Guidelines for dissertation writing

Confused and stuck with your dissertation? Follow a step-wise process.

The foremost step in any research is framing the question. The question or problem chosen should be of interest to the researcher and experimentally feasible. Once the study is completed and results are interpreted, the next step is to start writing the dissertation, following a sequence. It is important to first introduce the topic and convey the rationale of the study where in the topic chosen is justified with appropriate literature evidence like relevance, competence and scalability of the proposed dissertation. The second step is to present a comprehensive literature review comprising a summary of all previous studies that was relevant to the present study. As a third heading, a dissertation should brief the methodology used to perform the study like data collection method and whether the work is quantitative or qualitative, experiments performed, equipments used etc. The findings of the study should be furnished and inferences discussed in the fourth heading as results and discussions. This section will also include the significance and applicability of the dissertation work. Finally a conclusion should include the usefulness of the work and potential for future studies.

Before beginning to write a dissertation it is essential to design an outline of the information to be covered in the write-up and a check list of all topics to be included which will ensure a systematic and error free presentation of your dissertation. Finally, it is important to get your dissertation proofread by an expert for language accuracy and data consistency.