Dissertations

From Dar

There is a need to

1. provide extensive documentation of literature research that clearly supports your background and theory and precisely what that theory is.

Provide a clearly defined:

1. narrowing of focus for what you need to answer/research.
2. model of a good program.
3. set of information and documentation of what currently exists in your program.
4. who your subjects are going to be and why.
5. description of how you will assure that the data you collect is valid and reliable.
6. description what statistics you are going to use and why
7. description of success or non-success and what is making a difference in your students and program if any or .
8. description how your research will make a difference.

a little "light reading"

• Write Your Dissertation First and other Essays on a Graduate Education

• http://cito.byuh.edu/merrill/text/papers/GraduateEducation.pdf

by Dr. Merrill has some sage advice.

Here are a few links that might help now and in the future also:

• http://gradschool.gallaudet.edu/dissertation/disspart.html#7
• http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/dissertation.html
• http://basil.acs.bolton.ac.uk/~wh2/PROPOSAL.HTML
• http://www.dissertationhelp.net/lessons.html
• http://akamaiuniversity.us/DissertationProposalGuidelines.html
• http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ematt/proposal.html

Topics

• http://www.sociosite.net/topics/index.php
• http://www.sociosite.net/search/

Lit reviews:

• http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ReviewofLiterature.html
• http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/soc416/edwards/litrvw.html
• http://www.ecu.edu.au/ses/research/CALLR/WRITING/
• http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.html
• http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/literature_review.html
• http://www.irrodl.org/content/v4.2/spencer_review.html
• http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/IGSD/IQPHbook/a5.html

Methods

• http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/
• http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/
• http://www.sosig.ac.uk/research_tools/
• http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/social-research-methods
• http://topics.developmentgateway.org/evaluation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1048769

Evaluation planning

• http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/pe1015.pdf
• http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/pe1014.pdf
• http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/pe1014.pdf

Stats

• http://www.anu.edu.au/nceph/surfstat/surfstat-home/surfstat.html
• http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/
• http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javastat.html

quantitative analysis

• http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/pe10111.pdf