Questions tagged [thesis]
Questions related to initiation, preparation, editing and presentation of a research thesis. A Thesis is a long research report including personal research conclusions and outputs. A Thesis must include personal research and the proper citations from other publications in the research topic.
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Usage of a TV show transcript in my Thesis is under fair use exception?
Can I use the data of Friends TV show transcript in my thesis for analysis and publish my paper/findings. Does the usage of TV show transcript data for analysis and construction of new script based on ...
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Can you cite other master's theses when writing your own?
I am completing a master's by research (in Humanities), and thus shall be writing a thesis with no class work. I am using both a mixture of primary and secondary source but one item that has me a bit ...
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How to deal with grammatically incorrect suggestions from my advisor on master's thesis?
I'm writing my thesis in English. English is neither my or my advisor's mother tongue. I'm now doing some corrections that were suggested. Some of them refer to the content of my thesis and some of ...
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Does it matter that your dissertation has been submitted when you apply to a postdoc position?
I'm finishing my fourth year of a Ph.D. in mathematics. I have enough for a dissertation, and by the end of the summer, I will probably have enough for a very nice dissertation. And I plan to finish ...
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How do undergraduate theses affect master's application?
I am an undergraduate student and have a plan to apply to a master's program.
I am about to start to work on my graduation thesis for graduation at my university.
Question: How does my graduation ...
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Possible to defend myself from plagiarism in draft thesis?
I recently submitted my latest draft thesis to my advisor. I had been having problems with my advisor because I had found him unhelpful, he would not make it easy for me to ask him questions as he ...
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Is it ok for an applied mathematician to research a topic that she has personal experience with?
Would this idea be too sensitive / too much information / generally a bad idea?
For example, I have a friend who is doing her computational biology PhD at a strong U.S. program, and her main research ...
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Use of theses after their completion
Can a student expect their completed thesis – undergraduate or master’s – to be used by the supervisor once in a while after its completion? Or are they mostly just stored on some thesis shelf?
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Can Design & Implementation sections be combined in a project report?
I'm writing a postrgraduate project report on a system I've built. It is not designed with the user in mind, it is a backend system to a simple web application.
I'm struggling to separate the Design ...
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How do I properly cite my own course project in my master's thesis?
I am writing up my MSc thesis right now, and I am including some material that I developed as part of one of my course projects (done during the MSc as well).
How do I cite that? It technically wasn'...
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Is there a way to ethically hire somebody to write "rough drafts"/"extended outlines" for your PhD dissertation?
My girlfriend (let's call her Rose), who is a graduate student, got approached by a person of influence in Rose's industry (call her Elizabeth) who is currently working towards her PhD. Elizabeth ...
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Are the words "I, we, us, his, her, he, she" all prohibited in thesis writing? [duplicate]
I am writing my masters thesis. My instructor told me not to use "I, we, us, his, her, he, she" in the thesis anywhere. Are all these words prohibited in thesis writing?
I am writing my thesis ...
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How should I refer to my master's thesis in its text? A paper?
Occasionally I need to refer to my master's thesis itself in its text, e.g. in the sentence "These rules are sufficient to compute any differential in this ____".
I was wondering which of the ...
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Length of a master's thesis and its literature review?
I am pretty confident that I will be getting answers pointing out that this is something too specific and should/will be decided by my university and that a general answer does not exist. But anyway, ...
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Using pictures of 16th–18th century paintings in PhD dissertation?
Can someone please help me get an insight into the use of images, specifically paintings from the 16th to 18th century that reside in churches, museums, etc., and how can one use them in a PhD ...
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Abbreviation usage in PhD Thesis
What is the best way of using abbreviations? Can I use them frequently or rarely?
For example, I use "Expectation Maximization" 4 times in first 3 sections, but I have to use it 10 times in section ...
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Research adviser is trying to give my thesis to another student. What to do?
Going to sound dramatic, but something just isn't right about my research adviser who is trying to give my research to another student. I don't know the student at all, but they are attempting to ...
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Is it correct protocol to thank your committee members in a PhD dissertation?
My question is: I would like to thank the committee members of my PhD dissertation explicitly thanking them for their time and effort and writing down their names Prof. Name1, Prof. Name2, etc...
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To apply to PhD eventually, how important is it to do an MS program with thesis if I have strong undergrad research experience?
I want to apply to PhD in chemical engineering in the US.
I have had three papers as undergrad (one first author), but my undergrad GPA was rather poor, at around 3.2. GRE scores were all over 90 ...
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Master thesis grade
I am not happy with my master thesis grade. I wrote down my master thesis in a company. I had three supervisors in this 6 month period, two of them from university and one of them from the company. I ...
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Doing a thesis as an RA/ Lab Coordinator? (Cognitive Neuroscience)
I'm in a neuro masters program where you can do your thesis at any lab (in the world), as long as you can demonstrate that it is related to biological neuroscience. I was in a lab for a year and due ...
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The structure of a multiple-study proposal/thesis/manuscript?
I'm going to write a proposal for my PhD thesis. I'm familiar with the outline of a proposal or thesis, but my thesis will involve two quite separate studies (like multiple-study articles). I want to ...
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Why do others have these highly specialised research topics and I don't?
I have some time now to think about what I want to write for my dissertation, but I just don’t know how to find an appropriate topic. I like what I do and I could do a lot.
Some people seem to have ...
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Citation and reference to a figure: which comes first?
This may be a bit of hair-splitting, but maybe there is a proper way to do this: In my thesis I present an external application. I want to give a literature reference to the application and a ...
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Parents attending thesis defense?
My wife is defending her thesis soon, and in her department, defenses are open to the public. I will be there along with several of her friends/colleagues. Her mom also wants to come to the defense. ...
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Discussing Related Work: Use of the phrase 'the authors'
I just got feedback on my thesis. When discussing related work, I tend to often use the phrase the authors do this and that.
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In [1] a system is described which approaches problem x by ...
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What is expected in a masters thesis of a mathematics student?
What is the level of work expected in the masters thesis of a student of maths?
I know some people's works are worthy of publications while some involve only studying some topic in detail from a book ...
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Getting stuck in a rut while writing a thesis [duplicate]
I'm to write my MSc thesis soon, and am a bit worried that I will get stuck in a rut. By that I mean that I will have very little variety in my daily (work) life, and that it will not only be ...
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How to talk to PI about dropping out of graduate school?
There are a lot of threads about whether people should drop out of grad school, or PIs forcing students to leave. My situation is a little different, some people might call this ungrateful, but I want ...
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Acknowledgements on a Masters thesis [duplicate]
Is it wrong or looked upon to acknowledge God on Master's thesis paper?
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Can my supervisor prevent me from publishing by affecting reviewers opinion?
Lately, and after long time of work in my PhD, I was able to get a result that is brand new, very strong and important. My supervisor though seems jealous and wants me not to publish before finishing ...
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Do published papers have to contain original work? [duplicate]
Can I turn my MSc thesis into a paper and can the paper get published if it does not have original work?
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How much feedback to give for an undergraduate / master's thesis?
I'm a post-doc who has been the primary supervisor for two master's students this year (computer science, UK). Their theses are due in soon, and I have asked for a draft beforehand so that I can give ...
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I am really interested in doing phd, need help for title/topic, please help me [closed]
Me having master in communication engineering and degree in computer science, i am really interested in persuing phd to follow my father footstep.
I am interested in:
1) networking
2) image ...
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Are there major obstacles to completing a thesis Masters program if I'm not funded/working in a lab?
I will be entering an MS program in engineering this fall. I was not offered any assistantships or fellowships/funding. I was accepted to other graduate programs with some funding but chose to go to ...
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How would one fail a master thesis defense?
So I have to defend my master thesis in computer science in two weeks. It's in Germany and the thesis is 30 credits. I'm wondering what could make someone fail his defense? In my thesis I mainly ...
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How to collect data for dissertation if the work wasn't published
I'm starting my dissertation in which I'm creating a mobile application for public use.
My problem is I need evidences to support my hypothesis and I was informed
that I will only be allowed to ...
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how to inscribe the phd book when handing in it to the advisor [closed]
I'm going to hand in a copy of my phd book to my supervisor.
I think normally people write a small note by hand on the first page to somehow acknowledge their advisor (even though he has been already ...
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Pose lots of unanswered questions in a PhD thesis chapter?
I am just finishing my computer science PhD. It has five research chapters. The first four pose many research questions and answers all of them; they are complete in this sense.
The fifth chapter ...
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Thesis proposal near thesis defence
I'm a PhD student in computer science. In my university, the PhD process is divided in the following steps:
Qualification exam
Research proposal exam: presentation of chosen topics and methodology ...
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How should a thesis be structured in this situation?
My project is generally combining many of the existing techniques into a pipeline with minor modifications in computer science. And this thesis is expected to be my degree thesis, not a journal/...
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Should the incentive of research be discussed in the literature survey?
As a postgraduate engineering student, I'm doing a thesis project on a technical system that encourages people to exercise. Now I need to write a literature survey for it. As I never wrote literature ...
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Dropping "acknowledgement section" in thesis [duplicate]
I've finished my Bachelor thesis, and it's been a fairly independent work since it was a very niche topic that I didn't really have anybody to talk with about other than my advisor. I also don't want ...
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What to do if I cannot complete my Masters dissertation tasks?
I am doing my masters in the UK and at final stage of my dissertation. First I will have to confess that I regret that I selected this dissertation as it is something which I failed to get a clear ...
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Page references for "far away" figures, equations, tables, etc
I am currently writing my master's thesis, which contains a lot of equations and figures referred to in the text of the report. I use Latex for my writing thus making it easy to refer to the figure/...
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Amount of pseudo code in the thesis body
I'm writing my undergraduate thesis (~25 pages) on a computer program I've developed. Naturally, I'm expected to explain what the program does and how it is implemented. However, the algorithm is ...
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Is it common for supervisors to approach their student and ask to work on publishing the student's masters thesis?
My supervisor emailed me asking if he can work on trying to publish my masters thesis, with me being the first author. I have said yes, is it common for supervisors to approach students asking to ...
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What percentage of PhD theses are rejected nowadays?
What percentage of PhD theses (e.g., physics ones) are rejected nowadays? And why?
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What is the Measure of an "Incomplete" Undergraduate Thesis?
My undergraduate thesis was not what I would consider a complete product. I did due diligence in the background and theory of the topic, but while I have attained results, my output of validated ...
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Abstract, Preamble, Acknowledgements and Introduction all in Thesis, how to order them?
This might be a bit of a complex situation (to explain), so bear with me:
For my Bachelor degree, I am currently carrying out a nature management project. A nature management project normally ...
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