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parts structure, 48–9
Pascal, Blaise (1623–62), 32, 35, 111,
114, 116, 153, 199, 266, 280,
282, 284, 285, 289
passive phrasing, 114–17
passive writing, 118–20
Pasteur, Louis, 37, 41, 281, 284
Pauling, Linus (1901–94), 35, 280
PCs (personal computers), 151–2
peer-group review, 228–9, 235–9
periodized chronologies, 68–9
personal digital assistant (PDA), 35
Pertwee, Boscoe, 209, 285
PhD, classical model, 5–11
PhD, taught model, 5–11
philosophy, 287, 288
‘physics envy’, 161
pie charts, 174, 184
plagiarism, 121
plan (for research/thesis), 25–6, 38,
43–75, 86–7, 153
Plato, 40, 277
Platonic form, 137
Popper, Karl (1902–94), 35
popular science books, referencing
in, 133
portable PCs, 151
Powerpoint (software), 193
preface, 52, 193
presentation packages, 165, 193
presentations, 142–3, 155, 157, 158
primary data, 185–92
primary sources, referencing, 129–30
‘print, edit, revise, upgrade, remodel’
operations, 138, 273
printing, 138, 146
professional bodies, 32, 141–3, 227,
233–4
project research, 11
psychology, 238–9, 289
publications portfolio, 249–50
publishability, 9–10, 227–64
publishers, 13, 122, 231, 233, 251–64
publishing, 223, 227–63
publishing subsidy, 255
quartiles, 187–9
question headings, 86
questions, for research, 18–26, 200–9
quotations, 78–9, 93–4
Radiohead, 158, 284
random sequence (of authors), 66–7,
74, 113–14
range (statistics), 187–9
rationality, 288
readability, 106–8
readers’ behaviour, 11–16, 58, 89–90,
113, 139, 154–5, 160, 288
re-basing index numbers, 167–8
refereeing, 109, 122, 227–51
refereeing, double-blind, 229, 268
refereeing, open, 229, 272
refereeing, single-blind, 229, 274
reference-handling software, 124–5
referencing circles, 222, 228, 273
referencing interviews, 129–30
referencing systems, 103–4, 120–33,
228–9
referencing, over, 103–4, 122, 256
referral, 221, 225, 273
regression line, 180
regulations, for PhD, 27–8, 45–7,
123, 205, 210–21, 224–5
reification, 118–19
religion, 289
re-modelling (or re-structuring) text,
137–8, 143–8, 208–9, 273–4
repetitive strain injury (RSI), 157
report writing, 82–3
Research Assessment Exercise (RAE),
249
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research degrees (other), 46–7
research methods, 235–7
research methods appendix, 61, 160
research myths, 241–4
research notes, 240, 246
research team projects, 20, 223
résumé, 21, 251
Return of the Jedi
, 135
review articles, 240–1
revise and resubmit, 248
revising stage for text, 138
Rohe, Mies van der (1886–1969), 285
rolling synopsis, 53, 83, 209
rounding data, 161–2, 166–8, 171,
185–6
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712–78), 44,
281
royalties, 261
RSI (repetitive strain injury), 157
Russell, Bertrand (1872–1970), 33, 34
‘say it once, say it right’ principle,
109, 144, 274
scaling charts, 182–3
scatterplot, 180
Schelling, Friedrich von (1775–1854),
vi, xi, xii, 274
Schopenhauer, Arthur (1788–1860),
28, 279
second order sub-headings, 77–92,
274
sections, of chapters, 76–84, 143–4
segmented bibliography, 130
seminars, 4, 140–2, 159, 195
sentences, 114–17
serial methods of working, 43–4
Sertillanges, A. D., 26, 31, 264–5,
279, 280, 284, 285, 289
seven as a magic number, 35, 45, 288
Shaw, George Bernard (1856–1950),
33, 34, 110, 280
shelf-bending research theses, 12–13,
