How to Write Your Thesis

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1、HowtoWriteYourThesisI.ThesisstructureII.CrosscuttingIssuesIII.EditingYourThesisTitlePageWhatWeAreLookingForCopyEditingAbstractPlanningAheadforYourThesisContentEditingTableofContentsWritingforanAudienceAvoidingAmbiguityListofFiguresSkimmingvs.ReadingThesisLengthListofTables

2、OrderofWritingWritingforanInternationalAudienceIntroductionFiguresandTablesMethodsTyingtheTexttotheDataResultsGivingCreditDiscussionFinalThesisConclusionsResourcesRecommendationsAcknowledgmentsReferencesAppendicesI.ThesisstructureTitlePageTitle(includingsubtitle),author,in

3、stitution,department,dateofdelivery,researchmentor,mentor'sinstitutionAbstract·Agoodabstractexplainsinonelinewhythepaperisimportant.Itthengoesontogiveasummaryofyourmajorresults,preferablycouchedinnumberswitherrorlimits.Thefinalsentencesexplainthemajorimplicationsofyourwork

4、.Agoodabstractisconcise,readable,andquantitative.·Lengthshouldbe~1-2paragraphs,approx.400words.·Absrtractsgenerallydonothavecitations.·Informationintitleshouldnotberepeated.·Beexplicit.·Usenumberswhereappropriate.·Answerstothesequestionsshouldbefoundintheabstract:1.Whatdid

5、youdo?2.Whydidyoudoit?Whatquestionwereyoutryingtoanswer?3.Howdidyoudoit?Statemethods.4.Whatdidyoulearn?Statemajorresults.5.Whydoesitmatter?Pointoutatleastonesignificantimplication.TableofContents·listallheadingsandsubheadingswithpagenumbers·indentsubheadings·itwilllooksome

6、thinglikethis:Page#ListofFiguresxxxListofTablesIntroductionsubheads...?Methodssubheads...?Resultssubheads...?Discussionsubheads...?ConclusionRecommendationsAcknowledgmentsReferencesAppendicesListofFiguresListpagenumbersofallfigures.Thelistshouldincludeashorttitleforeachfig

7、urebutnotthewholecaption.ListofTablesListpagenumbersofalltables.Thelistshouldincludeashorttitleforeachtablebutnotthewholecaption.IntroductionYoucan'twriteagoodintroductionuntilyouknowwhatthebodyofthepapersays.Considerwritingtheintroductorysection(s)afteryouhavecompletedthe

8、restofthepaper,ratherthanbefore.Besuretoincludeahookatthebeginningoftheintroduction.Thisi