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Institution wide style guides for theses - rationale and context
Under this answer here on Academia StackExchange, Xander Henderson and I observed that there seems to be a large difference between the United States and, for instance, Germany regarding how specific ...
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How many related concepts should I try to fit into a research article?
When writing a journal article, I've noticed I have a habit of name-dropping concepts that are related to my argument. This has the benefit of increasing the links between my paper and other research, ...
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Does a problem statement chapter contributes / addressing a research question by establishing a deeper problem understanding?
Considering a PhD thesis that use a problem statement chapter in the middle of the thesis. The reason for the chapter is that the required background information is only, fully available at this point....
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Is the use of we / us (in the sense of the reader and writer exploring the topic) accepted in a PhD thesis or bad style? [duplicate]
Before, referring just to some other question that sounds likely to be the same, e.g., about can I write: "I/We have developed X?", what I am asking about is: "Let us (you the reader ...
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Convention on embedding three pairs of items in a single sentence using parentheses
I am writing in a description of three items in a thesis on Particle Physics, and I can do it in one line in theory. If there were just two items, e.g. A and B, which produce results C and D, I could ...
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How correctly write ordinal numbers in a scientific thesis?
I'm wrtiting my Master of Science thesis in Aerospace Engineering and I've a doubt about wrtiting of ordinal numbers?
Let' us consider the following alternatives:$i$th, $i$-th.
What is the correct ...
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What level of audience should one aim for in the introduction of a STEM thesis?
I am writing my STEM thesis, 90% percent of which is about mathematical modeling. However, I am unsure at what level I should write for the introduction.
Should I write it so it is accessible for ...
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Where to put proofs in a thesis?
When writing mathematically oriented thesis, e.g., math, cs, engineering, I am wondering where would be the most appropriate place to put your proofs.
There are several ideas:
put them right after ...
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What is a Good Alternative to the Word "Novel" in Engineering Publications?
When writing papers for engineering conferences and journals, it is important to highlight how one's work is novel/new.
I often find myself repeating the word "novel" is sentences such as:
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Explaining an observation in thesis having no reasoning
During my machine learning master thesis, I came across some observation which increased accuracy of my result. For the observation, I am unable to find the theoretical justification. How to approach ...
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How do I justify studying an effect found in an underdeveloped country when it has been found and studied in developed countries? [closed]
I am finding it challenging to motivate my chapter, in particular, why I have to study for a behavioral effect that influences prices in a underdeveloped country, when it has been reported in other ...
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Suitable citation style for dealing with many de-identified sources, interviews and personal correspondence?
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I am writing a paper analysing various organisations that I need to de-identify.
For my analysis I need to cite three types of sources:
Publicly available published works that identify ...
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Is my Major Professor Counted as a Co-Author?
According to the APA style manual, the editorial "we" is used to refer to the author and co-authors but should not be used if there is a single author. However, in writing my mathematics ...
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Cite or reformulate perfectly formulated sentences?
I'm just writing my bachelors thesis and I need to reference to a book for an in-depth derivation of something.
The concluding sentence in this work is just perfectly formulated, there is no way of ...
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Should I include a synonym in parenthesis in abstract of a PhD thesis? [closed]
Should I include in parentheses a synonym I will use in the main text already in the abstract?
Example:
The atomistic scale (micro-scale) shall be considered ...
The atomistic scale shall be ...
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