Doing Your Masters Dissertation
- Chris Hart - University of Chester, UK
SAGE Study Skills Series
Key features of the book include:
· Step-by-step coverage - sections on choosing a topic, research design, methodology and presenting data and writing up.
· An up-to-date list of key reference materials, both printed and electronic
· Advice on ethical guidelines
· Information on assessment criteria
· Student-focused throughout with a broad range of worked examples and guidelines for further reading
Written in an engaging and accessible manner, this textbook is an essential resource for postgraduate students across the social sciences required to complete a Masters dissertation.
It does the job and does it well!
A very good detailed book, which is readable and easy to understand. It also has some suitability for other levels, e.g. PhD.
This is an excellent text book for both students and supervisors. It is clear, concise and well considered throughout.
This is an an excellent text book - it provides practical advice on deigning and developing a Master's dissertation. The well considered chapters detail the process and discuss the issues in an in-depth and well informed approach. Invaluable for both students and supervisors.
This is an an excellent text book - it provides practical advice on deigning and developing a Master's dissertation. The well considered chapters detail the process and discuss the issues in an in-depth and well informed approach. Invaluable for both students and supervisors.
This book is essential reading for masters students doing their dissertation. It is clearly laid out, and gives students a good idea of what a masters level dissertation involves. However, it is also good at making that level of work appear very accessible. For many of our students this is their first piece of independent research, and this book is an excellent resource to accompany them on that journey.
The text takes the student from the very beginning of the project (thinking about where a masters dissertation might fit in their life, and what topic to choose) right through to the end where it helps to think through what the narrative argument will be, and how to shape the whole piece into a coherent whole. The diagrams are helpful, and very useful in teaching.
The book has been particularly useful when accompanied by an engaged teaching practice. For many of our students, who are engaging in politicised research, this text holds words of caution, but alongside the encouragement and support of their tutors, it does not put them off engaging in important political enquiry.
Very useful text. Our library has bought several copies.
Good advice for all students. Early chapters will be recommended for all to read. The bias toward social science in the later chapters may be off-putting for the more scientific minded engineering and computing students, but may result in the management students adopting the entire book more readily.
This is an excellent book, which I plan (with the next intake of Masters students) to use as the main text. I am currently supervising Masters dissertation students and have strongly recommended that they purchase this book.
A very comprehensive and yet accessible guide for students. It is a practical book that helps to break the enormous task into achievable chunks.
