{"product_id":"dissertation-writing-for-engineers-and-scientists-9781405872782","title":"Dissertation Writing for Engineers and Scientists","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eDr 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1  What is a dissertation?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Why do we do projects?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 What is a project?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 What happens when?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Planning the project\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Your tutor, friend or foe?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2  Making a start\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Choosing and defining the project\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Motivation and added value\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 What type of project?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 What is the question?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 The aim\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 The objectives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Methodology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 Hypothesis and key questions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.9 Resources\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.10 Timetable\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.11 Example project proposal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3  Hard work or pleasure?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Getting stuck in\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 The science and engineering context \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Health, safety and risk assessment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 COSHH\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Proving your point.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Quantitative or qualitative methods\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Quantitative methods\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Qualitative methods\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.10 Getting the data\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.11 Questionnaires\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.12 Interviews\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4  Meaning from numbers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 The nature of uncertainty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Data types\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Previewing your data\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Statistical methods\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Parametric methods\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Non-parametric methods\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5  Paperwork, paperwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Writing up\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Introduction chapter \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Literature review chapter(s)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Citing references\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Results chapter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Analysis chapter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Conclusions and recommendations chapter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9 Abstract\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.10 Tops and tails\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6  Tips and hints\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 What can go wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Recovering from disaster\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 How to make it go right from the start: prevention, better than cure\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7  Assessment and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Project proposal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Preliminary literature review\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Progress presentation and the viva voce\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Preparing your presentation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Poster presentations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Marking the dissertation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Preparing for publication\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8 Copyright\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8  Plagiarism – avoidance and detection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 What is plagiarism?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Why people plagiarise\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 How you are likely to be caught\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 What happens when you get caught?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 How to avoid accidental plagiarism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 How to avoid accidental plagiarism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9        \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuestions and answers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default 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