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Index Page numbers in italics indicate figures and tables ABD (All But the Dissertation) status 22, 32 abstracts 131–2 academic conversation 135 academic standards 135 Altom, J. 67 American Educational Research Association (AERA) 76–7, 78 American Psychological Association (APA) 124 application phase 19, 59 battle metaphors 14 bibliographic reference cards 87–8 bibliographies 8, 88, 91 birthing event metaphors 14 blind person metaphors 14 Bolig, R.A. 30, 51 book stores 75 Booth, W.C. 11 Bowen, W.G. 143 breaking new ground 37 Brown, D. 50–1 Byzantine maze metaphors 11 candidacy: examinations 21–2; terminology 18 cautious interpretations 130 chairs 48–9; characteristics to consider 50–2; and data analysis 116; selecting 23, 24, 52–4; suggestions for success 30, 31; terminology 18; working with 60–2 challenges 12, 14 checklists 82, 89, 90, 110, 156–7; data analysis 117 Chutes and Ladders 12, 13 Clark, K.A. 12, 13 160 clear interpretations 129 closure 135 coffee bars 75 collaboration 8; with program professors 41–2; with student colleagues 41 coming of age experience 12, 146 commitment 80 committees see dissertation committees competition 11 computer technicians 74–5 computers: bibliographic database 88; for writing 32 conclusions 130 conditional matriculation status 19–20 conferences 75–8 construct validity 110 coursework: and topic selection 30, 38 coursework phase 19–21, 19, 59 crises 62, 65 dance metaphors 14 data: cautious interpretations 130; clear interpretations 129; collection 90; and inferences 127; logical interpretations 129; reducing 120–2; relevant interpretations 129–30; terminology 18; thorough interpretations 128 data analysis 90, 116–17; documentation 118–19; interpreting findings 123; preliminary organization 117; procedures 108–9; reducing data 120–2; and research questions 119–20; starting 117–18; terminology 18 data collection 105, 112–224; ethical issues 107; limitations 108; pilot testing 106–7; procedures 105–6; storing materials 114–15 Index data sources 105, 106, 112 defense see orals dependence 15 directors see chairs dissemination 135 Dissertations Abstract International (DAI) 8, 131 dissertation committees 16, 23–4; and dissertation proposal 25, 56–7; and drafts 126; and orals 136; power 67–8; structure 48–50; suggestions for success 30–1; terminology 18; university concerns 57; working with 8, 59–66; see also chairs; readers dissertation orals see orals dissertation phase 19, 22–7, 59 dissertation proposals 8–9, 23, 24; approval 25, 110; contents 99–110; and dissertation committees 56–7; purposes 98–9; terminology 18; writing 97–8 dissertations 4–7; aims 84; cyclical process 125; reading for 86–8; stage in process 22–7; and term papers 7–9, 10; terminology 18; topic selection 30, 37–40, 42–7 doctoral committees see dissertation committees doctoral dissertations see dissertations doctoral programs: collaboration with professors 41–2; stages 17, 19, 19, 58, 59; terminology 18; see also coursework; dissertations; orals doctoral students: essential qualities 15, 80–5; expectations 143–51; terminology 18 drafts 91; and dissertation committee 8, 126; of dissertation proposals 100; in dissertation proposals 99 Drew, J. xii, 84 drop-outs 19, 27–8, 143, 144 editing 32 Eisenhart, M.A. 144 emotions 11, 14, 15 equipment 107 Ethnologue 122 examination phase 19, 21–2, 59 external readers 136–7 faculty 32–3, 57–8, 98 Fahrenthold, D.A. 146 feasibility studies 106–7, 117–18 figures 124 finances 24, 83 findings 123–5; creating an argument for 127–30; implications 131; interpreting 123; presenting 126–7 flexibility 89 Fox-Genovese, E. 68 friends 9, 70 funding 83 funding proposals 24 game metaphors 12 gardening metaphors 12 gate-keeping 12, 15, 136 general principles 127 Gilles, C. 71–2 goal-directed 81–2 graphics 124 guides 14 