How to Write a Better Thesis

9 Chapter 2 Thesis Structure Karen was undertaking a PhD in engineering to investigate whether a new type of plastic was safe to ...

10 2 Thesis Structure Research is unpredictable. In nearly every project I’ve been connected with, the conclusions contained som ...

The ‘Standard’ Thesis Structure 11 Experiment No. 37: as Experiment 36 failed to show the chemical reaction I expected, I next t ...

12 2 Thesis Structure Some of these parts might contain more than one chapter, and the core might be more than half the thesis. ...

The ‘Standard’ Thesis Structure 13 two chapters a presentation of a detailed study of a small number of individuals, looking at ...

14 2 Thesis Structure are ‘finished’ and all that is required is to gather them together—whereas even an experienced writer need ...

Summary of Chapter 2: Thesis Structure 15 Something that all theses have in common is the need for analysis and reflective consi ...

16 2 Thesis Structure Background Chapters Include in these chapters all the material required to lead up to your own work. Ensu ...

17 Chapter 3 Mechanics of Writing Given a structure, the next challenge is to actually begin writing. Strategies for writing are ...

18 3 Mechanics of Writing that even long familiarity with a particular word processor means that you are using it well as a rese ...

Writing Tools 19 Using a style means that, once you have established a pattern, you can easily stick to it and the reader will g ...

20 3 Mechanics of Writing have oddities questioned. However, although the spell-check is good at picking up typographical errors ...

Tables and Figures 21 another, but, if you do make such changes, make sure the sentences with citations still parse correctly. W ...

22 3 Mechanics of Writing I recommend that you find good models and imitate them. Remember too that tables are sometimes copied ...

Document and Version Management 23 longer over the text of a thesis often seem satisfied with throwing together illustra- tions ...

24 3 Mechanics of Writing Frequently save the document you are working on. Most editors have a feature for automatically saving ...

Writing Style 25 with), they weren’t necessarily as up to date as ‘results-valsNotChecked’. He soon lost track of what was where ...

26 3 Mechanics of Writing There is an important point here that many students seem to miss. Writing well is not just about adher ...

Use of the Passive Voice 27 rather than ‘will analyze and apply’); their sentences are long and complicated; they prefer long an ...

28 3 Mechanics of Writing The agricultural reforms have been seen to be successful, which has led to a surge in agri- cultural p ...