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Author: John

  • Evaluation and future work

    Usually weakest part of Bachelor dissertation. Covers what went well and what has caused problems. Critical evaluation of own work in order to do it better next time. Required for final year project. Provides next set of research questions.  

  • Conclusions

    How evidence supports, or not, the tested hypothesis. In mathematics we can formally prove things, in other areas we can state the body of evidence supports the theory.

  • Contribution to knowledge

    Presentation of research work and detailed discussion of what has been done. Includes ideas, concepts, tested hypothesis and evidence that conclusion is based on.

  • Related work

    This is the literature review. Outlines what others have done – current knowledge in area.

  • Introduction

    Brief overview of subject area & context for research. Takes reader from current level of knowledge to be able to follow rest of paper. More comprehensive introduction required if target audience is more general reader.

  • Keywords

    Some publishers require the selection of keywords from a specified list so they can catalogue the paper appropriately, this is less common now due to the availability of full text search engines.

  • Split a filepath with PowerShell

    This is a relatively short post as the process is simple but may be required in more complex scenarios. $dirArray = (“C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA”).Split(‘\’) foreach ($dir in $dirArray) { $dir } By calling the Split function we get a zero-based array ($dirArray) containing each element of the supplied string based on the delimiter (‘\’).…

  • Abstract

    Brief but comprehensive summary/overview of entire paper. Describes: topic of research hypothesis being tested results of test conclusions drawn Rest of paper fills out details.

  • Title & Author information

    Usually includes all contributors to paper. Many etiquettes/guidelines covering who to include and in what order. Very between publications and subject areas. Usually first is lead author who has made significant contribution. Also common for many journals to list authors alphabetically. Student papers often list supervisor.

  • What Does a Paper Look Like?

    Structure varies to some extent, review of previous work can vary, key elements always the same: Title & Author information Abstract Keywords Introduction Related work Contribution to knowledge Conclusions Evaluation and future work Acknowledgements References