Word-Level Issues in Academic Writing
" Try hard to avoid ambiguous references Conversation is replete with ambiguous words like "this", "these", "his", "it", "they", etc....
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Discussing Existing/Proposed/Future Work
" Discussing existing work Whenever you bring up an existing piece of research, whether it is your own or someone else's, there is a...
Guidelines Specific to Academic Writing
" Formatting and grammar rules When in doubt about grammar or page format, researchers in psychology and computer science generally...
Qualitative Master’s Thesis
" This section provides guidelines for conducting the research and writing a qualitative or creative master’s thesis including a...
Thesis: Components, Functions and Characteristics
" Components of a Thesis Theses come in various sizes and shapes. The components of many theses are similar although their functions and...
Thesis = Road Map + So What?
" A thesis statement is as straightforward as an addition problem: Roadmap + “So What?” = Thesis But what does this equation mean?...
91-Year-Old French Woman Gets PhD After 30-Year Thesis
BESANÇON, France (AFP) - A woman aged 91 has become one of the oldest women in France to gain a doctorate after she completed a thesis...
The "ONE THING" System for Thesis Writing
To achieve a well written thesis (or Journal paper), you have to focus on three concepts and one question. The three principles: One...
10 Steps to Finishing a Thesis (Phd ) in 6 Months
" Most academics will admit to themselves and students that the majority of dissertations and books are written in a 6 month block of...
How not to Get a PhD: By Overestimating What is Required.
" The words used to describe the outcome of a PhD project – ‘an original contribution to knowledge’ – may sound rather grand, but we must...
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