Research Methodology

Academic English

Guidelines Specific to Academic Writing

Formatting and grammar rules When in doubt about grammar or page format, researchers in psychology and computer science generally follow…

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Academic English

Rules for Formal Academic Writing

Rules for formal writing are quite strict, though often unstated. Formal writing is used in academic and scientific settings whenever…

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Academic English

Word-Level Issues in Academic Writing

Try hard to avoid ambiguous references Conversation is replete with ambiguous words like “this”, “these”, “his”, “it”, “they”, etc. These…

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Academic English

Myths about Academic Writing

Though I don’t imagine an episode of MythBusters will be based on the misconceptions about writing we are about to…

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Writing Tips

Write with the Reader in Mind!

This article is suitable for science & engineering students All communication involves two parties: the sender of the message and the receiver;…

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Topic Selection

How to Select a Research Topic

The ability to develop a good research topic is an important skill. An supervisor may assign you a specific topic,…

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2. Research Methodology

Induction & Pattern Recognition

Induction is pattern recognition — an inference based on limited observational or experimental data — and pattern recognition is an…

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PhD & Masters

Ph.D Thesis Research: Where do I Start?

If you are the next Paul Samuelson and will wholly transform the field of economics, pay no heed. If you…

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Research Problem

Is My Research Problem, Too Broad, Too Narrow, or OK?

If your thesis is going to be solely based on published literature you can quickly establish whether your research question…

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