Some thoughts for students concerned about length So how long is a PhD thesis In some cases a maximum of about 50 of the text are in appendices There are a lot of white space and text is double spaced or oneandahalf spaced So actual text you write on your own is not so much ID: 560722
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Length of PHD THESES
Some thoughts for students concerned about length.Slide2
So how long is a PhD thesis?
In some cases a maximum of about 50% of the text are in appendices.
There are a lot of white space and text is double spaced or one-and-a-half spaced. So actual text you write on your own is not so much.Slide3
Digital conservancy at Minnesota
University of Minnesota maintains many theses submitted from 2007. These are the statistics.
http://beckmw.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/how-long-is-the-average-dissertation/Slide4
Length and discipline
Source: http://beckmw.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/how-long-is-the-average-dissertation/Slide5
Length of some theses of Maldivians
Name
Total length
Without
appendices
References
Mohamed
Nazeer
281 (1.5 spaced)
267
387
Ali
Fawaz Shareef267 (double spaced)251131Ahmed Ali Maniku408 (1.5 spaced)337401Ahmed Ali Didi407 (1.5 spaced)313239Shazla Mohamed215 (1.5 spaced)169268Mizna Mohamed260 (1.5 spaced)240241Hassan Hameed303 (1.5 spaced)220236Naashia Mohamed327 (1.5 spaced)297236
Disclaimer: All had completed their doctorate studies in New Zealand.
Small errors in page and reference counts possibleSlide6
What did you gather?
Most theses fall within Minnesota guidelines. The length of education theses ought to be about 150 to 200 pages one-and-a-half spaced. There is a requirement in MNU that doctorate theses must be
less than
80,000 words (about 350 pages at 250 words/page).
About 200 references are usually present. This means you have to read much more… Theses contain only what is useful and what is most relevant. The author would have read through more than 300 articles.
Studying for a doctorate is usually called reading for a doctorate. Now you know why.
Nothing in the area must be left unread… you have to become an expert in the chosen area… a world authority. Slide7
Widescreen Test Pattern (16:9)
Aspect Ratio Test
(Should appear circular)
16x9
4x3
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Hameed
, 2013