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Earn doctorate by writing thesis by yourself? [duplicate]
Perhaps this is a ridiculous question, and I couldn't find any previous asker, so forgive me.
Is it possible to earn a doctorates by writing a thesis by yourself and then submitting it to a university?...
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How to manage thesis professor who is wrong
I am a med school student who is writing her master's thesis. I finished compiling my thesis with all the statistical analyses and wrote them as well. My problem is that today, when talking to the ...
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How to cite when modifying a graphic out of an article that is CC-licensed?
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I want to create a graphic in my thesis that is based on a graphic included in a published article. The whole article itself has a creative-commons license. How do I do this correctly? Is ...
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Copyright for a thesis
In my thesis most illustrations are mine but some of them aren't and all the illustrations that aren't mine are used with permission.
However, my college department has a history of plagiarism. What ...
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What should I do when my supervisor wants to correct my thesis in parts instead of all at once?
I submitted my master’s thesis four months ago. And now, my supervisor sent me an email with only 10 pages corrected. She informed me that she will send me the feedback by parts!
I am really concerned ...
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Citing my unpublished master's thesis in the article that builds on top of it
I am writing an article from my master's thesis. It is a polished and much shorter version of it, with equal contents. My master's thesis is unpublished by my university, but available from my GitHub.
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Citing "common knowledge" blogs?
I am a masters student in the process of writing a thesis in computer science.
In particular, there is someone who works in industry who is probably one of, if not the world leading experts in a ...
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Is it ok for a thesis chapter to start with a figure?
Slightly different to the question here which asks is it ok to put a figure in the introduction of a thesis, is it ok to start a thesis chapter with an illustration like a figure or table?
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Does a problem statement chapter contributes / addressing a research question by establishing a deeper problem understanding?
Considering a PhD thesis that use a problem statement chapter in the middle of the thesis. The reason for the chapter is that the required background information is only, fully available at this point....
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Is the use of we / us (in the sense of the reader and writer exploring the topic) accepted in a PhD thesis or bad style? [duplicate]
Before, referring just to some other question that sounds likely to be the same, e.g., about can I write: "I/We have developed X?", what I am asking about is: "Let us (you the reader ...
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Can I keep my PhD thesis chapter intro as is when publishing it as an article if another article was published in the meantime that paraphrases it?
I graduated from my PhD in 2019 and published my thesis online. Just before COVID I submitted an article based on a thesis chapter, but because of life getting in the way I was unable to finish it and ...
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Examples of great PhD Thesis and great PhD Plans to learn from? [closed]
In order to understand if I really want and can pursue a PhD program I would like to see some real PhD Thesis and especially some real PhD plans from real world so I could at least approximately ...
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Choice between article-based and monograph thesis
I am in the fourth year of my PhD studies in General Linguistics at a university in Spain, and I was working on my thesis in the form of monograph, until the beginning of this year when I managed to ...
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I published an article developing and applying a method that I thought new. Someone had developed it before, outside of my applied field
I am writing my PhD thesis now. It comprises, in particular, one published article in a Q1 journal. This is a compilation thesis, and thus articles are pasted directly. For context, we apply machine ...
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How should I paraphrase a paragraph with several primary references?
I have a question about in-text citations. I have read different answers and want to be sure about it: when I paraphrase a text from paper A, I should cite the author; if there is a reference in the ...
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Should I reproduce figures from other publications in my thesis to make it more self-contained?
I am working on a computer science master's thesis wherein I occasionally cite figures and tables from other works. Currently, the way I am doing this is something like
Foo et al. (2021) visualise ...
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I submitted my BSc. Special thesis without page numbers
I didn't notice that the page numbers had somehow been removed from my thesis before submission. I just saw this.
The day before I had included all the correctly formatted page numbers and set up the ...
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Embedded hyperlinks in a thesis or research paper
I am writing a master's thesis in engineering. It is quite literature-heavy, and I'm using Zotero with BibTeX to manage my references. For the most part, I use Zotero's browser extension to create ...
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About Master's Thesis Literature Review - Is this plagiarism?
I am writing my thesis for political science in a Masters programme. I found another thesis that is extremely similar to mine, where I could literally use its literature review.
So, I wanted to ask if ...
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Olaf K. Storaasli Master's/Doctor's Theses, Princeton/Temple University (Schools of Theology) [duplicate]
How can I find a copy of my Dad's Seminary Master's/Doctor's Theses at Princeton/Temple Universities in 1942/1944. His name: Olaf K. Storaasli
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Networking in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: How to Build Professional Relationships and Expand Your Network as a Master's Student?
As a master's student in theoretical and mathematical physics, I've been advised that networking with fellow scientists is crucial for securing a good PhD position and building a successful career in ...
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How is thesis evaluated in pure mathematics for PhD?
I am a Ph.D. student in pure mathematics with a few published works in my field. I would like to know how Ph.D. students are evaluated by the examiners before the defense. What are essential points to ...
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I am a Masters student and my supervisor has been ignoring my email [duplicate]
I have a group project due next month and I have had to deal with a difficult partner. This is for my dissertation and I have spent the academic year working on it mostly alone with some input from my ...
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On the originality of a master thesis: how far does it need to go?
I am in the process of writing a master thesis and I need advice.
I was reading this topic Can master's thesis be simply a description of an original algorithm? and this one On the originality of ...
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JPG vs PNG vs SVG for plots in publication [closed]
I have generated some basic scatter and line plots that I want to embed in my paper. I am using matplotlib, which gives me flexibility over the format exported. I like the SVG approach for its ...
