Difference between a thesis and a dissertation

Dissertation, thesis, essays and many other such type of academic documents becomes a part of every student or scholars’ ones in their life because  they plays a very important role in debating on a specific question, dilemma or subject matter. These are a part of the study to grasp crucial knowledge about a particular subject. Essay is a very short literary composition which is basically required at school levels only, but thesis and dissertation are comparatively wider and advanced, and are basically required at higher levels. Before all these talks, the basic question is what is a thesis? What is dissertation? What is the difference between these two?

How to write a dissertation?

To start off with, we need an inspiring Title which should be effective enough to give the reading as to what he is getting into.

Though it is most necessary and organizes the full dissertation in a glance, a Table of Contents is the one which is written right at the end preferably with headings and sub-headings to enhance the ease to read thru the sections first which one is desirous to.

Next comes the Abstract which is a general summary of the entire work that highlights the most important issues undertaken in the research and is by far a section that emphasizes the important issues which a dissertation has undertaken, along with the reasons behind its choice. It also tells about the different ways taken for investigating the dissertation. The highs and lows of the research and its invariable conclusion forms an integral part of the dissertation. However, an Abstract section is the part which is written right at the last of the dissertation.

Next on the list comes an effective, somewhat captivating and stimulating Introduction. This section deals with the motivation behind the dissertation which is clearly laid out here, along with research questions, statements, hypotheses and predictions as well as a quick overview of the various sections of the dissertation.

A Literature Review is chiefly the presentation, its evaluation, analysis and feedback based on the extensive date given in the past by scholars and literati on the theoretical structure. It should be theme wise outlined and chronologically organized by topics and publications.

Subsequent to the above section ending, starts the Methodology section. This section outlines the modus operandi applied to the research through the help of research questions, surveys, observations, analysis, specifications, etc. to name a few.

What is plagiarism in an academic paper and how to avoid it?

Plagiarism is a serious offense or an act of fraud where one steals someone else’s ideas or literary work on internet and publishes it as his/her own work. In case of plagiarism you do not give or honor any credit to the original work and is considered a kind of literary theft with serious consequences. If you are using someone else’s thoughts and using the same words like the original writers, then it is considered as an act of Plagiarism. So it is necessary to have original text because if caught in plagiarism it is considered as a crime in cyber world. Copying someone’s original work without citing or referring or giving credit to the original writer goes against the Copyright law and has serious implications too. Thus, it becomes all the more important to write original text in all your articles.

Preparation of Literature Review

An imperfect literature review can literally hamper a dissertation. Since literature reviews are the basic step in investigation, Imperfection leads to many mistakes because unless the investigator has a basic knowledge of the literature, one cannot proceed further in his research (Boote & Beile, 2005).

When assessors start appraising a dissertation they expect it to qualify, but when they come across an imperfect literature review, they are sure that the remainder of the dissertation will eventually be flawed according to Mullins and Kiley, dissertation examiners from Australia in 2002.