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how to stop working for other people's thesis?
Last semester, I took a course with my supervisor and he assigned me a project. This project is part of one of his student's theses. I did the project and passed the course.
Later, I was asked to ...
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Conflict of Interest from previous employment as a graduate student [closed]
I am currently working in industry with a pharmaceutical company on a one year contract (front-line sales role). Following this contract, I was hoping to complete my masters of Science in population ...
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Can University revoke my degree if I change some results, and how can I correct it?
In my research I was asked to edit some conclusions making them more significant at the behest of my adviser. I did what I was asked because I was immature at that time in my thesis work. At that time ...
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Is it ok for an applied mathematician to research a topic that she has personal experience with?
Would this idea be too sensitive / too much information / generally a bad idea?
For example, I have a friend who is doing her computational biology PhD at a strong U.S. program, and her main research ...
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Is it common for supervisors to approach their student and ask to work on publishing the student's masters thesis?
My supervisor emailed me asking if he can work on trying to publish my masters thesis, with me being the first author. I have said yes, is it common for supervisors to approach students asking to ...
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To publish or not to publish [duplicate]
There are two parts to this question.
As a student interested in pursuing a doctoral degree; how important is it to publish an article or "something" before one applies? Will it help your chances? I ...
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Can I publish my Master's Thesis that I've claimed copyright on?
I graduated this past May with my master's in a physical science. Since then, my thesis has been uploaded online by my university, with my copyright on the thesis. I was interested in publishing the ...
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Should I correct a successfully completed Master's dissertation before publishing online?
I successfully completed my Master's dissertation a while back and I've decided I would like to publish it online to help others and probably print a copy for myself to up on the bookshelf.
The ...
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How to integrate a paper where I am third author, but did a lot of work, into my master's thesis?
I am writing my thesis currently and I want to include papers that I am included on as an author. I will have a couple papers where I am 1st author, but there is one where I am third but did a lot of ...
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Can I use my own paper for own thesis?
I published a paper on a statistical topic after my bachelors.
Currently I am doing my masters thesis and I would like to cite/use my own paper in it.
However, I did not inform my supervisor before ...
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