"This text moves beyond simplistic ''procedures to follow'' to in-depth discussions of stages in the research process, providing strong reference points and examples for students embarking on the disciplined inquiry of thesis and dissertation research. A valuable text for proposal writing classes, faculty members who direct dissertations and theses, and students throughout the research process."
-Betty J. Alford, Chair of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership
Stephen F. Austin State University
"Graduate students will be in debt to professors Thomas and Brubaker for providing a long-overdue guide to the rite of passage known as theses and dissertations. This book is realistic, clear, and refreshingly sensitive to what students need to know."
-Seymour B. Sarason, Professor of Psychology Emeritus
Yale University
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