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Doing Your Masters Dissertation

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January 2005 | 496 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Doing Your Masters Dissertation is a practical and comprehensive guide to researching, preparing and writing a dissertation at Masters level. It adopts a well-structured and logical approach, and takes the student through all the stages necessary to complete their research and write a successful dissertation.

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.


 
PART ONE: ESSENTIAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR DISSERTATION
 
What Is a Masters?
 
Managing Your Transitition to Masters
 
Finding and Formulating Your Topic
 
Imagining Your Dissertation
 
Choosing Which Type of Dissertation to Do
 
Searching and Reviewing the Literature
 
PART TWO: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
 
Methodological Assumptions and Beliefs
 
Methodological Choices And Consequences
 
Research Ethics and Standards
 
Research Design
 
PART THREE: DOING THE WRITING
 
Writing Your Research Proposal
 
Writing Your Dissertation

An excellent book for students to understand the basics of what is required of their Masters Dissertation. Very useful and clear.

Miss Madeleine Morgan
Academic Support Office, York University
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Very informative text.
Ideal for this module

Mr BENJAMIN STANFIELD-DAVIES
Faculty of Health & Social Care, London South Bank University
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Too legnthy for PG students

Mr Carol Kelly
Faculty of Health, Edge Hill University
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Good overview of all areas, easy to read and follow. Highly recommend as additional text.

Mr Daniel Kay
Computing & Information Systems Dept, Edge Hill University
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I will reccomend this as a resource for Masters student about to embark upon their dissertations to enable them to get a good organised start.

Mr David Foreman
Faculty of Education, Health, Sciences, Derby University
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A complete one-stop guide to delivering a dissertation at Masters level. It is easy to read, clear and logical in structure, as well as being inspirational in its tone of voice.

Having been recently up-dated it is an invaluable resource for current MA students.

Mr Gary Joynes Slater
Media Art and Communications, Gloucestershire University
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Fantastic

Mr Gus Lee
Education Department (Trinity Road), Bradford College
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A good read with some ideas for our students, however because it is at Master Level, is more indepth than our students at this stage require.

Mr Hu Clarke
Counselling, Havering College of Further and Higher Education
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Good additional text book that assists students in a structured and achievable way through their dissertation.

Mr Martin Murchie
School of Health & Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University
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The dissertation proves to eb the most challenging part of my Masters' programme and Hart's systematic and methodical approach to advising students is evidenced in this new book. Its got to help.

Mr William Spence
Psychology , Glasgow University
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