Socialization: A Requisite for Writing the Doctoral Dissertation?

Doctoral Dissertation

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Doctoral Dissertation

The construction of a low-cost and reliable array antenna system is required to facilitate the practical use of the adaptive antenna in the mobile communication field. The array antenna system can be verified by DOA (Direction of Arrival) estimation. This dissertation describes the attempt to achieve a high-precision adaptive antenna and the examination of this device, which suppresses the numb...

The Dissertation House Model: Doctoral Student Experiences Coping and Writing in a Shared Knowledge Community

The problem of PhD attrition, especially at the dissertation-writing stage, is not solely related to mentoring, departments, or disciplines; it is a problem that affects the entire institution. As such, solutions require collaborative efforts for student success. Building on Yeatman's master-apprentice model, which assumes mastering disciplinary writing in singular advisor-student contexts, and...

The Qualitative Doctoral Dissertation Proposal

This article discusses the primary qualities of a doctoral dissertation proposal and how those qualities relate to the qualities of a dissertation and to the nature of a research university. Typical parts of a proposal are discussed—problem, significance, literature review, theoretical perspective, questions, methods, and ethics—and reasons are given for the role that each part plays in the dev...

Review of Doctoral Dissertation