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Gosling Patricia <1963-> |
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Mastering your PhD : survival and success in the doctoral years and beyond / / Patricia Gosling, Bart Noordam |
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , 2022 |
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[Third edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (197 pages) |
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Doctor of philosophy degree |
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Universities and colleges - Graduate work |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Preface -- Why Read a Book About Getting a PhD? -- Sink or Swim -- The Problem: Saving an Old Master Painting from the Ravages of Time -- Authors' Note -- Contents -- 1 Choosing a Research Group: Pluses and Pitfalls -- The Start-Up Group -- The 'Up-and-Running' Group -- The 'Small-but-Established' Group -- The Empire -- The Gardener -- Surviving in a Non-supportive Group -- 2 Getting Started -- Become Familiar with Your Research Department -- Formulate a Working Plan and Set up a Schedule -- Maintain a Proper Lab Notebook -- Establish Good Reference Keeping Practices -- Dealing with Initial Ups and Downs -- Connect with Others in Your Group or Department -- 3 Setting Goals and Objectives -- Effective Time Management -- Record Your Daily Activities -- Learn from the Record -- Prepare a To-Do List -- Multi-tasking: Is It for You? -- The 80/20 Rule -- Are You Focusing on the 80% or the 20%? -- Implementing the 80/20 Rule -- 4 How to Think Like a Scientist -- Common Errors in Using the Scientific Method -- Not Proving the Hypothesis by Experiment -- Discounting Data that Don't Support the Hypothesis -- Over- or Underestimating Systematic Errors -- Fact, Theory, Hypothesis-What's the Difference Anyway? -- Is There Ever a Situation Where the Scientific Method Is Not Applicable? -- A Final Comment -- 5 Designing Good Experiments -- Good Science and Good Experimental Design Go Hand in Hand -- Design Experiments to Test |
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Your Hypothesis -- Finally: Can You Trust Your Results? -- Spotting Random Errors -- Identifying Systematic Errors -- Recognising Linked Variables -- What if Your Experiment Hasn't Worked Out as Planned? -- 6 Charting Your Progress Month by Month -- Monthly Progress Monitor: Four Questions to Keep Yourself Goal-Orientated -- What You Can Learn from Completing the Monthly Progress Monitor -- 7 Dealing with Setbacks. |
The Cold Reality of Trial and Error -- Identifying the Setback(s) -- Take Action -- Tips for Recovering from a Setback -- A Final Thought: Should You Stop Altogether? -- 8 Mentors, Leadership, and Community -- Mining for Gold: Defining Mentorship -- Choosing a Mentor -- Working with What You've Got -- Develop a Community of Peers-Or Become a Mentor Yourself -- 9 How to Get Along with Your Labmates, et al. -- How to Get the Help You Need from Others on Your Team -- You, Me, Everybody -- How You Get Energised: Extrovert Versus Introvert -- How You Think: Intuition Versus Sensation -- Are Your Decisions Driven by Objective Arguments or Feelings? -- Chaotic Team Members Versus Planners -- Which Type Are You? -- How to Collaborate with Your Personality-Type Counterpart -- Extroverts Versus Introverts -- Intuition and Sensation Are Both Necessary for Success -- Feeling is More Important in Science than Thinkers Want to Believe -- Judgers and Perceivers Play Crucial Roles at Different Stages of the Project -- A Varied Mix Makes a Good Team -- 10 Group Dynamics: Dealing with Difficult Colleagues -- Strategies for Coping -- Monitor Your Response -- 11 The Art of Good Communication -- Understanding Different Styles of Communication -- Structured Communication is Key -- Effective Communication in the Lab: A Practical Approach -- Ground Rules for Optimising Effective Communication -- 12 Mastering Presentations and Group Meetings -- Get Prepared -- Identify Your Audience -- Rehearse Your Presentation Aloud -- Deliver the Presentation -- Visual Aids -- Common Mistakes -- Group Meetings -- How to Handle Your Group Meetings with Style -- Chairing a Session -- A Final Observation -- 13 Searching the Scientific Literature -- Getting Started in the Library-Both the Physical Space and with Online Search Tools -- Making the Most of Your Online Literature Search. |
