Your Undergraduate Dissertation
The Essential Guide for Success
- Nicholas Walliman - Oxford Brookes University, UK
Student Success
This book takes you through each stage of your dissertation, answering questions including:
- How do I choose an appropriate topic for my dissertation?
- How do I write a research proposal?
- What's a literature review, how do I conduct it and how do I write it up?
- How can I ensure I'm an ethical researcher?
- What methods of data collection are appropriate for my research question?
- Once I have collected my data, what do I do?
- What's the best structure for my dissertation?
Full of examples from real student projects, interdisciplinary case studies and illustrated with cartoons to make you smile along the way, this book will tell you all you need to know to write a brilliant dissertation.
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A useful guide for students undertaking their final year dissertation. Provides guidance on all aspects of the dissertation including data collection and how to write up the work.
This was a great help to students coming to grips with their dissertation. It is an accessible text, and has a refreshingly practical approach.
A simple, straightforward and clear text that I shall be recommending to final year dissertation students. It will lessen the struggle!
Very good book for undergraduates preparing for the write-up and submission of dissertations
This book is an essential guide that aims at guiding undergraduate students in writing their final dissertations successfully.
I have found this book to be very useful when supervising students in their dissertation. It has helped me explain very clearly what it is they need to do in each aspect of their research project. I have also recommended to the students that they use this book due to the clear and accessible way that it has been laid out and written.
This is a great book for helping students to understand what is expected of them and helping to begin to plan their project. It is well structured and helps to alleviate their anxieties of getting started.
It is not my style
It is not my style.
Very good primer and introduction to what doing a dissertation entails
