Category: Expert advice

How to master the art of critical writing in your research paper?
By Priya Chetty on March 31, 2015 No Comments

Critical writing, in technical terms, means “not necessarily writing about the topic in a negative way; it is simply making sure that you have considered all sides of the argument” (University of Cumbria, UK).

 
Common revisions that you should expect to get from a reviewer
By Priya Chetty on March 9, 2015 No Comments

If I had a dime for every time i heard any of the below things, i’d own a bank today. Even after having years of practice as an academic writer, you will find it hard to maintain composure to some common requests of your employer.

 
The importance of correct grammar in a research paper
By Priya Chetty on March 4, 2015 1 Comment

When your supervisor devotes his/her precious time in reading your thesis, such grammatical errors can be a put-off. After over 15 years of formal education, the least a PhD scholar can do is exhibit the very foundation of the English language in a correct manner.

 
Factor analysis using SPSS
By Priya Chetty on February 4, 2015 7 Comments

Factor analysis is used to find factors among observed variables. In other words, if your data contains many variables, you can use factor analysis to reduce the number of variables.

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How and when to use Paired sample T-test?
By Priya Chetty on February 2, 2015 3 Comments

A paired sample t-test is used to determine whether there is a significant difference between the average values of the same measurement made under two different conditions.

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Follow these methods to improve your academic paper writing skills
By Priya Chetty on February 2, 2015 1 Comment

You must be aware that universities around the world are becoming stricter by the day about the quality of student assignments and dissertations/ theses. Consequently the rules of academic writing are changing too.

 
Selecting cases for analysis in SPSS
By Priya Chetty on January 23, 2015 No Comments

When researcher needs to perform selective analysis (for example, your research aim is to find out gender-based preferences for Lux soap. After you finish your survey, you may choose to do 2 separate analyses in SPSS: first of all males, then of all female respondents), then this command is used, i.e. selecting cases for analysis.

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Writing guidelines to help improve your research work
By Ankita Agarwal on July 31, 2014 2 Comments

It is commonly misconceived that academic writing is simply about presenting the topic-related data. It is important to understand that academic writing is different from non academic or commercial writing and has its own set of rules.