How to Write a Thesis?

The first step toward the production of a quality project or thesis is the development of an annotated bibliography of research in the topic area. By an annotated bibliography I mean a three to the four-page review of the major research in the topic area, followed by a three to four-page bibliography and a list of significant research questions which have been answered and research questions which remain unanswered. Hopefully, this annotated bibliography would be prepared some time in advance of the proposal preparation. My experience has indicated that the better projects or thesis proposals are prepared by those students who have a good grasp of the related literature and an understanding of significant research questions in the topic area of interest to them. In order to formulate a significant research problem, it will be necessary to determine what problems have been addressed in the literature and what findings have been reported. Often students find that their topics have b...