How to write a better thesis / David Evans, Paul Gruba, Justin Zobel.

This edition originally published: Melbourne, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158) and index.

4. Making a Strong Start -- Creating a Structure -- Initial Efforts -- Writing up at the End -- Starting, and Starting Again -- The Creative Process -- Writing an Individual Chapter -- Literature -- Styles of Working -- Working with Your Supervisor -- Summary of Chapter 4: Making a Strong Start -- 5. The Introductory Chapter -- Establishing a Context -- Stating the Problem, Motivating the Study -- Aim and Scope of the Study -- Significance of the Study -- Overview of the Study -- Research Questions and Hypotheses -- Revising the Aim, Aligning the Conclusion -- Summary of Chapter 5: The Introductory Chapter -- 6. Background Chapters -- Developing Critical Thinking -- Establishing Context -- The 95% Syndrome -- Understanding Current Theory, Discoveries, and Debates -- Understanding Current Practices and Technologies -- Preliminary Investigations -- Revising -- Summary of Chapter 6: Background Chapters

7. Establishing Your Contribution -- Kinds of Contribution -- Observation or Innovation? -- Study or Case Study? -- Method -- `Research Methods' -- Argument -- Organization -- Summary of Chapter 7: Establishing Your Contribution -- 8. Outcomes and Results -- Quantitative or Qualitative Data? -- From Data to Results -- What `the Data' Is Comprised of -- Presentation -- Analysis -- Reasoning From Data -- Quantitative or Qualitative, Revisited -- Reflection -- Illustrations -- Summary of Chapter 8: Outcomes and Results -- 9. The Discussion or Interpretation -- The Task of the Chapter -- Structuring the Discussion -- Remembering Your Aim and Scope -- Writing with Authority -- Summary of Chapter 9: The Discussion or Interpretation -- 10. The Conclusion -- Summary of Chapter 10: The Conclusion -- 11. Before You Submit -- From First to Second Draft

Structural Editing -- The Main Text -- Dotting the `I's and Crossing the `T's -- Preliminary Pages -- Title Page -- Abstract -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Declaration -- The Main Text -- Aim and Scope -- Background -- Design of Your Own Work -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Format -- Figures and Tables -- Any Figure or Table -- Graphs (or Charts) -- Tables -- Notes and References -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Summary of Chapter 11: Before You Submit -- 12. Beyond the Thesis -- Disseminating Your Research -- Kinds of Dissemination -- Dissemination Plans -- Joint Authorship -- Seminar and Conference Presentations -- Being a Graduate Student -- Effective Research -- The Arc of a Research Degree -- Summary of Chapter 12: Beyond the Thesis.