Seminar #2 - Summer 2001

Chapter 2 Review of Lit.  About 20 pages (most important thing is to exhaust the lit.)

• Write in past-tense

• Few quotations

• Avoid pronouns

• No conjunctions!

• Never use same word on same page.

• Know how to use headings (use them when you make a major switch in topic every time)

• Plagiarism

• Use summary

• Tables and figures - Follow APA!

  • Get narrative as close to table as possible!

  • don't describe in narrative what is already said in the table (in text, highlight the important highlights of the table)!

• Don't let length (or lack of length) drive your chapter!

Chapter 3 Methodology -- Starts off with problem statement (same statement EXACTLY)

• Design of the study (experimental., quasi, qualitative, method) -- quick overview of the study!

• Participants in the study - Who, size, how procedure, selection

• Instrumentation- Validity of instrument, reliability, interview format, observation

• Collection of data

• Treatment of the data - Analysis, statistical, content analysis

• Hypothesis and research questions here

• Summary - ?

Chapter 4 -- Analysis of Data

• Analysis of data

• Problem Statement

• Demographics - Sample

• Instrumentation (validity & reliability)

• Hypothesis (research questions)

• Summary/findings

Chapter 5 -- Summary, Conclusions, Recommendations

• Summarize Chapters 1, 2, & 3

• Conclusions

• Recommendations

• Model (?)

Appendix

Bibliography must match citations with entries!

Be careful with "co-mingling" of versions of the dissertation!

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