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“Writing a dissertation is the final step 

towards earning a PhD degree. It is the 

culmination of years of hard work, research 

and planning. And yet the percentage of 

successful dissertation submission is going 

down each and every year. Several students 

drop out in the first year of their PhD course. 

Many others procrastinate and submit their 

dissertations much later than expected. Yet 

few others drop the idea in the last minute. 

Following our guide helps to complete your 

dissertation on time. It gives you a complete 

list of do’s and don’ts and the hurdles you 

are likely to encounter while writing your 

dissertation. So read on.”

Who is this guide for? 

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How to use this guide for dissertation 

writing? 

“This dissertation writing guide is a userfriendly 

manual for all PhD students or the 

students in higher academia. It covers all the 

aspects of dissertation writing: research 

question, research concept paper, chapters, 

bibliography and references. Each section 

relates to a particular theme. It tells you 

what to do and how to go about it. It warns 

you against the possible impediments which 

you can face and how to overcome them, 

should you face one. So read on…” 

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What is a Dissertation? 

“Students seeking dissertation writing help is 

no stranger to the concept. However, a brief 

recapitulation might not be out of place. 

A dissertation is lengthy piece of formal 

writing, written by a student in order to fulfill 

the requirements necessary for a PhD 

degree.” 

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Why Is A Dissertation So Important? 

A dissertation is the most important body of 

work you have to compose in your entire 

academic lifetime. There are many reasons 

why writing a dissertation is paramount; and 

these reasons are why universities have 

made dissertation an indispensible part of 

their syllabus. 

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The factors have been discussed below: 

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• A dissertation reveals your capacity and skills as a 

researcher 

• This type of assignment adds to your final grades 

and has the power of affecting your CGPA 

• A dissertation helps in demonstrating whether you 

posses certain abilities. It helps display whether 

you’re able to identify your own area of interest, 

whether you can carry out extensive research on 

the topic you have chosen, whether you can 

express yourself clearly through your write-up and 

whether you have the skills to execute this 

mammoth task on your own 

• A dissertation helps you to prepare for your career, 

and a well-written dissertation can land you a 

really good job 

• A dissertation is a way of testing your knowledge 

and your grasp of the subject matter 

• Dissertations also have a role to play in the 

pursuing of higher studies and can determine 

whether you will get admission in the university of 

your choice.

1. Abstract: 

An abstract is a short summary of the entire 

dissertation. It consists of the research 

question along with chapter outlines and the 

conclusion. This is the first thing that a 

person is going to read in your dissertation 

so write it well. 

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2. Research question: 

The next important component is the 

research question. It is the fundamental 

question that defines your research and 

forms the crux of the research. This should 

come in the introduction; preferably in a 

separate section. Additionally this portion 

should be written well since people would be 

drawn towards the rest of the dissertation by 

your research question. The stronger the 

question is, the likelier it is to evoke curiosity. 

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3. Literature review: 

Another equally important part is to give an 

overview of all the existing research work 

done on the subject. This is crucial because it 

serves two purposes: firstly, it lets your 

dissertation committee know that you have a 

good grip on the existing literature on the 

subject and the questions you should be 

asking. Secondly, it gives a holistic 

perspective to the students on the topic of 

your research and helps them to place your 

research within larger area of study. 

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4. Chapters: 

Chapters form the main pillars of your 

dissertation. A well written dissertation 

neatly divided into five or more chapters is 

your best bet. Anything less than three is too 

short and anything more than five is bit too 

lengthy. Five chapters seem perfect. Each 

chapter should concentrate on a particular 

topic and should be written in a manner so 

that it can make for an independent reading. 

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5. Bibliography: 

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Many students think bibliography an 

unnecessary imposition on the student 

community already reeling under the 

pressure of writing a dissertation. A 

bibliography is a tabular list of the names of 

the authors who have been consulted by a 

student while writing the dissertation. All the 

sources of direct and indirect influences 

should be mentioned. Although it might 

seem like an imposition, it is important that 

you write full length bibliography. 