Harvard University 67, 146 Hawley, P. 44, 92 Haworth, K. 97 hazing 14 hearings see orals Holland, D.C. 144 home relationships 92–3 hoops metaphors 11, 146 Huberman, A.M. 124 Human Subjects Review Board 107 hurdles metaphors 11 hypothesis-generating studies 98; conclusions 130; data analysis and interpretation 108, 124–5; qualitative analysis 122 hypothesis-testing studies 98, 103–4; conclusions 130; data analysis 108; interpreting findings 123–5 ideas 14 implications 131 independence 40 inferences 127 informants: terminology 18 institutional practices 15–16 International Conference on Teacher Research 78 interviews 21 isolation 80, 85, 148 journey metaphors 14 Kennedy, D. xii leaders 14 learning 83–5 Leatherman, C. 67 161 Index Levine, D.N. 100, 101 librarians 74 libraries 73–4 literature reviews 104 logical interpretations 129 losers 12, 14 Lovitts, B.E. xii, 27, 144 Maesar, S.A. 29 malevolence 11 marathon metaphors 12 Masters, Lillian 108–9, 109 matriculation: terminology 18 maze metaphors 11 Menand, L. xii, 144 mentors see chairs metaphors 11–14, 16, 146 Miles, M. 124 mountain climbing metaphors 12, 146 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 77–8 National Writing Project 78 New York Times Magazine, The 144 noncompleters 19, 27–8, 143, 144 Nonnumerical Unstructured DataIndexing, Searching and Theorizing 122 Nud-ist 122 Olson, G.A. xii, 84 orals 23, 26–7, 133–4; for candidacy 22; outcome 141–2; players 135–8; process 138–41; purpose 134–5; scheduling 132; terminology 18 organization 31, 82–3 originality 8 outcomes see findings outside readers 136 Ozment, S. 146 part-time students 79 peers see student-colleagues permanent matriculation status 20, 21 personal crises 62 personal qualities 15, 80–1 pilot testing 106–7, 117–18 planning 88–90 productive mind-set 88, 89 professional organizations 75 proposals see dissertation proposals publishing 68 qualitative analysis 122 162 quality control 135 quantitative analysis 121–2 quotations 88 Ramon Veal Seminar 77 rapids metaphors 12 readers 23, 48, 49; selection 24, 54–5; working with 62–3 reading 86–8 recommendations 131 relevant interpretations 129–30 research 23, 37 research agenda 98 research design 105–10 research methodology 90 research questions: and data analysis 119–20, 123 rewriting 91–2 Rudenstine, N.L. 143 running a marathon 12 running the rapids 12 sample size 106 Schneider, A. xiii, 67 security personnel 75 self-discipline 80, 81 Sheehy, G. xiii significance 104, 123, 131 Sizer T. 144 Smith, B.D. 114, 121–2, 134 sources 8, 88, 91 statistical significance 108, 123, 130 student-colleagues: collaboration 41; support groups 26, 33, 70–3; terminology 18; and topic selection 43 summaries 130 supervisors see chairs support 79–80, 85; from studentcolleagues 26, 33, 70–3, 86; lack of 27 tables 124 teacher conversation groups 78 term papers 3, 7–9, 10 terminology 18 theoretical rationale 97, 103–4 theory-building see hypothesis-generating studies theory-testing see hypothesis-testing studies thorough interpretations 128 time: scheduling 82–3, 89–90, 111 title: of dissertation proposal 102 topic selection 30, 37–40, 42–7; and dissertation proposal 102–3 Index topical note cards 88 tough love 67 train ride metaphors 14 transcribing 113–14 trip metaphors 14 universities: and dissertation committees 57; and dissertation work 57–8, 60 university community 32–3; computer technicians 74–5; libraries 73–4; security 75 University of Pennsylvania 67 University of Pennsylvania Ethnography Conference 77 university security 75 unpredictability 15 validity 109–10 Vartuli, S.A. 138, 144 video-tapes 113–14 visual displays of information 124 war metaphors 14 winners 12, 14 women: as doctoral students 144 work life 93 working environment 40–2, 40, 42 writing 91–2; and data analysis 120; and reading 87; suggestions for success 32 writing style 99 163