Chapter1:Introduction. 1
Whatisthepurposeofthebook? 1
Willthisbookberelevantforyou? 4
Thekeytermsexplained 5
TheABC-ISPFramework 7
Whatismeantby"internationalstandards"? 11
Theauthor 15
Chapter2:Analysingthewritingsituation 17
Clarifywhoyouarewritingfor,whatyouarewritingaboutandwhy 17
Identifytheaudience 18
Identifythepurpose 19
Identifythetopic 19
Chapter3:Brainstorming,planninganddrafting 20
Maptheconceptstoseehowtheyrelate 21
Outlinetheconceptstoputtheminsequence 22
Thinkofaworkingtitle 22
Selectakeyproblemtoinvestigate 23
Whatisthedifferencebetweenaresearchproblemandatopic? 23
Listfourorfivekeywords 26
Definethemostimportantterms 27
Drafttheinitialideas:Startwriting! 27
Chapter4:Convincingothers-Developingevidence-basedarguments 28
Prepareyourcase 30
Hypothesis-drivenreasoning 33
Theimportanceofcounterevidence 34
Exploringdifferentinterpretations 34
Presentevidencetosupporteachclaim 35
Howcanyoumakesurethatyourevidenceisstrong? 37
Explainwhytheevidencecanbetrusted 39
Eliminatefaultylogic(fallacies) 39
Testyourideasbydiscussingthemwithothers 41
Chapter5:Improvingtheclarityofthewritingthroughrevisingandediting.. 42
Revise(makeglobalchanges) 43
Playwithpossibilities 44
Drawattentiontothemainthemes 44
Putnewinformationinitsrightplace 44
Developawell-linkedtext 45
Connectyourtexttothelargercontext 53
Edit(makelocalchanges) 53
Correctanyerrors 54
Acasestudy:Developingaproposaloutline 56
Chapter6:Standardisingtheformat 60
Alignyourworkwithnationalandinternationalstandards 60
Howshouldaresearchproposalbesetout? 61
Howshouldathesisbeorganised? 67
Isthereastandardformatforanabstract? 73
Howisaresearcharticlenormallystructured? 74
Howshouldsourcesbecited? 76
Whatisthebestwaytosetoutalistofreferences? 82
Chapter7:Publishingmeansbecomingafullmemberofascholarlygroup 87
Acquireexpertknowledge 89
Avoidplagiarism(theft) 89
Submityourworkforpeerreview 90
Whyisitsoimportanttopublish? 90
Conclusion 92
Exercises 94
1.Abstract 94
Exercise1 94
Exercise2 94
Exercise3 95
2.Proposal 96
Exercise4 96
3.Thesis 97
Exercise5 97
Exercise6 97
4.Researcharticle 98
Exercise7 98
References 100
AppendixA:Stagesindevelopingthedescriptionofaresearchproblem 104
Index... 120
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