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Dissertation Writing for Engineers and Scientists is the must-have book for preparing students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels for the dissertation writing process.

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Author:   Mark Breach
Publisher:   Pearson Education Limited
Imprint:   Pearson Education Limited
Edition:   Student Guide ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9781405872782

ISBN 10:   1405872780
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   11 August 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1  What is a dissertation? 1.1 Why do we do projects? 1.2 What is a project? 1.3 What happens when? 1.4 Planning the project 1.5 Your tutor, friend or foe? Summary   2  Making a start 2.1 Choosing and defining the project 2.2 Motivation and added value 2.3 What type of project? 2.4 What is the question? 2.5 The aim 2.6 The objectives 2.7 Methodology 2.8 Hypothesis and key questions 2.9 Resources 2.10 Timetable 2.11 Example project proposal Summary   3  Hard work or pleasure? 3.1 Getting stuck in 3.2 The science and engineering context 3.3 Health, safety and risk assessment 3.4 COSHH 3.5 Ethics 3.6 Proving your point. 3.7 Quantitative or qualitative methods 3.8 Quantitative methods 3.9 Qualitative methods 3.10 Getting the data 3.11 Questionnaires 3.12 Interviews Summary   4  Meaning from numbers 4.1 The nature of uncertainty 4.2 Data types 4.3 Previewing your data 4.4 Statistical methods 4.5 Parametric methods 4.6 Non-parametric methods Summary   5  Paperwork, paperwork 5.1 Writing up 5.2 Introduction chapter 5.3 Literature review chapter(s) 5.4 Citing references 5.6 Results chapter 5.7 Analysis chapter 5.8 Conclusions and recommendations chapter 5.9 Abstract 5.10 Tops and tails Summary   6  Tips and hints 6.1 What can go wrong? 6.2 Recovering from disaster 6.3 How to make it go right from the start: prevention, better than cure Summary   7  Assessment and beyond 7.1 Project proposal 7.2 Preliminary literature review 7.3 Progress presentation and the viva voce 7.4 Preparing your presentation 7.5 Poster presentations 7.6 Marking the dissertation 7.7 Preparing for publication 7.8 Copyright Summary 8  Plagiarism – avoidance and detection 8.1 What is plagiarism? 8.2 Why people plagiarise 8.3 How you are likely to be caught 8.4 What happens when you get caught? 8.5 How to avoid accidental plagiarism 8.5 How to avoid accidental plagiarism Summary 9        Questions and answers I

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  Dr Mark Breach is Principal Lecturer in Engineering Surveying at Nottingham Trent University. As Programme Leader for the MSc Civil and Geotechnical Engineering degrees he manages all its postgraduate dissertations and he also performs a similar function for undergraduate Civil Engineers.

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