Overview
- A practical guide for the entire process of producing a thesis for the first time
- Written by authors with many years of experience advising students
- Provides grounded advice to students who are new to writing extended original research, either undergraduate or graduate coursework
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Many courses and degrees require that students write a short thesis. This book guides students through their first experience of producing a thesis and undertaking original research. Written by experienced researchers and advisors, the book sets out signposts and tasks to help students to understand what is needed to succeed, including scoping a topic, managing references, interpreting data, and successful completion.
For students, the task of writing a thesis is a transition from structured coursework to becoming a researcher. The book provides advice on:
- What to expect from research and how to work with a supervisor
- Getting organized and approaching the work in a productive way
- Developing an overall thesis structure and avoidance of mistakes such as inadvertent plagiarism
- Producing each major component: a strong introduction, background chapters that are situated in the discipline, and an explanation ofmethods and results that are crucial to successful original research
- How to wrap up a complex project with an extended checklist of the many details needed to be checked before a final submission
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Paul Gruba is Associate Professor in the School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne.
Justin Zobel is Professor in the School of Computing & Information Systems, University of Melbourne.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: How To Write Your First Thesis
Authors: Paul Gruba, Justin Zobel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61854-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61853-1Published: 06 September 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61854-8Published: 24 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 95
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Computer Science, general, Learning & Instruction, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Popular Social Sciences, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary