ABD All But the Dissertation status 22, 32 abstracts 131–2 academic conversation 135 academic standards 135 Altom, J.. 67 American Educational Research Association AERA 76–7, 78 American
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32
abstracts 131–2
academic conversation 135
academic standards 135
Altom, J 67
American Educational Research
Association (AERA) 76–7, 78
American Psychological Association
(APA) 124
application phase 19, 59
battle metaphors 14
bibliographic reference cards 87–8
bibliographies 8, 88, 91
birthing event metaphors 14
blind person metaphors 14
Bolig, R.A 30, 51
book stores 75
Booth, W.C 11
Bowen, W.G 143
breaking new ground 37
Brown, D 50–1
Byzantine maze metaphors 11
candidacy: examinations 21–2;
terminology 18
cautious interpretations 130
chairs 48–9; characteristics to consider
50–2; and data analysis 116; selecting
23, 24, 52–4; suggestions for success
30, 31; terminology 18; working with
60–2
challenges 12, 14
checklists 82, 89, 90, 110, 156–7; data
analysis 117
Chutes and Ladders 12, 13
Clark, K.A 12, 13
Page numbers in italics indicate figures and tables
clear interpretations 129 closure 135
coffee bars 75 collaboration 8; with program professors 41–2; with student colleagues 41 coming of age experience 12, 146 commitment 80
committees see dissertation committees
competition 11 computer technicians 74–5 computers: bibliographic database 88; for writing 32
conclusions 130 conditional matriculation status 19–20 conferences 75–8
construct validity 110 coursework: and topic selection 30, 38
coursework phase 19–21, 19, 59
crises 62, 65 dance metaphors 14 data: cautious interpretations 130; clear interpretations 129; collection 90; and inferences 127; logical interpretations 129; reducing 120–2; relevant interpretations 129–30;
terminology 18; thorough
interpretations 128 data analysis 90, 116–17; documentation 118–19; interpreting findings 123; preliminary organization 117; procedures 108–9; reducing data 120–2; and research questions 119–20; starting 117–18;
terminology 18
data collection 105, 112–224; ethical issues 107; limitations 108; pilot testing 106–7; procedures 105–6; storing materials 114–15
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defense see orals
dependence 15
directors see chairs
dissemination 135
Dissertations Abstract International (DAI)
8, 131
dissertation committees 16, 23–4; and
dissertation proposal 25, 56–7; and
drafts 126; and orals 136; power 67–8;
structure 48–50; suggestions for
success 30–1; terminology 18;
university concerns 57; working with
8, 59–66; see also chairs; readers
dissertation orals see orals
dissertation phase 19, 22–7, 59
dissertation proposals 8–9, 23, 24;
approval 25, 110; contents 99–110; and
dissertation committees 56–7; purposes
98–9; terminology 18; writing 97–8
dissertations 4–7; aims 84; cyclical
process 125; reading for 86–8; stage in
process 22–7; and term papers 7–9,
10; terminology 18; topic selection
30, 37–40, 42–7
doctoral committees see dissertation
committees
doctoral dissertations see dissertations
doctoral programs: collaboration with
professors 41–2; stages 17, 19, 19, 58,
59; terminology 18; see also
coursework; dissertations; orals
doctoral students: essential qualities 15,
80–5; expectations 143–51;
terminology 18
drafts 91; and dissertation committee 8,
126; of dissertation proposals 100; in
dissertation proposals 99
Drew, J xii, 84
drop-outs 19, 27–8, 143, 144
editing 32
Eisenhart, M.A 144
emotions 11, 14, 15
equipment 107
Ethnologue 122
examination phase 19, 21–2, 59
external readers 136–7
faculty 32–3, 57–8, 98
Fahrenthold, D.A 146
feasibility studies 106–7, 117–18
figures 124
finances 24, 83
findings 123–5; creating an argument for
127–30; implications 131; interpreting 123; presenting 126–7
flexibility 89 Fox-Genovese, E 68 friends 9, 70 funding 83 funding proposals 24 game metaphors 12 gardening metaphors 12 gate-keeping 12, 15, 136 general principles 127 Gilles, C 71–2 goal-directed 81–2 graphics 124 guides 14 Harvard University 67, 146 Hawley, P 44, 92
