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Writing a built environment dissertation : practical guidance and examples / Peter Farrell
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Buch (Online)Sprache: Englisch Verlag: Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011Auflage: Online-AusgBeschreibung: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xiii, 265 p.)) : illISBN:- 128340706X
- 9781444328677
- 9781283407069
- 9781405198516
- 808/.06669 22
- 808.06669
- TH213.5
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Zusammenfassung: Writing a Built Environment Dissertation: Practical guidance and examples -- Contents -- Author Biography -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Terminology -- nomenclature -- 1.3 Document structure -- 1.4 Possible subject areas for your dissertation -- 1.5 Qualitative or quantitative analysis? -- 1.6 The student/supervisor relationship and time management -- 1.7 Ethical compliance -- 1.8 House style or style guide -- 1.9 Writing style -- 1.10 Proofreading -- Summary of this chapter -- 2 The introduction chapter to the dissertation -- 2.1 Introduction contents -- 2.2 Articulation or description of the problem and provisional objectives -- Summary of this chapter -- 3 Review of theory and the literature -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Judgements or opinions? -- 3.3 Sources of data -- 3.4 Methods of finding the literature -- 3.5 Embedding theory in dissertations -- 3.6 Referencing as evidence of reading -- 3.7 Citing literature sources in the narrative of your work -- 3.8 Secondary citing -- 3.9 Who to cite in your narrative -- 3.10 References or bibliography or both? -- 3.11 Common mistakes by students -- 3.12 Using software to help with your references -- 3.13 Avoiding the charge of plagiarism -- Summary of this chapter -- 4 Research goals and their measurement -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Aim -- 4.3 Research questions -- 4.4 Objectives -- 4.5 Objectives with only one variable -- 4.6 Objectives with two variables -- 4.7 Hypotheses -- 4.8 Independent and dependent variables -- 4.9 Lots of variables at large -- intervening variables -- 4.10 Subject variables -- Example 1 -- Example 2 -- 4.11 No relationship between the IV and the DV -- 4.12 Designing your own measurement scales -- 4.13 Levels of measurement -- 4.14 Examples of categorical data in construction -- 4.15 Examples of ordinal data in construction.PPN: PPN: 80950586XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PQE
Writing a Built Environment Dissertation: Practical guidance and examples; Contents; Author Biography; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Terminology; nomenclature; 1.3 Document structure; 1.4 Possible subject areas for your dissertation; 1.5 Qualitative or quantitative analysis?; 1.6 The student/supervisor relationship and time management; 1.7 Ethical compliance; 1.8 House style or style guide; 1.9 Writing style; 1.10 Proofreading; Summary of this chapter; 2 The introduction chapter to the dissertation; 2.1 Introduction contents
2.2 Articulation or description of the problem and provisional objectivesSummary of this chapter; 3 Review of theory and the literature; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Judgements or opinions?; 3.3 Sources of data; 3.4 Methods of finding the literature; 3.5 Embedding theory in dissertations; 3.6 Referencing as evidence of reading; 3.7 Citing literature sources in the narrative of your work; 3.8 Secondary citing; 3.9 Who to cite in your narrative; 3.10 References or bibliography or both?; 3.11 Common mistakes by students; 3.12 Using software to help with your references
3.13 Avoiding the charge of plagiarismSummary of this chapter; 4 Research goals and their measurement; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Aim; 4.3 Research questions; 4.4 Objectives; 4.5 Objectives with only one variable; 4.6 Objectives with two variables; 4.7 Hypotheses; 4.8 Independent and dependent variables; 4.9 Lots of variables at large; intervening variables; 4.10 Subject variables; Example 1; Example 2; 4.11 No relationship between the IV and the DV; 4.12 Designing your own measurement scales; 4.13 Levels of measurement; 4.14 Examples of categorical data in construction
4.15 Examples of ordinal data in construction4.16 Examples of interval and ratio data in construction; 4.17 Money as a variable; Summary of this chapter; 5 Methodology; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Approaches to collecting data; 5.3 Types of data; Primary or secondary data; Objective or subjective data; hard or soft; 5.4 Questionnaires; Piloting the questionnaire; Coding questionnaires; A basket of questions to measure variables or multiple item scales; Using a basket of questions in ordinal closed-response scales; Other possible responses in ordinal closed scales; Ranking studies
5.5 Other analytical tools5.6 Incorporating reliability and validity; 5.7 Analysis, results and findings; Summary of this chapter; 6 Qualitative data analysis; 6.1 Introduction and the process; 6.2 Steps in the analytical process; Summary of this chapter; 7 Quantitative data analysis: descriptive statistics; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Glossary of symbols; 7.3 Calculations done manually or by using software; 7.4 Descriptive statistics; Ranking; Normal distributions: measures of central tendency (mean, median and mode); Measures of spread: range, standard deviation, variance
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