Category Archives: ILMRaD

on “other” academic writing

Posted on June 18, 2015 by pat thomson

Academic writing is not all introduction, literature, methods, results, discussion. While this is the dominant mode of writing across the social sciences, and in other disciplines too, it is not all that there is. IMRAD, and the variations on it, is certainly … Continue reading →

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some more thoughts on structuring the thesis

Posted on October 7, 2013 by pat thomson

A little while ago I was asked a tricky question about thesis chapter: How much should each thesis chapter stand-alone? On pursuing this a little, it turned out that there was more to the question. The questioner also wanted to … Continue reading →

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is there a format for a thesis?

Posted on October 19, 2012 by pat thomson

There is a format for the thesis and it goes like this – Introduction, Literature review, Methods, Report of research findings, Discussion and conclusion. This is known as ILMRaD. Many theses follow this structure and it does ‘work’ – it’s … Continue reading →