Your Undergraduate Dissertation: The Essential Guide for Success by Nicholas Ste

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A tried and tested guide for undergraduate students on how to write a brilliant dissertation.

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In the second edition of this best-selling guide, Nicholas Walliman provides expert, step-by-step advice on managing and developing a successful undergraduate project. This book takes you through each stage of your dissertation, answering questions including: How do I choose an appropriate topic for my dissertation?How do I write a research proposal?What's a literature review, how do I conduct it and how do I write it up?How can I ensure I'm an ethical researcher?What methods of data collection are appropriate for my research question?Once I have collected my data, what do I do?What's the best structure for my dissertation? Full of examples from real student projects, interdisciplinary case studies and illustrated with cartoons to make you smile along the way, this book will tell you all you need to know to write a brilliant dissertation. The Student Success series are essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to planning your dream career, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills hub for tips and resources for study success!

Notes

2nd edition of the tried-and-tested guide, now with reorganised and retitled chapters to allow for easier navigation. Full of examples from real student projects, this is an essential guide for success.

Author Biography

Dr Nicholas Walliman is a qualified architect and Associate Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University and is a former research associate in the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development. He has been engaged on a series of nationally and internationally funded research projects on aspects of building technology and has published many research papers. He has also supervised and examined numerous PhD, MPhil and Masters students. He has published a number of books on doing research and writing papers, dissertations and theses. 

Table of Contents

What′s It All For?What Types of Studies are Suitable for a Dissertation?What Will It Be About?How Do I Get Started?What′s All This about Philosophy?How Do I Write a Proposal?What About Working and Planning My Time?How Can I Find and Review the Literature?How Can I Manage All the Notes?What′s All This about Ethics?What Sorts of Data Will I Find?How Do I Collect Data?How Do I Analyse Quantitative Data?How Do I Analyse Qualitative Data?Why Do I Need Arguments?How Can I Manage Such a Long Piece of Writing?What About Referencing?How Can I Make My Work Look Interesting and Easy to Read?Who Else Might Be Interested in My Writing?ReferencesIndex

Review

′This book is one of the most helpful I have seen in terms of helping undergraduate students understand the methods and principles involved in carrying out research for the final dissertation which many degree courses require. In essence it is a complete guide, covering every aspect of the process, outlining each step from selecting a theme to final writing and submission′ - ESCalate′This is a refreshing and inspiring book, of equal value to both the anxious and the ambitious student′ -- Lucinda BeckerYour Undergraduate Dissertation: The Essential Guide for Success under the series of SAGE Study Skills is a really successful tool specifically designed to guide students in writing their dissertations...Overall, this is a comprehensive book that achieves its aims of guiding students in writing their dissertations successfully. It is ′full of lucid explanations, practical tips′ and gives students the opportunity to implement what they have learnt. It is true that SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university. Thank you, Nicholas, for this special gift. It is indeed a great book!      -- Tawanda Nhire Nelson António, Colégio Santo Tomás de Aquino (COSTA), Maputo, Mozambique

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Your Undergraduate Dissertation: The Essential Guide

Details ISBN1446253198 Year 2013 Edition 2nd ISBN-10 1446253198 ISBN-13 9781446253199 Format Paperback Subtitle The Essential Guide for Success Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 808.066378 Replaces 9780761941408 Media Book Short Title YOUR UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIO Language English Pages 304 Publication Date 2013-08-15 Series Student Success NZ Release Date 2013-08-15 Author Nicholas Stephen Robert Walliman Edited by James J. Fawcett Birth 1974 Position Former Professor of International Commerical Law Qualifications Ph.D. Edition Description 2nd Revised edition Alternative 9781446253182 Audience Undergraduate UK Release Date 2013-08-15 Publisher Sage Publications Ltd Imprint Sage Publications Ltd AU Release Date 2013-08-14 We've got this

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