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LEADER: 02427cam a22002654a 4500
001 2001047694
003 DLC
005 20060728214045.0
008 010920s2002 nyua fb 001 0 eng
010 $a 2001047694
020 $a0824706056 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aLB2369$b.G27 2002
082 00 $a808/.042$221
100 1 $aGarson, G. David.
245 10 $aGuide to writing empirical papers, theses, and dissertations /$cG. David Garson.
260 $aNew York :$bMarcel Dekker,$cc2002.
300 $avi, 350 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: I. Selecting a Topic -- A. Choosing a Subject -- 1. Brainstorming 1 -- 2. Framing an Analytic Question 13 -- B. Forming an Outline -- 3. Typical Outlines 23 -- 4. The Roadmap Concept 35 -- II. Reviewing the Literature -- A. Tools -- 5. Reference Search Resources 45 -- 6. Bibliographic Software 63 -- B. Writing the Review -- 7. Meta-Analysis 81 -- 8. Format of Your Literature Review 95 -- III. Developing Your Model -- A. Specifying Your Model -- 9. Thinking About Models 105 -- 10. Operationalizing Variables 121 -- B. Defining the Methodology -- 11. Research Designs 137 -- 12. Selecting Statistical Procedures 163 -- IV. Presenting Your Case -- A. Telling a Story -- 13. Writing Fundamentals 177 -- 14. Fallacies, Reliability, Validity, Significance, -- and Association 189 -- 15. Datagraphics 205 -- B. Data-Gathering -- 16. Research Ethics 221 -- 17. Data-Gathering Strategies 233 -- 18. Data-Gathering Resources 251 -- V. Coming to a Conclusion -- A. The Conclusion -- 19. Drawing Inferences and Making Generalizations 267 -- 20. Pointing Ahead 279 -- B. The Dissertation Process -- 21. The Thesis or Dissertation Committee 289 -- 22. The Thesis or Dissertation Defense 301 -- VI. Final Topics -- A. The Humanities and the Natural Sciences -- 23. Quantitative Research Writing in the Humanities 309 -- 24. Quantitative Research Writing in the Natural Sciences 319 -- B. Funding -- 25. Dissertation Grant Programs 337 -- Index 347.
650 0 $aDissertations, Academic$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650 0 $aReport writing$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy033/2001047694.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0647/2001047694-d.html