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This book on Thesis Writing for Master’s and Ph.D. program focuses on the difficulties students encounter with regard to choosing a guide; selecting an appropriate research title considering the available resources; conducting research; and ways to overcome the hardships they face while researching, writing and preparing their dissertation for submission. Thesis writing is an essential skill that medical and other postgraduates are expected to learn during their academic career as a mandatory partial requirement in order to receive the Master’s degree. However, at the majority of medical schools, writing a thesis is largely based on self-learning, which adds to the burden on students due to the tremendous amount of time spent learning the writing skills in addition to their exhausting clinical and academic work. Due to the difficulties faced during the early grooming years and lack of adequate guidance, acquiring writing skills continues to be a daunting task for most students.This book addresses these difficulties and deficiencies and provides comprehensive guidance, from selecting the research title to publishing in a scientific journal....
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Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Thesis, Dissertation and Project (Subhash Chandra Parija, Vikram Kate)....Pages 3-10 Objectives of Writing Thesis (Meena A. Pangarkar, Nitin V. Pangarkar, Anand V. Pangarkar)....Pages 11-17 Choosing a Suitable Research Area and Supervisor (Prashant Joshi)....Pages 19-26 Assessing Availability of Facilities, Infrastructure and Resources (Puneet Dhar, Johns Shaji Mathew)....Pages 27-34 Obtaining Support and Grants for Research (William Y. Shi, Julian A. Smith)....Pages 35-43 How to Write a Protocol (Mukta Wyawahare, Raja Kalayarasan, Anahita Kate)....Pages 45-54 Approval of the Institute Review Board, Ethics Committee and Registering with the Clinical Trial Registry (Zile Singh, P. Stalin)....Pages 55-64 Front Matter ....Pages 65-65 Plan and Conduct of Research: Observational and Interventional Study Designs (Vikram Kate, Sathasivam Sureshkumar, Mohsina Subair)....Pages 67-82 Data Management in Clinical Research (Karthik Balachandran, Sadishkumar Kamalanathan)....Pages 83-92 Preparing and Decoding the Master Chart (Meenakshi Girish, Senthil Amudhan)....Pages 93-112 Statistical Analysis: Data Presentation and Statistical Tests (Mahalakshmy Thulasingam, Kariyarath Cheriyath Premarajan)....Pages 113-129 Front Matter ....Pages 131-131 Preparing a Title Page, Abstract and Table of Contents Page (Kiruthika Sivasubramanian, Rajive Mathew Jose, Stuart Enoch)....Pages 133-139 Methods and Materials in a Thesis (Sanjay Gupta)....Pages 141-151 Writing the Review of Literature in a Thesis (A. M. Quraishi)....Pages 153-165 Drawing Observations from Data and Making Conclusions (Rajesh Panwar, Peush Sahni)....Pages 167-174 Preparing Figures and Tables (Sudhir Kumar Jain, Rohit Kaushik)....Pages 175-182 Citations and References with Citation and H-Index (Nisha V. Parmar, Divya Gupta)....Pages 183-195 Front Matter ....Pages 197-197 Editing for Language and Avoiding Ambiguity in Data Presentation (Savio George Barreto)....Pages 199-205 Plagiarism and Copyright, Acknowledgements, Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest (M. K. Ravindran, Balaji Zacharia, Antony Roy)....Pages 207-214 Front Matter ....Pages 215-215 Preparing Manuscript from Thesis Material and Selecting Journals for Submission (Vikram Kate, Sathasivam Sureshkumar, Akhila Kavirayani)....Pages 217-229 Presenting Thesis in Conferences: Oral and Poster Presentation (Santhosh John Abraham)....Pages 231-238 Front Matter ....Pages 239-239 Writing Thesis for Speciality Courses in Medicine (Vikram Kate, Nina V. Kate, Mohsina Subair)....Pages 241-251 Writing Thesis for Sub-speciality Courses in Medicine (Lalgudi N. Dorairajan, Ketan Mehra, Ramanitharan Manikandan)....Pages 253-261 Dissertation Writing for Master of Science Course (Subhash Chandra Parija, Noyal Mariya Joseph, Madhuri Parija)....Pages 263-272 Writing Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy Course (Jharna Mandal, Subhash Chandra Parija, Ajay Haldar)....Pages 273-282 Front Matter ....Pages 283-283 Statistical Packages for Data Analysis (N. Sreekumaran Nair, K. T. Harichandrakumar, N. Ravishankar)....Pages 285-294 English Language and Other Software Used in Thesis (Ashutosh Mukherji)....Pages 295-303 Plagiarism Software (C. Adithan, A. Surendiran)....Pages 305-317
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Writing and submitting one's thesis is a major part of any graduate program. An ideal graduate program is designed to stimulate and advance the student's scientific
beyond the Masters degree. A dissertation is a piece of original research, undertaken as a part of a program of study. In German and US universities, research training courses were introduced to prepare their students for undertaking research and the writing up of the research findings in the form of an extended report,
This book on Thesis Writing for Master's and Ph.D. program focuses on the difficulties students encounter with regard to choosing a guide; selecting an appropriate research title considering the available resources; conducting research; and ways to overcome the hardships they face while researching, writing and preparing their dissertation for submission.
