Steven R. Terrell, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at Nova Southeastern University. He has taught quantitative and qualitative research methods since the 1980s and is the author of over 150 journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, and presentations. Dr. Terrell is a member of the American Counseling Association and the American Psychological Association, and served as Chair of the American Educational Research Association's Online Teaching and Learning Special Interest Group. He is on the editorial boards of several national and international journals and was recently named a Fellow and Distinguished Scholar of the International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management. He is currently serving as part-time faculty in the School of Computing at Middle Georgia State University.

Introduction: Your Dissertation Proposal
1. Developing the Problem Statement for Your Dissertation Proposal
2. Writing Purpose Statements, Research Questions, and Hypotheses
3. Writing the Review of Literature for Your Dissertation Proposal
4. The First Part of Your Dissertation Research Method
5. Quantitative Research Methods
6. Qualitative Research Methods
7. Mixed Methods Research Designs
Epilogue: Have We Accomplished What We Set Out to Do?
Appendix A. Progress Check for Chapter 1 of a Dissertation Proposal: The Introduction
Appendix B. Progress Check for Chapter 2 of a Dissertation Proposal: The Review of Literature
Appendix C. Progress Check for Chapter 3 of a Quantitative Dissertation Proposal
Appendix D. Progress Check for Chapter 3 of a Qualitative Dissertation Proposal
Appendix E. Progress Check for Chapter 3 of a Mixed Methods Dissertation Proposal
Appendix F. Sample Proposal for a Four-Chapter Dissertation
Answers to Review Questions
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author