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Upcoming Events
Smaug Meetings We will be meeting on Thursday instead of Monday. Please check on the email list or Facebook about that. Our meetings will now be held at the Asana teahouse in downtown Santa Cruz, at 103 Lincoln St, between Pacific Ave and Todal Fitness. Taqueria Vallarta is around the corner and a block down Pacific, at 1101 Pacific. An exception will be Wednesday, 30 December, when we will have a meeting instead of the following day, New Year's Eve. The meeting time is now 7:30 pm. Some people may wish to show up earlier, and that's fine, but bring your own extension cord if you need one! Note: Our old meeting location - Tiny's - reopened on 6/15 as an IHOP We have sometimes used the new IHOP as a meeting place. Their wi-fi signal isn't very good, so far, so we are back downtown for the time being. Announcing Cabrillo's CGLUG hosts an installfest on the 3rd Friday evening of each month, during the school year. For further information, check the Lindependence has just run a series of installfests in Felton. They plan to have another series in Boulder Creek later this summer. For further information, check the Lindependence Web Site Felton LUG Future Events Linux Picnic Linux Picn*x 19 will be held on Saturday 21 August 2010 at Sunnyvale Baylands Park. DEF CON 18 Links
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3 Important Elements in Dissertation Writing
Working on a dissertation is a serious academic endeavour that students need to devote a huge amount of time and energy to. This is not the same as the haphazard papers that they used to submit back in their undergraduate years. The following are the three critical elements that students need to keep in mind while working on their research: Significance PhD students who are working on their respective dissertation papers need to understand that this is more than just a simple academic requisite. This would be the ultimate scholarly work that will allow them to carve their own niche in their respective discipline. Hence, it is important for graduate students to consider the contributions that they are going to make in their study. The dissertation should be an orginal work or a spin off of other studies and aims to answer questions that no other researchers have delved into before. Substance Dissertation is the ultimate academic work and this means that students cannot just gloss over their research like they used to. When positing a hypothesis at the beginning of the study, it is important that students find substantial data and evidence that will support their theory. There are various methods students can do to find resources and data that would substantiate their claims. The most common tactic is literature review where students will read books, journals, and papers, and other studies conducted on their subject matter. Students can also try archival research and look at microfilms, videotapes, diaries, or other reliable information source. Interviews with authority figures is also another useful strategy. Students can also use surveys or experiments to test their data. Critical Analysis More than the experimentation, the dissertation . Therefore, in dissertation writing, it is imperative that students go beyond the face value of the study's results. Explore the underlying meanings, implications, and consequences that these results would bring about. Keep this is mind: the dissertation is more concerned in the way that you analyse the results of your study. Be inquisitive and think outside of the box because sometimes, digging deeper can lead you to something big. You never know, your critical analysis of your study might be the stepping stone that will propel you to greater heights in your career. If students would consider these three crucial elements in writing their dissertation papers, they will find that the dreaded scholarly work would be a little less than painstaking before they are on the right tract. The key really is to understand what is needed in the requisite and focus on these. With these above mentioned tips, there is no reason why things should be difficult. BridgetteCoricks's blog | login or register to post comments |
