Proposals that work : a guide for planning dissertations and grant proposals / Lawrence F. Locke, Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, Stephen J. Silverman.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Locke, Lawrence F. (Author)
Spirduso, Waneen Wyrick (Author)
Silverman, Stephen J. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE, [2014]
Edition:Sixth edition.
Subjects:
Proposal writing in research > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dissertations, Academic > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Research grants > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Fund raising > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Research Design.
Research Support as Topic.
Academic Dissertations as Topic.
Training Support.
Writing.
Genre:
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical Description:xx, 383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I. Writing the proposal
  • The function of the proposal
  • Doing the right thing : "the habit of truth"
  • Developing the thesis or dissertation proposal : some common problems
  • Content of the proposal : important considerations
  • Preparation of proposals for qualitative research : different assumptions
  • Proposals for mixed method research
  • Style and form in writing the proposal
  • The oral presentation
  • Part II. Money for research
  • Money for research : how to ask for help
  • Preparation of the grant proposal
  • Part III. Specimen proposals
  • Proposal 1: Experimental study: The effects of primate vocalizations, backward speech, and fltered speech on object categorization during the first year
  • Proposal 2: Qualitative study: An advisory team for social justice education : teachers' and the principal's perceptions on four key dimensions of the ninth grade advisory program
  • Proposal 3: Online electronic survey study: The nutrition care process of front-line pediatric HIV providers
  • Proposal 4: Funded grant: How higher education in prison affects student-inmates' social capital and conceptions of self
  • Appendix: Annotated bibliography of supplementary references.