274
‘short article’ journals, 240
Sidney, Philip (1554–80), 148, 283
signposts, signposting, 95–6, 97, 274
Simon, Neil, 145, 155
single-blind refereeing, 229, 274
skim readers, 113
smoothing data, 189–92
Social Sciences Citation Index, 230
social sciences, mathematical, 5, 9,
46, 288
specialist journals, 231
spreadsheets, 165
SPSS statistics package, 172
stages (in writing), 136–43
Stata (statistics package), 172
statistics, 169–70
stem-and-leaf, 186–8, 192
Sternberg, Robert, 41, 84, 103, 239,
282, 285, 289
study skills, 3
style, 103–20, 133, 235–6, 271,
289–90
style guides, 119–20, 289–90
sub-headings, 76–94, 143–8
subject, in sentences, 114–17
‘subject, verb, object’ mnemonic,
114–17
subjects (in sentences), 114–17
submitting a PhD, 209–16, 275
subordinate clauses, 115
subsections, 76–84, 143–8
subtexts, 128, 132–3
Sun
(newspaper), 84–5, 282
supervisor(s), supervision, 1–11,
13–14, 29, 56–7, 140–2, 209–16,
224–6, 245, 248–9, 275
suppressing the zero, 183, 184
synopses, for dissertations, 53, 83,
209
systematic structures, 69
tables, 90, 120
tables, list of, 163
Tardif, T. Z., 41
taught PhD model, 5–11, 275
teaching, 196
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
(1881–1955), 38, 250
tenses, 118
text, remodelling, 143–8
thematization, 67
themes, integrating, 199–209, 275
theories, handling, 14–15, 25, 38,
71–2, 90, 114, 118–19, 208–9,
237
theory, new, 30, 90
thinking, 32–5
third-order sub-headings, 78
‘three effective digits’ rule, 275
three-dimensional (3D) charts, 181,
183
Thurber, James (1894–1961), 136
‘time bombs’, 123, 225–6
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time lags (in finishing), 200, 210–11
time lags (in publishing), 231–2
time planning, 43
title, of chapters, 84–9, 91–2, 96
title, of dissertation, 20, 21, 52, 87–8,
92, 96, 200–3
Tocqueville, Alexis de (1805–59),
197, 285
Tomalin, Claire, 145
topic sentence, 112–13, 275
‘topic, body, wrap’ formula, 112–13,
147, 275
topics, for PhD, 18–26
total quality control (for attention
points), 164–5
Tukey, John W. (1915–2000), 285
Tulving, Endel, 238, 285
Under Siege 2
, 280
undergraduate work, 166
under-organizing (a chapter), 80,
99–100, 105
university presses, 253–4
upgrade (stage in writing), 138
USA, PhD exams, 217, 289
value-added criterion, 31–2, 43,
49–50, 57–8, 68, 104, 109–10,
221–2
‘vanity’ publishers, 255–6
Venturi, Robert, 285
verbs, 114–17
version control problems, 127, 132,
164–5, 184, 226, 276
vivas, 216–26, 276
vocabulary, 107, 117–20
‘voice’ (as a writer/researcher), 117,
219–20, 225
Vries, Peter de (1910–93), 148
‘warehouse’ publishing, 254, 261–2
Web, the, 30, 122–3, 149, 252
Web annexes (of journals), 247
Web sources, referencing, 225
Weber, Max (1864–1920), xi, 277
Web-only journals, 234–5
Woolf, Virginia (1882–1941), 35, 280
Word (software), 115, 118, 125,
153, 193
word counts, 115–16
word limits, 5, 11, 45–7, 72,
199–200, 207–8, 256
Wordperfect (software), 115, 125,
153, 193
word processors, 81–2, 165
wrap sentences, 112–13, 276
writer’s block, 26, 154
writing process, stages in, 136–43
writing sessions, 149–50
writing to deadlines, 148–9
writing, organizing, 148–55
X and Y graphs, 180
Yeats, W. B. (1865–1939), 18, 279
Young, Neil, 43, 281
Zerubavel, Eviatur, 151, 283–4, 289
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