TY - BOOK AU - Roberts,Carol M. TI - The dissertation journey: a practical and comprehensive guide to planning, writing, and defending your dissertation SN - 9781412977982 AV - LB1742 .R63 PY - 2010/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif PB - Corwin Press KW - Dissertations, Academic KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Doctor of education degree KW - Report writing N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-220) and index; Do you have what it takes? -- What exactly is a dissertation? -- What are the ethical considerations in research? -- Choosing a dissertation topic -- Creating your dissertation team -- Dissertation support groups -- Organizing yourself -- Using the internet and technology to conduct research -- Reviewing the literature -- Mastering the academic style -- Writing the introduction -- Selecting and describing the methodology -- Holding the proposal meeting -- Analyzing and presenting the results -- Summarizing and discussing the results -- The oral defense: d-day -- The next peak ER -