Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science
The complex interactions between human and physical systems confronting geographers pose unique conceptual, methodological, and practical complications when ‘doing research’. Graduate students in a broad range of related fields need to learn how to tackle
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Jay D. Gatrell Gregory D. Bierly Ryan R. Jensen
Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science
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Jay D. Gatrell Assistant Professor Indiana State University Department of Geography, Geology and Anthropology 159L Science Bldg. Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA Email:[email protected]
Ryan R. Jensen Assistant Professor Indiana State University, Department of Geography, Geology and Anthropology 159L Science Bldg. Terre Haute, IN USA Email:[email protected]
Gregory D. Bierly Associate Professor Indiana State University Department of Geography, Geology and Anthropology 159L Science Bldg. Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA Email:[email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2005928953 ISBN-10 ISBN-13
3-540-27952-0 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York 978-3-540-27952-5 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Foreword Jay Gatrell, Gregory Bierly, and Ryan Jensen have produced a book that will be a valuable addition to many academics’ bookshelves. While the examples are based on research in spatial sciences, the guidelines and examples are widely applicable in any science based discipline. In today’s competitive academic environment every faculty member is expected to engage in the process of funding their research with extra mural grants and contracts. At a minimum, they must develop a logical proposal before they begin a thesis or dissertation. Far too often a graduate student’s program of study does not include training in how to succeed in this competitive process. This book could serve as an excellent text for a one semester graduate level course devoted to proposal development. An instructor could guide a group of students through the entire proposal writing experience and expect each student to defend a completed proposal as a final project. If taken at the right stage in th
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