Dissertation help in the form of slides to inspire a certain quality and provocative analysis in your dissertation review of literature.

1. Chapter 2:
Standards of Accomplishment for the Chapter:
Writing to properly set up chapter 3

2.  Chapter 2 is not about your topic
 Chapter 2 is about how the literature sets
up your methodology
 Everything should lead the reader
towards better understanding your study
The most important
things to remember !!!

3. 1. Make it crisp
2. Make it concise
3. Stick to topics
that directly relate
to your
methodology
4. Discuss it in your
voice
5. Make it ring with
what you find
interesting and
provocative
6. Discuss research
7. Uncover gaps in
other people’s
ideas
8. Relate it all to
your problem
This is not a look you want your
readers to have when reading

4.  Introduction
 History or Context
 First Topical Area
 Subsequent Topical Areas
 Gaps
 Methodological Literature
 Summary
Organization

5. 1. You have the
mastery over your
topic, you have
researched it for
over a year.
2. You should be
able to write
about it as though
you were having a
conversation
about those points
which were so
interesting to you
that you decided
to research them
further.
Remember

6. Do you include:
1. Topic areas that
reflect your
research question
and the variables
you are studying?
2. Discussions of
your topics that
uncover gaps
which lead to your
research?
3. Discussion of the
methodological
choice you made?
Success is when ALL the pieces add up
to YOUR study

7. You know you’ve done
it when:
1. Your reader
doesn’t go to
sleep somewhere
in the middle of
your discussion
2. Your readers
make comments
like, “good
point, hadn’t
thought of that”
3. You can read it to
a family member
or friend and they
remain interested
or ask questions
Chapter 2 Outcomes

8. Don’t miss our
checklist which
members can find at
www.doctoralnet.com
Under the DNA
Members Only Section
Part 2: Writing the
Proposal – Writing
Chapter 2, Module 4
Or by following this
link:
http://www.doctoraln
et.com/index.php/en/
dissertation-
membership/dissertat
ion-writing-chapters-
1-3/dissertation-
writing-module-4
Elsewhere in this series