Tuesday, 2 August 2011

Thesis Format For Ph.D Dissertation

PhD dissertation is the outcome of some extremely efficient research efforts in a refined field at Doctorate level. To summarize, a PhD thesis is a collection of different chapters which aims to increase your thinking and analysing abilities. A diligently researched work, PhD dissertation is the final step for securing a degree in Ph.D.
An original PhD demands immaculate efforts and pure thinking. Conclusions based on logical opinions contribute significantly to write your PhD research paper. Apart from experimental observations, a dissertation needs much focussed and critical concepts. Each and every statement in your PhD dissertation should be supported by relevant arguments. The discussions in a dissertation must be capable of satisfying the most rigid rules of logic applied to science and mathematics.
A PhD dissertation should consist of a physical filling system, i.e., a collection of folders including chapter names and numbers. This will make you feel relaxed and will help in cleaning up the junk material from your desk. Among the valuable research paper related assets contained in your file folders include plots of results, pages of calculations and all sorts of old notes. Apart from these, the folders will also contain references, calibration curves, suppliers’ addresses, specifications, speculations and letters from colleagues. All these things will make your chapters more relevant. Take care to place the hard copy of your written work also in these folders once you complete it.
An ideal PhD dissertation is supposed to follow the below mentioned structure:
1.Abstract
2. Introduction
Set the scene and problem statement. Introduce thesis structure, state contributions. Write the thesis structure in such a way that it clearly epitomizes the theme of the dissertation topic. The entire PhD dissertation will support the thesis statement in one or the other way, so leverage your analysing capabilities with n to introduce the thesis statement of utmost relevance catering to the demands of your PhD dissertation topic.
3. Background
Demonstrate wider appreciation (context). Provide motivation. The fact that how you want your dissertation to be judged depends on the  problem statement and the motivation state- as scientific method, engineering, theory or philosophy.
4. Related Work
Perform survey and critically assess your dissertation work with respect to the already existing research works in the concerned field.
5. Analysis
Analysing situational and circumstantial parameters in this section reveals the    source of research outcome and makes stronger opinion on the research work.
6. Design and implementation
Section explains structural design of research and implementation of different aspects of research and proposed findings.
7. Interpretation of results
Results are defined and elaborated in this section; interpretations are explained with different models. This section affirms the results by proving there authentication with support and arguments.
8. Critical assessment of own work
State research hypothesis and demonstrate precision, efforts, readability, thoroughness, contribution, and comparison with closest rival.
9. Further Work
If any further work or integral section is to be conducted in addition to this paper, details will be given here. This section can be used further to explain the other results related to this research and its parameters.
10. Summary Conclusions
This section restates contributions in a summarized manner.
11. Appendix
This section holds all tables, data record, graphical details, maps, diagraphs and illustration referenced in dissertation.
12. Bibliography
Bibliography or references or Work Cited page explains the references used in the paper with full details. This section may have simple references in required style or may require annotations with each entry. Such bibliography is called ‘annotated bibliography’; this annotation is little description of the reference explained in a summarized manner.

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