Your Advisor: How to get more help writing the dissertation Doctoral mentors or advisers are meant to give dissertation help for efficiently finishing the degree. Unfortunately there are a few things that doctoral students or professors do that inhibit the finishing of the doctoral dissertation or doctoral thesis.  This article is one of a series offering dissertation help to doctoral students faced with the challenges of graduate work and it focuses on the frequently asked question, "What do I do about an advisor who drives me nuts?"  Students  tell me that they find their mentor or advisor not supportive of…

Most professionals in business, the social sciences or education are well familiar with making choices based on data. Indeed, the last 20 years has shown the development of data-driven decision-making across most business environments throughout the world. Census data are frequently important elements in cross comparison within research. No matter what your context, if your methodology requires quantitative analysis and this article should get you started. In general terms, quantitative data answer questions about how things are, often how one item is in comparison to another. These data collection and analysis techniques include methods that classify (demographics as an example)…