Assessing the quality of PhD dissertations. A survey of ...
Utilising a multi-dimensional concept of qualityof PhD dissertations, we look at differences in assessment of research quality, and particularly test whether prior relationship to supervisor, examiners’ assessment experience and the regional affiliation of examiners influence assessment, also controlling for academic fields and type of ...
Reviewing the Review: An Assessment of Dissertation ... - ed
Abstract. Throughout the dissertation process, the chair and commitee members provide feedback regarding quality to help the doctoral candidate to produce the highest-quality document and become an independent scholar. Nevertheless, results of previous research suggest that overall dissertationquality generally is poor.
Guidelines for The PhD Dissertation - Harvard T.H. Chan ...
Every PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is required to successfully complete and submit a dissertation to qualify for degree conferral. This document provides information on how to submit your dissertation, requirements for dissertation formatting, and your dissertation publishing and distribution options.
Helping doctoral students understand PhD thesis examination ...
Therefore, the pathway to producing a PhDthesis of acceptable scope and quality involves a progressive and transformative movement not only towards meeting the requirements of thesis examination but also of entering an academic and scholarly community (Amran and Ibrahim, 2012; Stracke and Kumar, 2010).
Full article: Excellence in PhD dissertations in health ...
Quantifying PhDdissertation reviews. Quality of scientific work cannot easily be expressed in simple numbers, because of the large variety of facets to be evaluated and the expert judgment that is necessary to do so. The authors, however, have been charged with ranking dissertations for an award and used these seven criteria to arrive at ...
Assessing the quality of PhD dissertations. A survey of ...
This article reports on a study of the quality assessment of doctoral dissertations, and asks whether examiner characteristics influence assessment of research quality in PhD dissertations. Utilising a multi-dimensional concept of qualityof PhD dissertations, we look at differences in assessment of research quality, and particularly test whether prior relationship to supervisor, examiners ...
Perspectives of PhD research: The key components for ...
The number of PhDtheses approved for the doctoral degree is on a steady rise in different disciplines across the globe. However, the quality may not meet the requirement of the academia and ...
Assessing the quality of PhD dissertations. A survey of ...
The quality of graduate publications in general, or theses and dissertations in particular, is largely reflective of the overall quality of graduate education of a particular higher education ...
Ph.D. thesis quality: the view of examiners - ResearchGate
From 2121 examiner reports on 804 theses across all discipline areas at eight Australian universities, discipline and other differences, and thesisquality are discussed.
Using examiner reports to identify quality PhD theses
Judgements about quality in doctoral research have two, sometimes competing, criteria to consider: the quality of the research training received and the quality of the research output, that is the thesis. Research reported in PhDtheses represents a major component of all research undertaken in Australia.
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Utilising a multi-dimensional concept of quality of PhD dissertations, we look at differences in assessment of research quality, and particularly test whether prior relationship to supervisor, examiners’ assessment experience and the regional affiliation of examiners influence assessment, also controlling for academic fields and type of ...
Abstract. Throughout the dissertation process, the chair and commitee members provide feedback regarding quality to help the doctoral candidate to produce the highest-quality document and become an independent scholar. Nevertheless, results of previous research suggest that overall dissertation quality generally is poor.
Every PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is required to successfully complete and submit a dissertation to qualify for degree conferral. This document provides information on how to submit your dissertation, requirements for dissertation formatting, and your dissertation publishing and distribution options.
Therefore, the pathway to producing a PhD thesis of acceptable scope and quality involves a progressive and transformative movement not only towards meeting the requirements of thesis examination but also of entering an academic and scholarly community (Amran and Ibrahim, 2012; Stracke and Kumar, 2010).
Quantifying PhD dissertation reviews. Quality of scientific work cannot easily be expressed in simple numbers, because of the large variety of facets to be evaluated and the expert judgment that is necessary to do so. The authors, however, have been charged with ranking dissertations for an award and used these seven criteria to arrive at ...
This article reports on a study of the quality assessment of doctoral dissertations, and asks whether examiner characteristics influence assessment of research quality in PhD dissertations. Utilising a multi-dimensional concept of quality of PhD dissertations, we look at differences in assessment of research quality, and particularly test whether prior relationship to supervisor, examiners ...
The number of PhD theses approved for the doctoral degree is on a steady rise in different disciplines across the globe. However, the quality may not meet the requirement of the academia and ...
The quality of graduate publications in general, or theses and dissertations in particular, is largely reflective of the overall quality of graduate education of a particular higher education ...
From 2121 examiner reports on 804 theses across all discipline areas at eight Australian universities, discipline and other differences, and thesis quality are discussed.
Judgements about quality in doctoral research have two, sometimes competing, criteria to consider: the quality of the research training received and the quality of the research output, that is the thesis. Research reported in PhD theses represents a major component of all research undertaken in Australia.