Let’s guide you on how each component of 

the dissertation should be framed if you are 

composing a 10000-word long dissertation. 

Here is a standard dissertation framework.

Proposed Title of the Dissertation 

Basic components 

Abstract 

Chapter1: 

Introduction 

Research Aim 

Research 

Objectives 

Chapter 2: 

Literature 

Review 

Let Proposed us begin Distribution by deconstructing of Total Word a dissertation. 

Count 

What Word are (%) the main parts of a dissertation? 

What to include and what not to include? 

A 10% dissertation as we mentioned 1000 Words before is a 

formal piece of writing of considerable 

length which consists of the following parts: 

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25% 2500 Words 

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Chapter 3: 

Research 

Methodology 

Research Approach 

Research Design 

Data Collection 

Procedure 

Data Sources: 

Primary and Secondary Or Both 

Qualitative: 

Specific Model{Thematic and Interview etc.} 

Quantitative: 

Specific model{Regression, ANOVA, T test,Z 

test,etc} Or Both 

Population and Sample:Sampling Technique: 

{please specify} 

Sample Size: 

{Please specify} 

Proposed Distribution 

of Word (%) 

20% 

Total Word 

Count 

2000 Words



Abstract 

Proposed Distribution of 

Word (%) 

Total Word Count 

Chapter 4:Analysis 30% 3000 Words 

Chapter 5:Conclusion 

15% 1500 Words 

References {Count and 

Style} 

Appendix 

Transcript 

Data 

Ethical Form 

Now let us understand the finer aspects of each component of the dissertation.

How to hunt for dissertation topic? 

The first thing that you will need for writing a 

dissertation is an interesting topic to work 

upon. Students in grad schools spent a large 

part of their PhD coursework flitting from 

one topic to another. Others drop the very 

idea of doing a research. Many change their 

supervisors midway because of the changes 

done on the dissertation topic. All these have 

dreadful consequences for the dissertation 

project as a whole. 

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>>In Next Slide Read: 10 killer tips

Here are 10 killer tips on how to choose a 

dissertation topic 

How to stick to that topic and what not to do while choosing 

a topic. 

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1. Relevance is the key. Whether you are 

choosing on your own or are dependent 

on the supervisor while choosing a topic, 

it is advised that your topic should be 

relevant. Relevance should be judged in 

terms of the contribution that the 

research work can make to the broader 

field of study. You should be up to date to 

the current developments in your fields. 

This is particularly true in the field of 

medicine, genetics, microbiology, IT and 

engineering.

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2. Your research should attract funding. All 

researchers know the pain one has to 

endure while finding financial resources 

for a research project. As such try that 

the topic of your research should be such 

that it would automatically attract 

funding. Cutting-edge research work is 

likely to attract more funding. Projects on 

cancer research, HIV, genetics and stem 

cell are likely to attract both academic 

and corporate funding. 

3. Your topic should not overlap exactly 

with your peers or any other research 

works currently being undertaken. This 

devalues the novelty of your research 

work.

4. Select your topic in consultation with 

your supervisor. Your supervisor should 

be well aware of the field of research you 

are undertaking. This is due to the fact 

that selection of the supervisor should be 

based on a large extent on the topic 

chosen. 

5. Your supervisor might help you in finding 

a suitable research topic. Always take his 

or her help. He or she should be well 

aware of the current research trends and 

might suggest a word or two on possible 

research subjects. 

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6. Alternatively, you can attend seminar, 

workshops, graduate courses, summer 

schools and internships to come up with 

possible research ideas. In higher 

academia, these are the areas where 

ideas germinate. You would be talking to 

other academicians, learning about their 

research work and getting inspired. 

Famous astrophysicist Steven Hawking 

got the idea of his dissertation from a 

lecture on Black Holes by the famous 

English Mathematical physicist Roger 

Penrose.

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7. Talking to your fiends can help too. You 

can have brainstorming sessions where 

each one of you can come up with an 

informal presentation on a particular 

research topic. Alternatively, you can join 

a reading circle or a student group which 

can help you to come up with research 

topic. 

