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How to Do Your Dissertation in Geography and Related Disciplines

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ISBN-10: 0415341558

ISBN-13: 9780415341554

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Tony Parsons, Peter G. Knight

List price: $63.95
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This revised and updated edition ofHow To Do Your Dissertation In Geography and Related Disciplinescontinues to provide a detailed guide to the planning and procedures that students need to consider when preparing their dissertations in geography, environmental science and geology. Taking into account new sources, improved technology in production of the dissertation, and changes in teaching style, this text goes through each of the stages, from deciding what topic to work on, through designing the research and collecting the data, to handing in the final bound volume. With an extended consideration of different types of data (qualitative, quantitative and spatial) and a wider consideration…    
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Book details

List price: $63.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/21/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Tony Parsons is a writer in England. In the 1970's, Parsons was a music journalist for NME, the British equivalent of Rolling Stone. His interviews with some of the biggest bands on punk music made him a cult figure among the youth of England.

#60;b#62;Dr Peter Knight#60;/b#62; was brought up in Birmingham, England, and educated in geography and glaciology at the Universities of Oxford and Aberdeen. He teaches physical geography at Keele University, and carries out research in glaciology and glacial geomorphology both in the laboratory and at field sites in Iceland, Greenland, and the UK.

List of figures
List of tables
List of boxes
Acknowledgements
Preface to the second edition
Introduction
What is a (good) dissertation and why do I have to do one?
When should I start and how long will it take?
What shall I do it on?
How do I start?: research design
What kind of data do I need and how do I get them?
What can I do with my data when I've got them?
What amount of data do I need?
Should I model?
Help! It's all gone horribly wrong. What can I do?
How should I write up my dissertation?
How will it be marked?
A final word
References