Questions tagged [thesis]
Questions related to initiation, preparation, editing and presentation of a research thesis. A Thesis is a long research report including personal research conclusions and outputs. A Thesis must include personal research and the proper citations from other publications in the research topic.
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PhD in Biblical Archaeology [duplicate]
What is the appropriate way to ask experts in the field of Biblical Archaeology in Europe about the best topics for doctoral research in this field?
Thank you for your help.
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Ideas or topics for a PhD in Biblical Archaeology [closed]
I would like to ask what worthwhile topics can be studied in Biblical Archaeology for a PhD in Europe, please.
I have a bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Theology, and I am now finishing a PhD in ...
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Best survey tools for an on-line study [closed]
I am conducting an on-line study and was wondering what the best recruitment tools are available?
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An article containing a copyrighted figure should be embedded in a stapler thesis: How to fill in RightsLink form?
I wrote an Elsevier article (open-access, CC-BY 4.0) that contains a third party figure from a Springer subscription book. At the time, I obtained a license for re-using the Springer figure in a ...
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How to find the Ph.D. thesis of Sir Roger Penrose? [duplicate]
I am currently writing my Ph.D. thesis. I like to take inspiration from the writing of people I have admired my whole student life. The idea is to take inspiration from how people wrote many ...
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How do I lower the similarity index percentage in iThenticate?
I have run into a situation where a "plagiarism detection software" (I believe the one being used is called iThenticate) is showing 31 % similarity index for my document. In the list at the ...
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Help with my bachelor's thesis [closed]
My bachelor's thesis is a research one. I am solving a specific problem using my ideas, combined with an existing approach, method, and the results are original. My supervisor doesn't know what to say ...
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Redacting third-party figure in journal article before including in thesis?
I have included a third-party figure (from a Springer subscription book) in an open-access Elsevier article (CC-BY 4.0 license). At the time, I obtained permission via RightsLink and included the ...
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What to do if you disagree with a juror during master's thesis defense?
I attended a master's dissertation defense and I was wondering what one might do in a situation like this.
Juror: What do you mean by the phrase “previous work” in your thesis text? Is it your ...
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Statement of Contribution in Dissertation
I'm currently writing my PhD dissertation and I need to fill out the statement of declaration page. This page declares my contribution to my published papers, which are coauthored with my supervisor ...
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Publishing parts of my thesis under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License in journals
I am about to electronically "publish" my PhD thesis under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Some chapters will eventually be published in journals, and I am wondering if that type ...
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How can I help a PhD student who's dead-set on keeping methodologically wrong results?
I am helping a STEM PhD student with a statistical approach they developed for a key thesis chapter. Unfortunately, the approach is fundamentally flawed and makes no statistical sense. (I'm a ...
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How to prepare to talk with my advisor about concluding our relationship before the defense?
I'm in the last semester of my PhD program and trying to pull together my dissertation, which has not been going well for the past 2 years.
I shoulder most of the responsibility for this situation, ...
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What section of PhD thesis should my standpoint be in? [closed]
My research is at the intersection of technology and autism (but it's mostly technology focused). I'm approaching things from a particular standpoint of autism (i.e. neuroafirmative, neurocosmopolitan,...
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What should I do with my 60 page undergraduate thesis?
I recently finished my undergraduate thesis in philosophy. It came out to about 60 pages/16,000 words. Now that I'm done, I'm wondering what I should do with it - if I should send it somewhere for ...