How to prepare a research proposal: Guidelines for funding and dissertations in the social and behavioral sciences

by David R. Krathwohl

The public assumes the researcher spends the day dreaming up and trying out creative ideas. In reality, proposal development is an invisible but critical barrier over which even a good researcher may tumble. This book is intended to lower that barrier. It should increase first-trial recognition of good ideas and ensure that rejections do not result because a proposal poorly represented either the ideas, the investigator, or both.

Genres: Writing, Research, Reference

302 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Karla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very
Very
VERY valuable resource for doc students

Well organized
Explained thoroughly

Treasure this like the APA manual

Buy a copy- you’ll mark it up

[Apostolos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finished this - maybe a little later than I expected (the semester ended a month ago :p) but it's done. Overall not a bad book. It's easy to read and it provides a lot of food for thought in terms of what you should have in your dissertation proposal. It's also got some nifty checklists/rubrics at the end of most chapters to check your proposal against once you're done writing your first draft. As the book says - "There is not good writing, only good rewriting".

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very readable. Helpful now and will be in the future.

[Kris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful, but interspersed with huge tracts of dull, lifeless info.

[Robyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Less useful than I thought it would be. Big idea is the chain linking is the argument. I'll probably review this again if I have PhD students to advise on the future.