Index 163
M
Main text checklist, 131
Masters degree, 4
converting to doctoral thesis, 4
examiners, 5
full-time research, 5
length, 5
time-frame, 46
Master version of text, 25
Measurement problems, 88
Mentoring, 146, 150
Meta-analysis, 106
Method, 90
appropriateness, 3
checklist, 95
evidence testing hypothesis, 88
justifying choice, 3
literature on, 90
measurement problems, 88
pathways to, 89
triangulation, 90
unjustified assumptions, 101
Methodology
awareness of limitations, 2, 102
clarifying, 73
different from method, 88
grasp of techniques, 2
Methods
different from methodology, 88
Microsoft Word, 18, 21
Minor thesis
examination, 147
working pattern, 148
Misused words, 33
Motivation for study, 72
N
Narrative
central chapters, 14
core of thesis, 14
different from structure, 14
flow of, 16, 95, 128
guidebook role, 14
starting early, 44
with triangulation, 94
Narrative style, 84
Non-standard thesis structures, 15
Non-volatile data storage, 24
Notes
checklist, 134, 145
numbered note, 134
O
Observation-based thesis, 94
OpenOffice, 18
Outcomes see Results, 3
Overview of study, 67, 68P
Papers
co-authored, 36, 136
format, 149
readership, 149
Paragraphs
first after a heading, 19
indenting, 19
overlong, 27
Passive voice, 20, 26–28, 31, 33, 37
Past tense, 30
Pathways (in literature), 52
Perspective (viewpoint)
justifying, 89
method, 89
PhD students see Students, 4
PhD thesis, 4, 21, 78
final phase, 149
number of chapters, 13
series of linked contributions, 83
time frame, 4
word limit, 4
Photographs, 109, 110, 111, 133
Plagiarism, 35, 36, 136
Positioning your work, 94
Powerpoint slides, 52
Preface checklist, 130
Preliminary investigation
reporting, 79
where to include, 69
Preliminary pages checklist, 129, 133
Presentation of data
gathered but not discussed, 18
interpretation of analysis, 18
research guidelines on, 19
summary of all results, 19
Present tense, 30
Previous work in the field, 3
Primary sources, 39, 52, 53, 147
Probationary candidature, 40
Problem statement, 40, 41, 45, 63–65, 71, 122,
131, 143
Procrastination, 55, 59
Progress log, 54
Proofreading, 20