Writing. 9. Each thesis or dissertation is unique but all share several common elements. The following is not an exact guide but rather a general outline. Chapter 1: Purpose and Significance of the Study. In the first chapter, clearly state what the purpose of the study is and explain the study's significance.
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Vikram Kate, Thesis Writing for Master's and Ph.D. Program, thesis. 10. Thesis Writing for Master's and Ph.D. Program, ...
The master's thesis provides the opportunity for students to acquire first-hand experience in research methods under competent direction. Writing a thesis is equivalent to six hours of credit, and must be indicated as such in the program of study. The thesis or any excerpts from it may not be published in any form in books, periodicals,
A Master's dissertation and/or Doctoral thesis has to comply with a specific and a set lay out of introductory or preliminary pages. The sequence of these so-called
What Is a Master's Thesis? For the purposes of this book, I only address the master's thesis option. The . master's thesis. is an empirically based research study that is an origi-nal piece of work by the graduate student. An . empirically based. research study is based on data that are produced by experiment or observation (rather than ...
The thesis is considered the major component of the thesis-based Master's and of all Ph.D. degree programs. Graduate theses are required of candidates for both of these advanced degrees as evidence of competence in research. The foremost requirement of a thesis is that it be a significant contribution to knowledge.
Thesis Writing for Master's and Ph.D. Program (Springerlink) Chapter 25: Writing Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy Course December 2018 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0890
Graduate School website . Hot link. Download the Graduate School . Word template. for ETDs. Best practices. The research and writing in your thesis or dissertation must be your own, but to assist you with formatting, extensive typing or transcription, editing, and proofreading, you may legitimately engage assistance — professional or ...
Graduate programs in the US (the UK is different in this regard) have a common structure. • Students complete several years of course work—usually two or three. • Students pass some sort of qualifying exam in order to be admitted to the thesis stage, usually at the end of course work, i.e., the end of year 2 or 3.
minimum of ten days for all members of the thesis committee to review the thesis. Step 1: Prepare the content of your presentation. The content of your presentation is the mirror of your thesis ...
Description. This book on Thesis Writing for Master's and Ph.D. program focuses on the difficulties students encounter with regard to choosing a guide; selecting an appropriate research title considering the available resources; conducting research; and ways to overcome the hardships they face while researching, writing and preparing their dissertation for submission.
This book on Thesis Writing for Master's and Ph.D. program focuses on the difficulties students encounter with regard to choosing a guide; selecting an appropriate research title considering the available resources; conducting research; and ways to overcome the hardships they face while researching, writing and preparing their dissertation for submission.
A Thesis Proposal is a document that sets forth what is to be studied as a thesis project, why and in what way. It contains a number of important sections. The purpose of the proposal is to communicate the plan for the work to the faculty of the Division of Emerging Media Studies via the First Reader (principal thesis advisor) and a Second Reader.
Prize-Winning Thesis and Dissertation Examples. Published on September 9, 2022 by Tegan George.Revised on July 18, 2023. It can be difficult to know where to start when writing your thesis or dissertation.One way to come up with some ideas or maybe even combat writer's block is to check out previous work done by other students on a similar thesis or dissertation topic to yours.
2. The Thesis/Dissertation adviser shall be the chairperson of the Advisory Panel. The adviser for a masteral thesis must preferably be a Ph.D or doctorate degree holder. and must have written a masteral thesis and/or a doctoral dissertation. A holder of a non-thesis master's or doctoral degree cannot be a thesis/dissertation adviser.
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Bair, Mary A. Ph.D. and Mader, Cynthia E. Ph.D., Academic Writing at the Graduate Level: Improving the Curriculum through Faculty Collaboration, Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 10(1), 2013. Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW ...
When writing a thesis, it is customary to mention the name and place of the institution where the research was conducted. However, when writing for a journal, the guidelines prescribed by the journal need to be followed. Some journals discourage naming the institution in this section , though this policy is debatable. Identifying the place of ...
Introduction to Thesis Writing 2. Choosing a Topic and Developing a Thesis Statement 3. Conducting Literature Review 4. Methodology and Data Collection 5. Writing the Introduction and Background of Your Thesis 6. Presenting Your Findings and Analysis 7. Writing the Discussion and Conclusion of Your Thesis 8. Formatting and Structuring Your ...
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The main reasons and advantages of doing a dissertation, thesis and research projects is outlined below. Academic Requirement. In most institutes and universities, dissertation and thesis is a part of the curriculum and a mandatory requirement for the award of postgraduate or doctoral degree [].For the faculty, a research project is a mandatory requirement for assessment based promotion in may ...