01028cam a22001574a 4500020003200000020003200032050002200064100002300086245010800109260005100217300003400268505049000302650002900792650002700821700002200848  a0803966881 (acidfree paper)  a080396689X (acidfree paper)00aLB2369b.P48 19991 aPiantanida, Maria.14aThe qualitative dissertation :ba guide for students and faculty /cMaria Piantanida, Noreen B. Garman.  aThousand Oaks, Calif. :bCorwin Press,cc1999.  axix, 273 p. :bill. ;c26 cm.  aList of Exemplars and Case StudiesPrefaceAbout the Author1. Cycles of Deliberation2. Facing the Dissertation3. Moving Into the Dissertation4. Crafting the Dissertation Proposal: Part 15. Crafting the Dissertation Proposal: Part 26. Proposing the Study7. Living with the Study: Generating Knowledge Through Portrayals8. Living with the Study: Getting to Portrayals9. Entering Into Public Discourse: The Dissertation Meeting10. Life After DissertationAfterwordThink PiecesReferencesIndex 0aDissertations, Academic. 0aResearchxMethodology.1 aGarman, Noreen B.