Research Methodology (Lecture 21)Writing Your Dissertation/Thesis [Part 2]

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What Next?

You have a good thesis message
What to do next?
Write the table of contents
Logical structure of your thesis

Table of Contents

Introduction
Thesis message
State of the Art
Critical Appreciation
Theoretical or algorithmic developments
Results and Analysis/Comparison
Conclusions
List contributions
Future research directions

What Next?

You have a good thesis message
And the table of contents
What to do next?
Make a time table with targets to meet

Time Table

How long the thesis will take?
Depends on a number of factors
How much you have written as papers
…
Could take up to
Minimum – 2 months
Maximum – Infinity
Median – 6 months

What Next?

You have a good thesis message
And a table of contents with time table
What to do next?
Work to your time table

Writing each Chapter

Don’t start with the Introduction or Conclusion
Start where you feel happiest
Typically a middle chapter
Write outwards
Finally Conclusions and end with the Introduction
Write everything with your thesis message in mind
You’ll discover gaps/holes in your research
Theorems you haven’t proved
Experiments you didn’t run
Different parameters
Mix writing with more research

Rule of Three

Within each chapter, repeat yourself 3 times
Intro. We will show ..
Body. Show them ..
Concl. We have shown ..
Within thesis, repeat your contributions 3 times
Intro chapter
Main chapters
Conclusion chapter
But don’t bore reader
E.g. in introduction be brief, in conclusions be broader

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