What is SPSS and How Can SPSS Help You? Many students in graduate or doctoral programs that are research focused have been exposed to Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS) at some point in their graduate school career. However, in depth exposure to SPSS as part of a doctoral program is not always the norm. If you are completing a dissertation or Master’s thesis now, or in the near or distant future, and plan to use SPSS to analyze your dissertation or other data, you could benefit … [Read more...]
Dissertation Tip of the Month
Get a little extra dissertation help with our tip of the month: While completing your dissertation successfully involves research and writing on your behalf, managing your dissertation chairperson is also a key component. Managing your dissertation chairperson successfully can be the difference between finishing the dissertation in one year and finishing the dissertation in three or more years. It may be difficult to know where to begin when managing your dissertation chairperson, as it can … [Read more...]
Dissertation Problems – The Perils of Ending “All But Dissertation”
All But Dissertation or A.B.D. is the period between finishing your doctoral course work and finally being handed your doctoral degree. All but dissertation status means you’ve completed all doctoral requirements except the dissertation. Many students have difficulty ending all but dissertation status. There are many reasons why students have difficulty ending all but dissertation status. All but dissertation status can last for years if you are not careful. Without ending all but dissertation … [Read more...]