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    Writing Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #4
    Gathering Data For Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #2
    Starting Your PhD: PhD Knowledge, #1
    Ebook series6 titles

    PhD Knowledge Series

    By Helen Kara and Helen Kara

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    About this series

    The last few months before you submit your thesis or dissertation can be a feverish, panicky time. The advice in this fully updated second edition e-book will help you keep a clear head and take one step at a time towards the finishing post. Some people drag out their final doctoral months into years. You don't have to do that: use the practical tips and help in this book to finish your thesis or dissertation effectively and with minimal stress. Hundreds of thousands of people have already walked this path. If they can do it, so can you – and this e-book shows you how.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHelen Kara
    Release dateSep 2, 2015
    Writing Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #4
    Gathering Data For Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #2
    Starting Your PhD: PhD Knowledge, #1

    Titles in the series (6)

    • 1

      Starting Your PhD: PhD Knowledge, #1
      Starting Your PhD: PhD Knowledge, #1

      Starting Your PhD: PhD Knowledge, #1

      Helen Kara
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      This concise e-book answers all the key questions people ask when they're considering, or beginning, doctoral study. Presented in an accessible question-and-answer format, and packed with facts, it is easy to read and to find your way around. Whether you've recently started your doctoral study, you're still wondering whether doctoral study is for you, or you are supporting someone else through the process, this fully updated second edition will help. It is full of useful information and guidance for the early stages of this exciting new adventure.

      This concise e-book answers all the key questions people ask when they're considering, or beginning, doctoral study. Presented in an accessible question-and-answer format, and packed with facts, it is easy to read and to find your way around. Whether you've recently started your doctoral study, you're still wondering whether doctoral study is for you, or you are supporting someone else through the process, this fully updated second edition will help. It is full of useful information and guidance for the early stages of this exciting new adventure.

    • 4

      Writing Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #4
      Writing Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #4

      Writing Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #4

      Helen Kara
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      When people sign up for doctoral study, they don't always realise that in the process they need to write a book. The doctoral thesis or dissertation is the length of an average paperback. Even people studying for a professional doctorate, or a PhD by publication, need to write the equivalent of a short literary novel. Writing so much can be a daunting prospect. This fully updated second edition e-book is filled with practical advice and tips to get you started and help you keep going.

      When people sign up for doctoral study, they don't always realise that in the process they need to write a book. The doctoral thesis or dissertation is the length of an average paperback. Even people studying for a professional doctorate, or a PhD by publication, need to write the equivalent of a short literary novel. Writing so much can be a daunting prospect. This fully updated second edition e-book is filled with practical advice and tips to get you started and help you keep going.

    • 2

      Gathering Data For Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #2
      Gathering Data For Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #2

      Gathering Data For Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #2

      Helen Kara
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      You can't do research without data. But what kind of data will help you answer your research question? Where can you find that data? And how much data do you need? If you're doing doctoral research, particularly in the social sciences, arts, or humanities, this fully updated second edition will help you answer those questions. It offers an overview of traditional and innovative methods of gathering quantitative, qualitative, secondary and primary data. The book also outlines the pros and cons of devising your own method of gathering data, and lists a range of resources for further exploration of the methods that interest you most.

      You can't do research without data. But what kind of data will help you answer your research question? Where can you find that data? And how much data do you need? If you're doing doctoral research, particularly in the social sciences, arts, or humanities, this fully updated second edition will help you answer those questions. It offers an overview of traditional and innovative methods of gathering quantitative, qualitative, secondary and primary data. The book also outlines the pros and cons of devising your own method of gathering data, and lists a range of resources for further exploration of the methods that interest you most.

    • 3

      Analysing Data For Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #3
      Analysing Data For Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #3

      Analysing Data For Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #3

      Helen Kara
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      Analysing data is perhaps the most demanding stage of research - and certainly the least visible. This concise e-book demystifies the process by explaining the principles and practice of good quality data analysis. It describes the key quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as creative and mixed methods, and offers guidance on how to choose suitable methods for your research. Now in a fully updated second edition, the book emphasises the need for robust and rigorous analysis, and aims to enable you to draw clear lines from your data, through your findings, to your conclusions.

      Analysing data is perhaps the most demanding stage of research - and certainly the least visible. This concise e-book demystifies the process by explaining the principles and practice of good quality data analysis. It describes the key quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as creative and mixed methods, and offers guidance on how to choose suitable methods for your research. Now in a fully updated second edition, the book emphasises the need for robust and rigorous analysis, and aims to enable you to draw clear lines from your data, through your findings, to your conclusions.

    • 6

      Finishing Your PhD: What You Need To Know: PhD Knowledge, #6
      Finishing Your PhD: What You Need To Know: PhD Knowledge, #6

      Finishing Your PhD: What You Need To Know: PhD Knowledge, #6

      Helen Kara
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      The last few months before you submit your thesis or dissertation can be a feverish, panicky time. The advice in this fully updated second edition e-book will help you keep a clear head and take one step at a time towards the finishing post. Some people drag out their final doctoral months into years. You don't have to do that: use the practical tips and help in this book to finish your thesis or dissertation effectively and with minimal stress. Hundreds of thousands of people have already walked this path. If they can do it, so can you – and this e-book shows you how.

      The last few months before you submit your thesis or dissertation can be a feverish, panicky time. The advice in this fully updated second edition e-book will help you keep a clear head and take one step at a time towards the finishing post. Some people drag out their final doctoral months into years. You don't have to do that: use the practical tips and help in this book to finish your thesis or dissertation effectively and with minimal stress. Hundreds of thousands of people have already walked this path. If they can do it, so can you – and this e-book shows you how.

    • 5

      Research Ethics For Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #5
      Research Ethics For Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #5

      Research Ethics For Your PhD: An Introduction: PhD Knowledge, #5

      Helen Kara
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      If you are doing research with people or animals, you will have to engage with formal systems of ethical governance. Whether or not this is the case, you may have an interest in ensuring your doctoral research is ethical, or even be studying ethics itself. This fully updated second edition e-book introduces the theory and practice of ethical research. It also outlines your options, from ticking the boxes for formal ethical approval to a fully integrated ethical approach at all stages of your doctoral research.

      If you are doing research with people or animals, you will have to engage with formal systems of ethical governance. Whether or not this is the case, you may have an interest in ensuring your doctoral research is ethical, or even be studying ethics itself. This fully updated second edition e-book introduces the theory and practice of ethical research. It also outlines your options, from ticking the boxes for formal ethical approval to a fully integrated ethical approach at all stages of your doctoral research.

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    • 5/5
      Very helpful book for PhD-wannabes. Thank you for this. I love it!