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MSc dissertation - getting a DOI early, allowing its content to change
I'm about to start my MSc dissertation (in the UK), and I'm thinking about doing it in quite an agile/iterative/continuous delivery way - maintaining a written document that is "complete" ...
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Should I tell my advisor about the way she has advised me?
I am approaching the end of my PhD. My relationship with my supervisor has been really complicated: I get on very well with her personally, but in terms of supervision/research it's a struggle. I didn'...
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Somebody plagiarised their master thesis from me – how can I address this?
A few years ago, I discovered that someone (Mr. A) had copied almost the entirety of his master thesis report from a course report I submitted to the same department two years earlier. Mr. A copied my ...
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Can I submit articles in top math journals from my master's thesis (after the defense)?
I am writing my master's thesis and my advisor is taking the total hands-off approach (I am mentioning that because I am still waiting to hear his feedback on the work when he reads it). He wants me ...
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Is it right to ask my advisor to let me prepare my defense talk alone?
I'm a math major and I'm finishing my bachelor thesis. I was lucky enough to find a hardworking and caring advisor to work with.
I'm very grateful with him for his guidance but, during this time, I ...
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Is it by any means premature to put the title of your thesis in resume?
This summer I’ll be graduating with a BSc in Computer Science: would it by any means premature and childish to put now the title of my thesis in a resume under a specific education accomplishment?
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Is my thesis title academically and technically correct starting with the words 'Study the'?
My thesis title is:
Study the phase-shifting behavior in the complex reaction mechanism.
My external examiner suggested changing it to
Study of the phase-shifting ... .
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ABD status and tenure-track positions hiring
If a competitive Ph.D. Candidate who is ABD (All but dissertation) wants to apply to tenure-track positions despite still working on their thesis; how many months do universities usually leave for ...
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Why does a masters thesis need to be 50+ pages? Especially if the same work is published in a <20 page article?
I stumbled across this post:
Is it ethical/legal to publish Master thesis manuscript as a journal paper?
Let me quote the top poster.
However, an MSc thesis is typically 50-100 pages long. A paper is ...
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When writing a review article, is it okay to cite recent preprints?
I am currently writing a review paper (for the first time) on an emerging topic, and the problem is that almost all the sources that I found regarding this topic are preprints on arxiv.
I wanted to ...
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MSc thesis written jointly by two students
Have you encountered such a thing? A thesis submitted jointly by two people? Is that allowed anywhere?
I didn't realize it was even remotely possible until I looked up the MSc thesis of one Benjamin ...
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What advice would you give someone on writing style for a academic paper (vs. thesis)?
I have already written my master thesis. My professor encouraged me to publish the results in a journal. He said I should orient me on some of the articles published in there.
Nonetheless I am curious ...
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Professor wants master thesis published in journal - impostor syndrome, next steps etc
my professor stated that my thesis has potential to be published in a scientific journal.
I have not come into contact with publishing in journals yet.
He advised me to put my empirical results, which ...
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Accused of plagiarism in my master thesis, which I submitted two years ago. What now? [closed]
I submitted my master thesis two years ago and I got a passing grade. Now I got a call from the university stating that my supervisor has found plagiarism in some pages of the thesis. They told me ...
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How do I get better feedback from my PhD advisor and when I do move on if I can not?
I am a PhD student and the next milestone in my program is my thesis proposal. I need to present what I plan to do for my thesis including specific aims, major contributions, timeline, etc... to my ...
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Authorship disagreement between PhD student and supervisor
I completed my PhD thesis two years ago. My thesis subject was supported as a project by my university scientific research committee. In this project my supervisor was principal investigator and I was ...
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Is it acceptable to reference a talk in a thesis?
Sometimes respected members of a research community may say something interesting and pertinent in a talk, but the nugget of insight might never make it into a peer-reviewed publication. Nevertheless ...
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how to deal with unengaged supervisor MSc thesis?
I am MSc student, data-science, and a senior student - I mean, I invested on a degree in later age of my life with desire to get into research roles.
I was assigned a supervisor for my MSc Thesis who ...
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Naming a Lemma In Math Thesis
In my pure math thesis I have an important lemma and I want to name it. The statement is quite technical so I will omit quite a lot of details.
I want to call this lemma “the adding lemma”. My ...
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How do you decide whether to let a student asking for a (professor-level) advisor to be apart of their senior/junior undergraduate thesis? [closed]
What are your expectations for a student asking for an advisor for a senior/junior undergraduate thesis and what do students need to have to write a approvable junior/senior thesis?
Is there some ...
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My Korean professor and Korean lab members threaten me to give my research to them. Please advise me
I obtained my research degree under rather abusive circumstances from a Korean university. My research work involved a data set from a company. During my studies, I presented my work at a conference ...
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How soon should I begin my introduction for a PhD by publication?
I'm in year 2 of my PhD, and have a fairly good idea of what papers I'm planning to get out of it by year 3. Is it too early to start writing the full introduction to the PhD? Or is it a good idea to ...
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Made a huge mistake in my bachelor's thesis
I recently submitted my thesis and also defended it successfully. But then I found mistakes in the statistical analyses of my research.
When I was doing my bachelor's there was no biostatistics in my ...
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Do I need to sign ex-advisor's PhD dissertation?
This post is an extension of this previous situation that I discussed a few years ago here: Supervisor has said some very disgusting things online, should I pull my name from our paper?
That advisor ...
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APA 7th edition. Page number of direct quote vs referenced in-text citation
I'm stating a direct quote using APA 7th edition standards that is re-quoted by other authors. I have a page number for the quoted statement, but then I have the referenced in-text citations that ...
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