- Difference between textual versus parenthetical citations:
- Textual citation: part of the sentence
Choi et al. (2020) investigate ...
- parenthetical citation: outside the sentence
The futures are important (Choi et al. 2020).
- Textual citation: part of the sentence
China National Standard GB/T 7714
is the standard citation format for thesis.Choi (2019)
(single author) orChoi et al. (2019)
/CHOI 等 (2019)
(multiple authors)- Use Zotero to generate the reference list.
- For Englihs version, you may use
APA 7th edition
style - In general, be consistent.
- Be careful with the plural form:
- (O) Choi et al. (2020)
find
that ... - (X) Choi et al. (2020)
finds
that ...
- (O) Choi et al. (2020)
- Make sure that there is no missing reference in bibliography section
- Do not use informal English:
- No ':
It's
-->It is
,can't
-->cannot
pretty
,quite
-->very
,significantly
some
-->several
,a few
- No ':
- Use subject "I". It is better than "the author"
- Example: I contribute to the literature by ...
- Use "author" to refer to the authors of the references
- Make sure to correct grammatical mistakes by running software (e.g. www.grammarly.com paid premium account)
- E.g., Black-Scholes (
BS
) formula, Asset pricing theory (APT
) - Define in the parenthesis () in the first usage. After that, you may use acronyms.
- Black-Scholes (
BS
) formula - Black-Scholes (henceforth,
BS
) formula - Black-Scholes (thereafter,
BS
) formula
- Black-Scholes (
- If there are many of acronyms, it is better to give a table of acronyms in the beginning (between abstract and text).
- Abstract is considered as an separate document. Apply the same rule above in abstract. Define first before use any acronym.
- Make introduction interesting
- Put a "contribution slide" before the main result slides
- Summarize your contribution
- You may repeat it as the conclusion slide
- Effectively use underline, boldface font, color to emphasize.
- Extra slides after "Thank you" slide:
- E.g. robustness check. Gives an impression of your effort.
- Come to research seminar and watch how they are organized
- Practice! Practice! Practice!
- Do mock defense several times (among friends or before advisor).