Continuing from our last post on how to write good Masters’ thesis’, here is part 2 in the series. This part talks largely about how to present you work, how to conclude your thesis and how to utilize the reference section of the thesis.

5. Presentation of Your Thesis Work
If a Master’s thesis had a climax, this would be it. The structure is highly flexible, and will depend much on the nature of your work. Whatever the thesis format, the objective is the one and the same: persuade your reader that you have done what you set out to do in writing a Master level thesis. Show all relevant evidence to support your position, and don’t weaken it with the mention of dead ends unless they too are relevant to demonstrating that you answered the question.

6. Thesis Conclusion
As with the thesis introduction, the conclusion section in Master’s thesis writing is not the same as it is in the simple essay. A typical thesis conclusion comprises three subsections: the conclusions drawn from your paper, a summary of the contributions your thesis has done, and a prospect of future research.

In the 1-st subsection, avoid amorphous summarizing, and strive for a clear and concise presentation of the conclusions of your work. From the most to the least important, describe the inferences that you could make as the result of your research, and be sure to relate them directly to the question of your thesis itself.

Then, provide the reader with an overview of the contributions to knowledge that your thesis has done. Make sure that you present these as new and authentic contributions; otherwise, the reader will overlook them as filler. Actually, this sub-section can overlap with the preceding one.

Finally, share your thoughts as to how your Master’s thesis can serve as the starting point for future research. This sub-section is developed for future thesis researchers who may be interested in taking your thesis ideas further.

7. Thesis References
Every reference made in the thesis body has to appear in the list of references. The list of citation references can be used as a measuring stick to assess the breadth of your research. A successful review of the literature, after all, is very important to good Master’s thesis writing.

The thesis reader will typically overreview the list of cited works to determine whether you have consulted the more leading works in the field. The reader may also search for his or her own publications if they are relevant to the Master’s thesis topic, so be sure to work those in as well.

Know that unlike a bibliography, which may contain titles that are not directly referred to in the text, every item in your list of references must be referred to in the body of the paper. The preferred way of organizing your citations is alphabetically by author surname, however you may also organize the list by order of citation in your Master’s thesis.

8. Thesis Appendices
Thesis appendices are a useful tool for presenting material that may otherwise interrupt the flow of the Master’s thesis writing, such as complex charts and graphs, lengthy data tables, extensive listings of any kind, etc. Generally this is information that is not absolutely essential for the reader to go on with the paper, but which ought to be available to the reader to back up relevant points in your argumentation.

Remarks on the Thesis Outline
This outline addresses the fact that the thesis reader has 2 main concerns. The reader wishes to know first whether you select a good question, and second whether you answered it. Sections 3 and 4 of the thesis paper reply to the first concern, while section 5 responds to the second. The rest part of the framework shoulders aside this body, making the reader easy into the problem and then drawing him or her back out again with a new comprehension of the question. This is the art of Master’s thesis writing.