
About the Author