What Is a Thesis?

What Is a Thesis?. Evans†, D., Gruba, P., & Zobel, J. In Evans, D., Gruba, P., & Zobel, J., editors, How to Write a Better Thesis, pages 1–7. Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2014.

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Simply defined, a thesis is an extended argument. To pass, a thesis must demonstrate logical, structured, and defensible reasoning based on credible and verifiable evidence presented in such a way that it makes an original contribution to knowledge, as judged by experts in the field. Among the many types of scholarly productions, theses are an oddity: each one is different, and there are no standard or generic constructions. Most of those who supervise theses have written just one, and, despite the effort they take to produce, the only people who carefully read a given thesis are the project supervisors, the examiners, and an otherwise rather select audience of specialized academics.

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