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    <title>Surviving your dissertation</title>
    <subTitle>a comprehensive guide to content and process</subTitle>
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    <dateIssued>c2007</dateIssued>
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    <edition>3rd ed.</edition>
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    <extent>viii, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Getting started -- The research process -- Selecting a suitable topic -- Methods of inquiry : quantitative and qualitative approaches -- Working with content : the dissertation chapters -- Literature review and statement of the problem -- The method chapter : describing your research plan -- Presenting the results of quantitative studies -- Presenting the results of qualitative studies -- Discussion -- Working with process : what you need to know to make the dissertation easier -- Overcoming barriers : becoming an expert while controlling your own destiny -- Writing -- How to complete your dissertation using online data access and collection -- Guidelines for the presentation of numbers in the dissertation -- Informed consent and other ethical concerns -- References -- Name index -- Subject index.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Kjell Erik Rudestam, Rae R. Newton.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-302) and indexes.</note>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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