PARTS OF THESIS

1. INITIAL PAGES
2. BODY OF THESIS
3. APPENDIX
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 BODY OF THESIS
• It includes Chapterisation
1. Introduction
2. Review of literature
3. Methodology
4. Presentation , analysis and interpretation of data
5. Summary of findings , conclusion and recommendation
6. Bibiliography
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1. Introduction
2. Significance of study
3. Thesis Statement
4. Problem Statement
5. Research Question
6. Hypothesis
7. Aim & Objectives
8. Conceptual Framework
9. Scope and Limitations
10. Definition of terms
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1. Methodology
2. Appropriateness of research design
3. Research Design
4. Population & Sample
5. Research Instruments
6. Validation of procedure
7. Procedure
8. Data gathering procedure
9. Data processing procedure and statistical treatment of data
10. Ethical consideration
11. Data processing & analysis
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What is a Bibliography
• A bibliography is an orderly list of resources on a particular subject
• A bibliography provides the full reference information for all the
sources which you may have consulted in preparing a particular
project
• The purpose of a bibliography is to allow the reader to trace the
sources used
 Standard Citation Styles Used in a
Bibliography
• There are various formats used in the creation of a bibliography such as the American
Psychological Association (APA), Modern Language Association of America (MLA) and Chicago
Manual of Style and Council of Biology Editors (CBE)
• The APA style of referencing is common in the papers written on topics of social sciences; MLA
style is used in field of humanities; and CBE is a popular citation style in the natural sciences
• Examples
• MLA
• For books
• Author. Title of book: Subtitle. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. 0
• Arnold, Francis. Greece. Texas: Steck-Vaughn, 1992. APA
• Author's last name, first initial. (Publication date). Book title. Additional information. City of
publication: Publishing company.
• Allen, T. (1974). Vanishing wildlife of North America. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic
Society.
 Making a Bibliography

• For a Book
• Author(last name first). Title of the book, City: Publisher, Date of
publication
• Example
• Godin, Seth. Purple cow: Transform your business by being Remarkable.
New York: Upper Saddle River, 2002.
• For an Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia Title, Edition Date. Volume Number, "Article Title," page
numbers
• Example
• The Encyclopedia Britannica 1997, Volume 7, "Gorillas," pp 51-55.
• For a magazine
• Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of magazine. Volume number,
(Date): page numbers.
• Example
• Jordan, Jennifer, "Filming on top of the world." Museum of Science
Magazine. Volume 7 (winter 1998) pp-11
• For a Newspaper
• Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of newspaper, city, state of
publication. (date): edition if available, section, page number(s).
• Example
• Powers, Ann, "New Trends" The New York Times,New York, NY(3/1/98),
Atlantic Region, Section 2, p-3.
• World Wide Web
• URL (Uniform Resource Locator or WWW address). author (or item's name,
if mentioned), date.
• Example
• http://www.TheHindu.com.Today's news, August 1, 2012
• Government Publications
• U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation. Healthy
Buildings, Healthy People: A vision for the 21st Century. October 2001.
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/images/indoor_air_pollution.pdf.
• Miscellaneous
• Central Intelligence Agency. Commonwealth Of Independent States-Central
European States. Washington DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2003. Map.
 Chicago Manual of Style

• For a Book
• Author(last name first). Title of the book, City: Publisher, Date of publication Example
• Godin, Seth. Purple cow: Transform your business by being Remarkable. New York: Upper
Saddle River, 2002.
• For an Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia Title, Edition Date. Volume Number, "Article Title," page numbers The
Encyclopedia Britannica 1997, Volume 7, "Gorillas," pp 51-55.
• For a magazine
• Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of magazine. Volume number, (Date): page
numbers.
• Example
• Jordan, Jennifer, "Filming on top of the world." Museum of Science Magazine. Volume 7
(winter 1998) pp-1
 Types of Bibliographies

1)Analytical Bibliography
2)Enumerative (Systematic) Bibliography
3)Bibliographies for Non-book Sources
1)Analytical Bibliography
• Descriptive (Physical) Bibliography
• Historical Bibliography
• Textual Bibliography

2) Enumerative (Systematic) Bibliography

• Serial Bibliography
• Current Bibliography
• Period Bibliography

3)Bibliographies for Non-book Sources

• Discography
• Webography (Webliography) or Internet Bibliography
• Filmography
 REFERENCE

• The detailed description of the document from which you have

obtained your information. Referencing is a way of demonstrating
that you have done that reading.
 Reference Vs. Bibliography

• The terms References and Bibliography are often used same, but
there is a difference in meaning between them.
• References are the items you have read and specifically referred to (or
cited) in your work, and your list of sources at the end of the
assignment will be headed References.
• Bibliography is a list of everything you read -whether or not you
referred specifically to it.
• A bibliography can give a tutor an overview of which authors have
influenced your ideas and arguments even if you do not specifically
refer to them.
 Why do we need reference?

• To acknowledge others works

• To allow others (readers) to find the original sources easily (cited
reference)
• To get recognition & authentication of the work.
• To make the work informative. (Quality)
• To trace the intellectual development of the ideas you present.
 Source of References

• Book
• Journal
• Newspaper / magazine
• Conference paper/proceedings
• Institutional / Government publication
• Electronic sources- Website, CD-ROM, Databases Theses/Reports/
unpublished works etc.
 Some basics

• Work by Three to Five Authors:

• List all the authors the first time you cite the source. (Kernis, Cornell, Sun,
• Berry, & Harlow, 1993)
• In subsequent citations, (Kernis et al., 1993)

• Organization as an Author:
• If the author is an organization or a government agency, According to the
• American Psychological Association (2000),...
• If the organization has a well-known abbreviation
• First citation: (Mothers Against Drunk Driving [MADD], 2000) Second
• citation: (MADD, 2000)
• Two or More Works (Berndt, 2002; Harlow, 1983)
• Authors With the Same Last Name: use first initials (E. Johnson, 2001;
L. Johnson, 1998)
• Personal Communication:
• For interviews, e-mails, and other person-to-person communication,
cite the communicator's name and the date of the communication.
E.g.
• (E. Robbins, personal communication, January 4, 2001).
 Appendix
• Definition :
The appendix is a section that is placed at the end of the thesis and may
contain material such as tables, figures, maps, photographs, raw data,
computer programs, musical examples, interview questions, sample
questionnaires, CDs, and many other types of material.
 HW TO WRITE APPENDIX
• An appendix is considered a chapter equivalent and the appendix title
should be formatted like a chapter title.
• Multiple appendices should be numbered A, B, C, and so on. Each appendix
should be treated as a separate chapter equivalent and will therefore start
on a new page.
• Page numbers used in the appendix must continue from the main text.
• As a best practice, include your IRB approval letter (if applicable) in an
appendix.
• Do not include a curriculum vitae or author's biography in your thesis; the
Graduate College no longer accepts these sections