Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation

Bol Partner

Completing your Qualitative Dissertation fillsaan important gap in theaqualitative research literature by specifically addressing the fast-growing practice of qualitative masterA s studies and doctoral dissertations in colleges and universities throughout the world. Many students struggle with turning qualitative research projects into a masterA s thesis or doctoral dissertation because the research itself is inherently messy. To address this challenge, authorsaLinda DaleaBloomberg and Marie Volpeahave distilled decades of experience into a first-of-its-kind, highlyapracticalareference for graduate students. At the heart of the book is a series of chapters that models the typical progression of dissertation chapters: problem statementawith purpose and research questions chapter; the literature review chapter; the methodology chapter; the data collection chapter; the findings chapter; and the interpretation, analysis, and synthesis chapter. Each chapter is illustrated by an exemplar that gives the reader an understanding of what the actual write-up would look like.Emphasis throughout the book is on conceptual understanding as it relates to the practical aspects involved in navigating the dissertation process. Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation is a must-have resource for any student contemplating a qualitative research project, thesis, or dissertation, and equally valuable to researchers undertaking and writing up their qualitative research.

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Addressing the key challenges facing doctoral students, this text fills a gap in qualitative literature by offering comprehensive guidance and practical tools for navigating each step in the qualitative dissertation journey, including the planning, research, and writing phases. Author Linda Dale Bloomberg blends the conceptual, theoretical, and practical, so that the book becomes a dissertation in action—a logical and cohesive explanation and illustration of content and process. The Fifth Edition includes a greater focus on how qualitative traditions or genres can encompass a critical social justice agenda, and this broader coverage allows the book to have wider application for dissertation work within the constantly evolving field of qualitative inquiry. This edition also addresses some significant changes in the field that have come about since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting how to conduct dissertation research both ethically and credibly by adopting new and innovative methods and approaches. A greater focus on ethics, rigor, researcher positionality, and reflexivity is highlighted and interwoven throughout.