8. You should never choose a topic which is 

outdated, overworked or entirely 

irrelevant. Your committee is not likely to 

pass it. Further, you are unlikely to get 

any kind of research funding for your 

topic.

9. Do not forget to approve your 

dissertation topic by committee and your 

supervisor formally. 

10. Finally do not delay. One cannot harp this 

point more. The more you spend on 

searching for a topic the lesser time you 

have for finishing the research work. Our 

advice is to find a topic as quickly as 

possible and get down working. 

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How to formulate a research question 

A research question defines your research. 

The stronger the research question is the 

better it is. It shows that you have quite a 

hold over the existing literature and a good 

grasp over the research questions which 

have been previously asked by the scholars 

in your field. 

Here is a list of 5 things that you should keep 

in mind while formulating a research 

question: 

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1. A strong research proposal must past the 

“so what” test. This means how 

important your research is to the larger 

field of research. How relevant it is to the 

contemporary world and how is it going 

to benefit your research field. So if you 

researching on stem cell therapy, then 

you must justify your research by 

suggesting how your research is going to 

find a cure for people suffering from 

terminal diseases like cancer and 

HIV/AIDS.

2. Think whether your research question is 

going to find you funding or not. This 

again is related to the relevance of your 

research project. You are unlikely to find 

any funding if your research question is 

irrelevant and outdated. 

3. Keep your research question focused and 

narrow. So if you are researching on 

substance abuse then instead of asking 

how substance abuse occurs, ask what is 

the relationship between early childhood 

experiences and substance abuse in later 

years. 

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4. Always think of areas of research which 

have not been touched upon instead of 

focusing on areas which have already 

been done to death. 

5. Finally, do not forget to mention the 

scope and limitations of your research. It 

is understandable that you would not be 

able to accommodate all the research 

themes. So try to be realistic and set 

research goals which would be easily 

achievable. 

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What are the chief research methodologies? 

The process used to collect information and 

data for the purpose of writing a dissertation 

is called dissertation research methodology. 

It consists of a number of processes. 

Here are the 5 top research methods. 

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1. Interviews: 

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An interview is a conversation between two persons 

(an interviewer and an interviewee) in which 

questions are asked in order to get information for 

research purposes. It is quite a popular method for 

getting qualitative information. It is common in social 

sciences, marketing and psychology. There are many 

types of interviews: formal and informal; open and 

close ended etc. In formal interviews, the same set of 

questions is asked to everyone. In an informal 

interview, the style is conversational. In an openended 

interview, questions are deliberately kept 

broad and open-ended to elicit responses that can be 

analyzed more cogently. On the other hand, fixed and 

closed interviews are based on a set of predetermined 

question and answers where the 

interviewer has to choose one of the answers given.

2. Historical research 

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This mode of qualitative research is quite 

popular in history. There are four key sources 

for carrying out this kind of information: 

• Archival sources or old historical 

documents which are preserved in the 

archives and the museums 

• Secondary sources which include books 

and journal articles 

• Governmental reports like census data etc 

• And literary sources like autobiographies, 

memoirs and recollections.

3. Survey 

Among all the methodologies of quantitative 

research, survey is the most important. 

Statistical surveys are undertaken to reveal 

quantitative results about populations. Some 

examples of surveys are census, polls and 

market research analysis. 

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4. Case study 

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Being a part of qualitative research methodology, 

a case study is a research methodology where 

theories are applied in real life case scenarios in 

order to examine whether these theories have 

validity or not. It is quite a popular methodology 

in social sciences. However, now-a-days, it is 

majorly used in law and business. In law, a 

student is given a situation involving a legal 

dispute and he is asked to come up with a 

suitable legal outcome of the dispute. On the 

other hand, a business case study involves a real 

or a fictive situation of a business enterprise and 

the student is asked to come up with some 

business strategies which would help the 

company to come out of this situation.

