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Anatomy of a Doctoral Thesis
Front matter, body, back matter - what actually appears in an examined thesis, in what order, based on the full contents pages of real doctoral work rather than a template.
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thesis structure
Every page in the KEVOS library tagged thesis structure. 4 pages.
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Appendices and Research Instruments
From 140 pages of raw field data to a quarter of a thesis given over to questionnaires - what belongs in an appendix, and the replication test that decides it.
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The Thesis Pro-Forma
Seven of eight examined works carry the same eight headings in the same order - the evidence that it is a template, where it breaks, and what it cannot accommodate.
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Where Research Questions and Hypotheses Live
Only one of five examined works uses hypotheses. Where the others put their questions, aims and purpose statements - and the restate-and-adjudicate pattern worth copying.
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