GENERAL FORMAT FOR WRITING DISSERTATION
GENERAL FORMAT FOR WRITING DISSERTATION
Dr. D. Dutta Roy, PH.D.
Psychology Research Unit
Indian Statistical Institute
203, B.T. Road
Kolkata- 700 108
General comment:
Your dissertation should not exceed 10,000 word limits. But, follow your professor’s instructions.
• Dissertation should include 6 sections
• State the purpose of the each chapter before writing it.
• At the end of each chapter, write your comments that show if the purpose had been achieved or not?
1. TITLE PAGE:
a. Title: It is brief and related to basic problems of dissertation. It should be different from others
b. By author: Author’s name
c. Research supervisor’s name
d. University emblem
e. Name and address of the university
f. Foot note: A dissertation submitted for the post graduate diploma in Performing Art Therapy to Performing Art Therapy Center, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
g. Date of submission : January, 2010
2. CONTENTS
a. Topics: Title of each chapter and subheadings with page no
b. Tables: Caption of table and page no
c. Figures: Caption of Figures and page no
3. PREFACE: Introduce very briefly the objectives of study, methods followed, results obtained and organization of chapters.
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Acknowledge assistance from various sources.
5. INTRODUCTION
a. Introduce problem: idea formulation, Importance of ideas, to study
b. Objectives : It comprises questions that will be answered in the dissertation. There will be justification in setting objectives. A literature survey would help seeking the useful questions that can be used as objectives.
c. Hypothetical models: Any cause effect models
d. Operational definitions of technical terms
6. LITERATURE REVIEW:
a. Past researches and results and its classification in different angles. Critical comparison of the past literature
b. Summary of literature review - narrow down to give outline of future research. It should cover all the study variables under study.
7. METHODS:
a. Participants: Sources and techniques followed in getting participants, single case or multiple. No. of participants. Description of participants- age, education, specific disorders, suffering time (in frequency Table form), inclusion and exclusion criteria.
b. Instruments: Brief description covering no. of questions, what it measures, sources, its reliability and validity, is it developed by you ? If so, give justification and describe the methods followed to design instrument.
c. Design of research : If observation method followed, describe time and event sampling, precautions maintained to control extraneous variables. If experimental design followed, describe pre-post design, control and experimental groups, precautions maintained to control extraneous variables.
d. Collection of data : Establishing rapport, specific procedures followed in collection of data.
e. Analysis of data : Brief description about tools used for data analysis
8. RESULTS :
a. Descriptive : Analysis of data to describe frequency or percentage or average of each study variable. Results will be presented in Table form.
b. Model: Analysis of data to relate study objectives. Results will be presented in Table form.
9. DISCUSSION:
a. Summarize major findings
b. Relate major findings with past researches
c. Implications
d. Limitations
e. Future research
10. REFERENCES
a. Books:
i. Author/s, Year, Title, Place, Publisher, page no.
ii. Author/s, Year, Title, in Editor’s name, (Ed./s), Book name, Place, Publisher, Page no.
b. Journals: Paterson, P. (2008). How well do young offenders with Asperger Syndrome cope in custody?: Two prison case studies British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 36(1), 54-58.
c. Webs: Topics, Source, URL
d. Video Blog: Title, Video posted to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqM90eQi5-M
11. APPENDIX
a. Brief description about institution from which data were collected
b. The primary or secondary data in original form
c. The questionnaires, observation checklists, or other tools used in study
Dr. D. Dutta Roy, PH.D.
Psychology Research Unit
Indian Statistical Institute
203, B.T. Road
Kolkata- 700 108
General comment:
Your dissertation should not exceed 10,000 word limits. But, follow your professor’s instructions.
• Dissertation should include 6 sections
• State the purpose of the each chapter before writing it.
• At the end of each chapter, write your comments that show if the purpose had been achieved or not?
1. TITLE PAGE:
a. Title: It is brief and related to basic problems of dissertation. It should be different from others
b. By author: Author’s name
c. Research supervisor’s name
d. University emblem
e. Name and address of the university
f. Foot note: A dissertation submitted for the post graduate diploma in Performing Art Therapy to Performing Art Therapy Center, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
g. Date of submission : January, 2010
2. CONTENTS
a. Topics: Title of each chapter and subheadings with page no
b. Tables: Caption of table and page no
c. Figures: Caption of Figures and page no
3. PREFACE: Introduce very briefly the objectives of study, methods followed, results obtained and organization of chapters.
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Acknowledge assistance from various sources.
5. INTRODUCTION
a. Introduce problem: idea formulation, Importance of ideas, to study
b. Objectives : It comprises questions that will be answered in the dissertation. There will be justification in setting objectives. A literature survey would help seeking the useful questions that can be used as objectives.
c. Hypothetical models: Any cause effect models
d. Operational definitions of technical terms
6. LITERATURE REVIEW:
a. Past researches and results and its classification in different angles. Critical comparison of the past literature
b. Summary of literature review - narrow down to give outline of future research. It should cover all the study variables under study.
7. METHODS:
a. Participants: Sources and techniques followed in getting participants, single case or multiple. No. of participants. Description of participants- age, education, specific disorders, suffering time (in frequency Table form), inclusion and exclusion criteria.
b. Instruments: Brief description covering no. of questions, what it measures, sources, its reliability and validity, is it developed by you ? If so, give justification and describe the methods followed to design instrument.
c. Design of research : If observation method followed, describe time and event sampling, precautions maintained to control extraneous variables. If experimental design followed, describe pre-post design, control and experimental groups, precautions maintained to control extraneous variables.
d. Collection of data : Establishing rapport, specific procedures followed in collection of data.
e. Analysis of data : Brief description about tools used for data analysis
8. RESULTS :
a. Descriptive : Analysis of data to describe frequency or percentage or average of each study variable. Results will be presented in Table form.
b. Model: Analysis of data to relate study objectives. Results will be presented in Table form.
9. DISCUSSION:
a. Summarize major findings
b. Relate major findings with past researches
c. Implications
d. Limitations
e. Future research
10. REFERENCES
a. Books:
i. Author/s, Year, Title, Place, Publisher, page no.
ii. Author/s, Year, Title, in Editor’s name, (Ed./s), Book name, Place, Publisher, Page no.
b. Journals: Paterson, P. (2008). How well do young offenders with Asperger Syndrome cope in custody?: Two prison case studies British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 36(1), 54-58.
c. Webs: Topics, Source, URL
d. Video Blog: Title, Video posted to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqM90eQi5-M
11. APPENDIX
a. Brief description about institution from which data were collected
b. The primary or secondary data in original form
c. The questionnaires, observation checklists, or other tools used in study
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