Dissertation Research and Writing for Built Environment Students

Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students covers issues such as the selection of a dissertation topic, writing a proposal, conducting a literature review, selecting the research approach, devising the research instruments, data gathering, analysing and presenting information and producing a well-written dissertation.
The book simplifies dissertation research and writing into a process involving a sequence of learnable activities. It divides the process into three parts.
Part one is `preparing the ground' and involves:
Identifying the problem;

Writing a proposal (including the aim, objectives, hypothesis and/or key research questions);

Reviewing the literature.

Part two is the `research design' and covers:
Approaches to data collection;

Techniques for data collection;

Constructing and sampling the questionnaire.

Part three involves the `analysis of the results' and producing the dissertation:
Measurement of data;

Analysis of data with SPSS (including interpretation and discussion of results);

Structuring and writing the whole dissertation;

Dissertation supervision and assessment.
This new edition is packed with updated examples and research samples making this is the ideal resource for students involved in research in Built Environment subjects such as Construction Management, Facility Management, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying and Civil Engineering.