Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process

by Kjell Erik Rudestam, Rae R. Newton

Rudestam, Kjell E. (Erik), Newton, Rae R.

Genres: Nonfiction, Research, Grad School, Writing, Self Help, Reference

312 pages, Hardcover

First published July 17, 1992

Reviews

[Helene Harrison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review - This book does have some good sections in it, very detailed on how to present results for example, and also some good sections on qualitative and quantitative methods and analysis, but I did find it confusing at points as well, and I think that some of the other texts I've read on this subject express themselves better than this one. Nevertheless, it is a really useful tool for writing a dissertation or thesis, especially if you are swapping subjects and know the basics but need a little bit more help, especially moving from the humanities to sciences for example.

General Subject/s? - Education / Study / Learning / Dissertation / Thesis

Recommend? – Maybe

Rating - 16/20

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book contained a lot of practical advice. I'm sure it's not for everyone, as it's pretty basic, but I really didn't feel prepared to write a dissertation, even after completing all of my graduate coursework, so this was just what I needed. It was conversational in tone, easy to comprehend, and explained the process in a way that made sense.

Now, if I can just finish actually writing my dissertation....

[Jiri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Užitečný průvodce akademické disertace

Kniha je užitečným průvodce přípravy, bádání a psaní akademické disertace. V ucelené rigorózní podobě popisuje technické aspekty kvantitativních ale stejně tak podrobně i kvalitativních strategií a doporučuje relevantní postupy práce, odkazuje na mnohé užitečné zdroje. Je vhodným doplněním knihy K F Punche: Developing Effective Research Proposals.

[Nayana · Rating 5 out of 5]

A life saver read for an anxious PhD student like me. The way he explains lit review like camera shots is so vivid.

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the things I like in this text are the boxed sets of student suggestions with most chapters.

[Mario Joaquín · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recommended for everyone getting a Ph.D. and interested on practicing research as a profession

[Amy Cowen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid stuff for a book from 1992… love the section on using PC and being weary of it dominating your research 🧐

[Alexandra Chauran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Much of this book was helpful for a quick read through, and some of it will be good to reference later. It allayed some of my concerns, but confused me about others. The whole beginning of the book talked about how developing your own research tools was foolish because then you'd spend your entire project honing and proving the validity of your tool. But then the book slowly eliminates use of secondary data as ideal and eventually comes around full-circle to say that developing tools and conducting the research might be the whole point of your dissertation. If that's up to your committee, the authors should have just said so instead of leading me to picture a completely different project at the beginning, middle and end of this book.

[Nutkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really great, accessible read on how to write one's thesis or dissertation. I found the use of examples from real research very helpful for explaining some of the concepts and I appreciated that the book covered how to use and report both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

I would recommend this for anyone who's writing their thesis for the first time and also for anyone (like me) who really needs a quick & easy refresher on academic writing.

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is there a "Surviving your Thesis" edition???? ...'cause I need to finish that before I tackle this one!!!! I've finally got a timeline nailed down with my faculty committee, so this book better apply to the thesis, too. I need any help I can get....I'm down to the wire

[Mills College Library]

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