Thursday, April 2, 2015

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STRESS!!!!!!!!. This is how you feel when writing your thesis. Below are the simple words that you can use in your thesis.... hope can help you start writing.

Problem Statement
An experimental investigation was conducted to explore …
The effect of …… is numerically investigated for Reynolds number range of …
This article provides numerically study of the …..
In this study, ….. was analyzed.
This article presents an exhaustive review of these studies and suggests a direction for future
developments.

Results
The results reveal that …
Based on the results, ….
The calculation in this work suggest that ….
The results also show that …
The results of the numerical simulation indicate that the ….
It was found that …

General descriptions of the relevant literature:
Researchers have studied the effect of ...
Previous studies have primarily concentrated on …
There have been several studies in the literature reporting ….
A considerable amount of literature has been published on X. These studies ....
There is a large volume of published studies describing ....
The first serious discussions and analyses of X emerged during the 1980s with ....
During the past 30 years much more information has become available on ....
In recent years, there has been an increasing amount of literature on ....
A large and growing body of literature has investigated ....
In recent years, several studies have focused on …

General reference to previous research
Many researchers have argued that .... [1-3].
There is a consensus among social scientisits that ....[1-3].
Numerous studies have attempted to explain .... [1-3]
Recent evidence suggests that .... [1-3]
Several attempts have been made to .... [1-3]
Several studies have revealed that ..... [1-3]
Several studies investigating X have been carried out on ....[1-3]
Previous studies have reported .... [1-3].
Previous research findings into X have been inconsistent and contradictory [1-3]
A number of studies have found that .... [1-3].
A number of study analyses have examined the relationship between .... [1-3]
The relationship between X and Y has been widely investigated [1-3]
The causes of X have been widely investigated [1-3].
It has been suggested that .... [1-3]
It has conclusively been shown that .... [1-3]
Previous research has shown that….. [2]
Studies have found that …. [1-3].
More recent studies have confirmed that …. [1-3]

Time frame references
In 1975, Author et al. published a paper in which they described ....[4]
In 1990 Author et al. demonstrated that .... [4]
Thirty years later, Author reported that .... [4]
In the 1970s Author pointed that …. [4]
In 1981, Author and co workers demonstrated that.... [4]
In 1990, Author et al. reported.... [4]
In 1984 Author et al. Concluded that .... [4]

Author as subject
Author identifies ....
Author lists three possibilities....
Author traces the development of ....
Author provides in-depth analysis of the work of ....
Author highlights the need to....
Author discusses the challenges and strategies for ....
Author mentions the siginificant relationship between ....
Author questions whether ....
Author argued that/the ….
Author carried out numerical study of ….
Author describes ….
Author discovered ….
Author found that ….
Author has demonstrated that ....
Author have proposed ….
Author indicated that ….
Author investigated on….
Author investigated the ....
Author measured the ….
Author noted that ....
Author observed that ….
Author posited that ….
Author proposed ….
Author raised several concerns about …. They suggested that….
Author reported that/the ....
Author researched the ….
Author showed … .
Author studied ….
Author suggested that ....
Author summarized that ....
Author presented ....
Author extended this work to ….
Author presented a comprehensive review of ….
Author performed experimental investigations on …
Author performed numerical analysis of …
Author analyzed ….
Author studied the … Their analysis revealed that ….
Author reviewed the available literature on …

Research topic as subject
…, such as the works of Author et al.
were carried out by Author.
was done by Author
were investigated by Author.
was attemted by Author
… is analyzed by Author

Others
For example, Author found that….
Recently, Author gave a comprehensive review on ….
In a different study, Author examined….
In another study, Author examined ....
Another studies by Author....
According to Author….
According to an investigation by Author, ….
The study by Author examined the ….
A study by Author suggests there should be ...
As highlighted by Author, ….
According to Author, ....
Study by Author found that ….
…. model was used by Author to do research on ….
…. model was used by Author to predict ….
The study of Author was the ….
With the same objective, Author conducted numerical experiments on …..
More recently, Author investigated ….
Early studies by Author ….

Highlighting similar findings
The research study by Author also found ....
Author also found that ....
Furthermore, Author concluded that ....
Furthermore, Author showed that ....
In addition, according to Author …
In addition, Author showed that …
The finding is consistent with findings of past studies by Author, which ....
The above finding is consistent with the study by Author. Author examined…
Research finding by Author also points towards..
…is consistent with literature [4].
Similarly, Author found …
Author added that the …..
This is supported by Author study which reveal that …..
Author also provided ...
.... and found similar results to those obtained by Author.
In addition to work of Author A, Author B provides …
..... by Author also showed similar results.
This is consistent with the …. of Author, which showed that ....

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Structure of Research


Overview of Research Process


For new postgraduate students.... here are the overview of research process that you should know....... Its begin with preliminary data gathering, identifying research problem, identify RQ & RO..... read a lot of journals everyday and write literature review.... setup your framework...research design.... Then continue to analysis part until the end....

Research Process

Flow of research process

We Remember

Hi all... i already complete my phd (GOT)... just want to share this slide....