CONTENTS
Foreword / Gregory A. Kimble = ⅸ
Acknowledgements = xiii
Chapter 1. What Are Dissertations and Theses and Why Write a Book About Them? = 1
Chapter 2. Starting Out : Assessing Your Preparation for the Task Ahead = 11
Chapter 3. Topics : How to Find and Refine Them = 27
Chapter 4. Time and Trouble Management = 45
Chapter 5. Selecting a Chairperson and a Committee = 61
Chapter 6. Formulating and Communicating Your Plans : An Overview of the Proposal = 81
Chapter 7. Reviewing the Literature = 93
Chapter 8. Methodology (or, How You're Gonna Do What You're Gonna Do!) = 119
Chapter 9. Measurement = 147
Chapter 10. Selecting the Appropriate Statistics = 173
Chapter 11. Collecting, Managing, and Analyzing the Data = 201
Chapter 12. Presenting the Resulting = 219
Chapter 13. Discussing the Resulting = 237
Chapter 14. Managing Committee Meetings : Proposal and Oral Defense = 255
Chapter 15. Presenting Your Project to the World = 277
Epilogue
Appendix A. Selected Ethical Standards Relevant to the Conduct of Research in Psychology = 299
Appendix B. Bibliographic Databases = 309
Appendix C. Statistical Software = 317
Appendix D. Bibliography for Research Design, Measurement, Statistics, and Writing Style = 319
References = 323
Index = 329
About the Authors = 349