Making Good Use of the Science Citation Index -- How Do You Know When Your Literature Search is Successful and Complete? -- 14 Your First International Conference -- Making the Most of Your First Conference -- First Things First -- Making Your Presence Count -- Post-conference Reality Check -- 15 Remote Collaboration -- Meeting of One -- Remote Work Sessions -- Team Meetings -- Department Meetings -- Virtual Conferences -- Hybrid Meetings -- 16 From Data to Manuscript: Writing Scientific Papers That Shine -- Title -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- A Note on Tables and Figures -- Tables -- Figures -- Graphs and Histograms -- Drawings and Photographs -- Discussion -- Literature Citations -- Revising the First Draft -- Submitting Your Paper for Publication -- Closing Ceremony -- 17 Celebrate Your Success -- The Art of Celebrating Success -- Why Celebrate Your Success? -- What Defines Success? -- How Can You Celebrate Your Success? -- 18 How to Make the Most of Your Annual Evaluation -- The Surprise Attack: How to Act When You're Caught Off Guard -- Evaluating Your First Year -- 19 The Final Year: Countdown to Your Thesis Defence -- Make a List of Your Achievements -- Verify Your Achievements with Your Supervisor -- What Else Should Be Included in Your Thesis? -- Describe Your Final Project -- The Countdown List -- Typical Things You Might Learn from Making the Countdown List -- Handling Uncertainties -- Discuss |
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Your Planning with Your Supervisor(s) -- Your Countdown Planning is not Carved in Stone -- 20 Writing Your Doctoral Thesis with Style -- First Things First: Decide on the Table of Contents -- Cut the Problem Down to Size: Write an Outline -- Getting Down to Fundamentals: What's a PhD Thesis Anyway? -- A PhD Thesis is -- A PhD Thesis is not -- Choose a Straightforward Format and Layout. |
Transform (Published) Articles into Thesis Chapters -- Chapter Two: The First Piece of New Text -- The Last Set of Data: Chapter or Article First? -- The Introduction: The Final Hurdle -- The Summary -- Going for Gold: Aiming for an Error-Free Thesis -- Be Generous with Acknowledgements -- 21 The Final Act: Defending Your Thesis with Panache -- Familiarise Yourself with the Formalities -- Prepare Yourself Scientifically -- Prepare Your Act -- Your Physical Condition at the Actual Defence -- 22 Putting It All Together: A PhD...What's Next? -- Opportunities for a Newly Minted PhD -- The Next Logical Step: A Post-Doctoral Fellowship -- For-Profit Organisations: Where Business and Science Meet -- Not-for-Profit Organisations-The Best of Both Worlds? -- Is Your Final Decision Carved in Stone? -- From Searching for Opportunities to Getting the Job -- When to Start Your Job Search -- How to Leverage Your Network -- What Type of Skills Do You Possess? -- How to Prepare for an Interview -- Last, But Not Least: Do You Want the Job? -- 23 Is Industry Right for You? Opportunities to Explore -- Research in a Business-Driven Environment -- The Difference Between Academic and Corporate Problem Solving -- Ways to Explore Whether Corporate Research is Right for You -- Not Your Final Destination -- A Career as a Management Consultant -- Consultancy Firms Hiring PhDs -- The Steep and Uncertain Career Path as a Management Consultant -- Companies Care -- 24 Exploring Not-for-Profit Organisations -- Where to Start -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Is the Nonprofit Sector Right for You? -- Swinging from Branch to Branch on the Career Tree -- 25 Lessons Learned -- Planning is Essential -- Communication Creates Harmony -- Some Final Thoughts -- Acknowledgements -- About the Authors. |
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