----- Forwarded message from J.L. -----
I am a PhD student in biostats. who will be starting the dissertation
process in about a year and a half. Could anyone direct me to some
useful books/web sites/other references on beginning, researching,
writing the dissertation? Most of the books I have found so far seem
to be written more for students in non-science related fields.
----- End of forwarded message from J.L. -----
I would like to encourage this student, other students, and faculty to
consider breaking the rules. I had a joint major in mathematics and
education. In math. the rules are pretty much "write a publishable
paper" and dissertations tend to be very short (in page count,
anyway!). Education had a standard template. However, the chair of
the Math. Dept. said he was tired of dissertations that were never
read by anyone and proposed that I write one that could be understood
by an educated layperson -- say, a school board member. So, I did.
It did not even SOUND like a dissertation, I'm proud to say!-)
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