How to Survive Your PhD The Insider's Guide to Avoiding Mistakes, Choosing the Right Program, Working with Professors, and Just How a Person Actually Writes a 200-Page Paper

Name: How to Survive Your PhD The Insider's Guide to Avoiding Mistakes, Choosing the Right Program, Working with Professors, and Just How a Person Actually Writes a 200-Page Paper
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ISBN: 9781402226670

ISBN-10: 1402226675

ISBN-13: 9781402226670

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jason R. Karp

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List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.64" wide x 8.26" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Choices


Choosing the PhD


Ego


Finances


Choosing Your School: Location, Location, Location


Opportunity


Coursework


Reputation of Department


Know Your Research Interests


Choosing Your Academic Advisor


Your Advisor's Work Ethic


Your Advisor's Philosophy


Seek Information from Others


Choosing Your Committee


Transferring Schools


Do You Have the Time?


Patience



Thinking Like a Doctoral Student


Think Big


Ask Why


Understand the Literature


Be Critical


Reason


Thinking Skills



Tricks of the Trade


Know What Is Expected of You


Directing Your Efforts


Being Busy


Helping Other Students


Teaching Classes


Head Start on Research


Managing Yourself


Prioritize


Working with Your Advisor


Being Resourceful


Visibility


Burning Bridges


Communication


Managing Finances


Assistantships


Scholarships


Fellowships


Grants


Establish Residency in the State before Enrolling in School



Research


Publications


Getting Your Research off the Ground


Intellectual Property


Authorship vs. Contributorship


Conferences-The Public Forum for Your Research



The Qualifying (Comprehensive) Exam


The Written Exam


The Oral Exam


If You Fail


How to Study


"Paper PhD"



The Dissertation


Writing the Proposal and Dissertation


Becoming a Writer


Procrastination


Dissertation Format


The Chapters of the Dissertation


Introduction


Purpose


Hypotheses


Literature Review


Methodology


Data Analysis


Limitations


Results


Discussion


Conclusions


More Advice on Writing Your Chapters


Proofread


Preparing Your Dissertation Proposal Presentation


The Dissertation Proposal Defense


The Dissertation Defense


You Get Done When You Get Done


Epilogue


About the Author