Idleman & Associates provide comprehensive dissertation editing that includes formatting your dissertation according to APA and specific school guidelines.
A dissertation is a formal, scholarly document. Many writing practices are considered acceptable in more informal formats, but should be avoided in formal writing.
Technical editing includes
- problems with subject-verb agreement
- incorrect verb tense
- unnecessary or missing commas
- inappropriate em- and en-dashes
- problems with pronoun-antecedent agreement
- misused words (e.g., effect for affect)
- split infinitives
- sentence fragments
- faulty attempts at parallel construction
Style editing involves standardizing a text according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), including:
- headings
- use of single or double quote marks
- serial commas
- numbers
- acronyms
- compound adjectives
- hyphenated words
- italics
- citation and reference styles
- tables
- figures
Correlation editing involves checking related parts of the manuscript against each other. This is an extremely important step in academic copy-editing and a frequently overlooked one. It includes checking all citations in the text with those in the reference list.
Dissertation APA Editing Cost Estimates
This is a fixed fee: $0.05 per word.
Lynda Idleman in Action: A Case Study
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The Situation
A doctoral candidate in Nursing was studying nurses’ attitudes toward people with mental health conditions.
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Candidate's Concerns
- Meeting APA requirements
- Quick response, because defense date was less than two weeks away
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Dr. Idleman's Actions
- Edited completed dissertation
- Revised Chapter 5, abstract, vita, citations, references, and all preliminary pages
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The Outcome
The candidate was able to defend the dissertation without missing a deadline.
Lynda Idleman in Action: A Case Study
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The Situation
A doctoral candidate in Business Administration was studying strategies travel agents should use to adopt e-commerce processes.
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Candidate's Concerns
- Adhere to APA and university style-manual requirements
- Address committee’s considerable feedback
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Dr. Idleman's Actions
- Aligned sections of the dissertation with the institution’s rubric parameters
- Discovered inconsistences in text and worked with candidate to reconcile them
- Formatted tables, figures, references, and citations
- Identified missing references
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The Outcome
The candidate’s dissertation was accepted and Dr. Idleman was thanked for her help creating a scholarly text.
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