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Practical Guide to Write a PhD Thesis
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Ebrahim, Nader Ale |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | This presentation is a practical guide on how to write a PhD thesis based on personal experiences and existing literature . It is aimed at all PhD students. A thesis writing may be falling into six rules: – Identifying the research problem – Start thesis writing from a day after registration – Writing a Thesis Plan – Ask your supervisors: What are their expectations? and maintain regular contact with your supervisors directly/indirectly – Expand networking – Continuously write/revise and Publish Besides of the six rules, the thesis structure, logical coherence and style are also important. This presentation lead how to consider reader’s expectations during the writing procedure. In order to assist the researchers to reduce the writing procedure, the relevant “Research Tools” will be introduced. Guideline to Write a PhD Thesis ©2012 By: Nader Ale Ebrahim Guideline to Write a PhD Thesis ©2012 By: Nader Ale Ebrahim Guideline to Write a PhD Thesis ©2012 By: Nader Ale Ebrahim Questions? What is your thesis: • Research background • Problem statement • Research objectives • Research scope • Research methodology • Data collection • Analysis • Results and discussions Guideline to Write a PhD Thesis ©2012 By: Nader Ale Ebrahim What is a Thesis? “A thesis is a formal and lengthy research paper, especially a work of original research, written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a higher degree in a university” Guideline to Write a PhD Thesis ©2012 By: Nader Ale Ebrahim Source: http://www.awc.metu.edu.tr/handouts/Thesis_Writing.pdf What’s in the thesis? • Addresses a problem or series of problems • Describes what was known about the problem(s) • What you did to solve the problems • What you think the results means • How further progress can be made Guideline to Write a PhD Thesis ©2012 By: Nader Ale Ebrahim Source: http://www.slideshare.net/akarim717/how-to-write-a-thesis Six Rules of Thesis Writing 1. Identifying the research problem 2. Start thesis writing from a day after registration 3. Writing a Thesis Plan 4. Ask your supervisors: What are their expectations? and maintain regular contact with your supervisors directly/indirectly 5. Expand networking 6. Continuously write/revise and Publish ©2010 Nader Ale Ebrahim 1Identifying the Research Problem Researchers begin a study by identifying a research problem that they need to address. They write about this “problem” in the opening passages of their study and, in effect, give you as a reader the rationale for why the study is important and why you need to read their study. ©2011 Nader Ale Ebrahim Reference: Creswell, J. W. (2012). Educational research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research (4th ed. ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc. The literature review process Source: © Mark Saunders, Philip Lewis, Adrian Thornhill and Martin Jenkins 2003 Research methods for business students / Mark Saunders, Philip Lewis, Adrian Thornhill. —5th ed. 2Start Thesis Writing From a Day After Registration • Write down a tentative thesis title, even if your thesis is murky in your mind. • Write down a first cut at your thesis abstract, even if you have not done the work yet! • Example • Write a journal/conference paper while you are writing the thesis. Guideline to Write a PhD Thesis ©2012 By: Nader Ale Ebrahim Source: Priya Narasimhan, (2006), How To Write a Good (no, Great) PhD Dissertation 3Writing a Thesis Plan • Write down the road-map of your thesis today – What is the ideal thesis that you would wish for? – What results would it contain? – How would you evolve the story from start to finish? • Write each Chapter of the thesis deliverable items • Write a checklist for each Chapter Example 1 Example 2 (Thesis Checklist) Guideline to Write a PhD Thesis ©2012 By: Nader Ale Ebrahim Source: Priya Narasimhan, (2006), How To Write a Good (no, Great) PhD Dissertation 4Ask your supervisors: What are their expectations? Ask your supervisors for continuous feedback – Your advisor is your biggest champion, your biggest promoter – This person wants to see you succeed and will rave about you and your work enthusiastically to everyone – Discuss your thesis layout, problem definition, goals of the month, etc. – For sticky issues, your advisor will find you the right “connections” to fill in the gaps in your thesis Keep good relationship with your advisor (even after you graduate). Find a proper Table Of Content (TOC) according to your supervisor expectation. If you could not find it, follow the following slide structure: Guideline to Write a PhD Thesis ©2012 By: Nader Ale Ebrahim Source: Priya Narasimhan, (2006), How To Write a Good (no, Great) PhD Dissertation Source: Useful Things to Know About Ph. D. Thesis Research, by: H.T. Kung , Harvard University |
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