Introduction to Scientific Research Projects
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788776816742
Table of contents: title: Content; title: 1. What is an undergraduate scientific research project?; title: 1.1. How is it different to other types of assessment?; title: 1.2. How is different to other types of research projects?; title: 1.3. What types of research projects are there?; title: 1.4. What project will best fit my personality?; title: 1.5. What will I be expected to do and learn?; title: 1.6. Summary; title: 2. Choosing your project, hopes and expectations; title: 2.1. When to chose your project; title: 2.2. Hopes; title: 2.3. Expectations; title: 2.4. Summary; title: 3. Planning your project; title: 3.1. Time management; title: 3.2. Student supervisor responsibility; title: 3.3. Research personnel; title: 3.4. Etiquette and survival tips; title: 3.5. Staying alive and not being sent to prison (safety and ethics); title: 3.6. Plagiarism and academic offences; title: 3.7. Summary; title: 4. Critiquing existing research; title: 4.1. Choosing a paper to review; title: 4.2. Writing the critique; title: 4.3. Critiquing a research grant; title: 5. Experimental design; title: 5.1. Planning the experiment; title: 5.2. Controls; title: 5.3. Performance, feedback, revision; title: 5.4. Summary; title: 6. The scientific poster presentation; title: 7. The scientific oral presentation; title: 7.1. Constructing the presentation; title: 7.2. Navigating the session; title: 7.3. Viva Voce; title: 7.4. Summary; title: 8. The thesis and scientifi c writing; title: 8.1. Preparation; title: 8.2. The thesis sections in more detail; title: 8.3. Summary; title: 9. Summary