5. Theoretical analysis 

This method is quite common for theoretical 

subjects like philosophy, English, comparative 

literature, cultural studies, film studies, 

gender and queer studies etc. Basically, in 

this method, we try to apply high 

philosophical theories to literature, cinema, 

drama and contemporary situations, not just 

as formulas but as critical exercises which 

would help us to question given assumptions 

about our human society. 

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How to write chapters for your dissertation? 

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Next, we move on to writing your chapters. 

They form the main pillars of your 

dissertation. They make up the main body of 

your dissertation and you would be judged 

on the basis of your chapters. Do keep in 

mind the following tips while writing your 

chapters. 

1. There should be a minimum of five 

chapters including introduction and 

conclusion. Anything less than five is 

unacceptable in a dissertation. On the 

other hand, a dissertation which runs 

into several unnecessary chapters is 

unlikely to impress your dissertation 

committee either.

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2. Next, let’s talk about research themes 

and how to organize them. It is possible 

that you would be dealing with multiple 

themes. Do not cram them into one or 

two chapters. Try to divide it into several 

small chapters, each dedicated to a 

particular research theme. Here is an 

example: 

Suppose your research theme is the banking 

practices of large global corporations and 

how they affect poor third world nations 

then try to divide this into three separate 

chapters: 

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Chapter 1: Global financial institutions like 

IMF and the World Bank 

Chapter 2: Financial policies of international 

banks like Citibank, American Express and 

how they try to arm-twist poor countries to 

give them unethical tax-cuts which augment 

their profit. 

Chapter 3: Chronic poverty of third world 

nations and how they are forced to accept 

the terms and conditions of the big banks. 

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3. Try to keep the chapters short and 

compact. Inordinate length of chapters 

might put your dissertation committee 

off. 

4. Finally, your writing style should be 

simple yet effective. Your readers should 

enjoy what you have written. 

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How to do citations and bibliography? 

Both require special skills and technique. 

Citations are acknowledgements of 

references which you have used in the 

course of writing your dissertation. A 

bibliography is a tabular list of the names of 

the author and their books which you have 

used. Both are necessary for your research. 

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Citations: There are four ways to cite your 

sources. They are dictated by various 

educational institutions. They are APA, MLA, 

Harvard and Chicago.

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• Harvard follows in-text citation which is 

parenthetical in nature. So the name of 

the author and year of publication should 

come in the text within parenthesis. Here 

is an example: 

John Williams: Finance Accounting, New 

York, 2001 

According to Harvard style, it should be 

written like this: 

John Williams, 2001.

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• Chicago style follows end text citations. 

They are either written as footnotes or as 

endnotes. Here is an example: 

Porter Stephen, Principles of Advanced 

Accounting, Minnesota, 1989. 

According to Chicago style, it should be 

written in the following manner: 

Porter Stephen, Principles of Advanced 

Accounting, Minnesota, 1989.

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• APA referencing is the style followed by 

American Psychological Association. It is 

followed in science subjects and is more 

or less the same as other in-text citation 

styles.

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• Finally, MLA referencing is followed in all 

humanities based subjects. It simply states 

the author’s name along with page 

number. So if the reference is the 

following: 

John Hamilton, Introduction to Literary 

Theory, London 1996 

Then simply write, 

(Hamilton, p. 26)

Bibliography 

It is the final step of a dissertation. It lists all 

the references you have used in an 

alphabetical order. To make it neat and clean, 

you can further divide them into books, 

journals and internet resources. 

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Writing a dissertation: A recapitulation 

Topic is supremely important. The more 

interesting your topic is the more likely 

you are to find a supervisor and funding. 

Try to formulate a strong research 

question. It should show a good grasp 

over your field of study. 

Your research chapters should be five in 

number. 

Each chapter should concentrate on a 

particular research theme. 

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Writing style should be clear and simple. 

Do not forget to cite all your references. 

Do a thorough proofreading and copyediting 

to make your dissertation errorfree. 

Finally, remember that your dissertation is 

the final step towards getting a PhD 

degree. Writing a successful dissertation 

would ensure a thriving career in the field 

of higher academia. So write it well. 

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