Haworth, K 97 hazing 14
hearings see orals
Holland, D.C 144 home relationships 92–3 hoops metaphors 11, 146 Huberman, A.M 124 Human Subjects Review Board 107 hurdles metaphors 11
hypothesis-generating studies 98;
conclusions 130; data analysis and interpretation 108, 124–5; qualitative analysis 122
hypothesis-testing studies 98, 103–4; conclusions 130; data analysis 108; interpreting findings 123–5 ideas 14
implications 131 independence 40 inferences 127
informants: terminology 18
institutional practices 15–16 International Conference on Teacher Research 78
interviews 21 isolation 80, 85, 148 journey metaphors 14 Kennedy, D xii leaders 14 learning 83–5 Leatherman, C 67
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librarians 74
libraries 73–4
literature reviews 104
logical interpretations 129
losers 12, 14
Lovitts, B.E xii, 27, 144
Maesar, S.A 29
malevolence 11
marathon metaphors 12
Masters, Lillian 108–9, 109
matriculation: terminology 18
maze metaphors 11
Menand, L xii, 144
mentors see chairs
metaphors 11–14, 16, 146
Miles, M 124
mountain climbing metaphors 12, 146
National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE) 77–8
National Writing Project 78
New York Times Magazine, The 144
noncompleters 19, 27–8, 143, 144
Nonnumerical Unstructured
Data-Indexing, Searching and Theorizing
122
Nud-ist 122
Olson, G.A xii, 84
orals 23, 26–7, 133–4; for candidacy 22;
outcome 141–2; players 135–8;
process 138–41; purpose 134–5;
scheduling 132; terminology 18
organization 31, 82–3
originality 8
outcomes see findings
outside readers 136
Ozment, S 146
part-time students 79
peers see student-colleagues
permanent matriculation status 20, 21
personal crises 62
personal qualities 15, 80–1
pilot testing 106–7, 117–18
planning 88–90
productive mind-set 88, 89
professional organizations 75
proposals see dissertation proposals
publishing 68
qualitative analysis 122
quality control 135 quantitative analysis 121–2 quotations 88
Ramon Veal Seminar 77 rapids metaphors 12 readers 23, 48, 49; selection 24, 54–5; working with 62–3
reading 86–8 recommendations 131 relevant interpretations 129–30 research 23, 37
research agenda 98 research design 105–10 research methodology 90 research questions: and data analysis 119–20, 123
rewriting 91–2 Rudenstine, N.L 143 running a marathon 12 running the rapids 12 sample size 106 Schneider, A xiii, 67 security personnel 75 self-discipline 80, 81 Sheehy, G xiii significance 104, 123, 131 Sizer T 144
Smith, B.D 114, 121–2, 134 sources 8, 88, 91
statistical significance 108, 123, 130 student-colleagues: collaboration 41; support groups 26, 33, 70–3;
terminology 18; and topic selection 43
summaries 130
supervisors see chairs
support 79–80, 85; from student-colleagues 26, 33, 70–3, 86; lack of 27 tables 124
teacher conversation groups 78
term papers 3, 7–9, 10 terminology 18
theoretical rationale 97, 103–4
theory-building see hypothesis-generating
studies
theory-testing see hypothesis-testing
studies thorough interpretations 128 time: scheduling 82–3, 89–90, 111 title: of dissertation proposal 102 topic selection 30, 37–40, 42–7; and dissertation proposal 102–3
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tough love 67
train ride metaphors 14
transcribing 113–14
trip metaphors 14
universities: and dissertation committees
57; and dissertation work 57–8, 60
university community 32–3; computer
technicians 74–5; libraries 73–4;
security 75
University of Pennsylvania 67
University of Pennsylvania Ethnography
Conference 77
university security 75
unpredictability 15 validity 109–10 Vartuli, S.A 138, 144 video-tapes 113–14 visual displays of information 124 war metaphors 14
winners 12, 14 women: as doctoral students 144 work life 93
working environment 40–2, 40, 42
writing 91–2; and data analysis 120; and reading 87; suggestions for success 32 writing style 99