MSc Thesis Quiz

What is the first step to formally initiate MSc thesis project/work?

• Write a message to your supervisor

• Fill 1A form and send to Opintopolku

• Start sending proposals to the companies

• All are incorrect

What is MSc thesis? - Choose the most correct statement answer

• Qualification work

• Research report

• Project report

• Problem solving report

What is the duration of MSc thesis writing project?

• 3 months

• 6 months

• 12 months

• 2 years

What is literature review in MSc thesis?

• An introduction to the topic

• A research task to build the landscape of the study of the problem from the peer-reviewed literature

• A part of the MSc thesis text in which the author presents the analysis of the literature on the topic of the thesis

• All are correct

Research Question is...

• A question asked by the reviewers/opponents to the researcher

• A research methodology based on questioning

• A question from a research survey

• A question that is answered by the author of the research

• The goal of the reseach formulated as a question

What can not be used as a proof of correctness of the research findings

• Experiment

• Statistical data

• Survey results

• Opinion of an expert

Who evaluates your thesis?

• Independent peer reviewers assigned by the Academic Committee

• Supervisors listed in your 1A form

• MSc program directors

• Dean of the school

What DOES NOT belong to the list of assessment criteria?

• Definition of research problem, objectives and delimitations

• The relationship to previous research

• Systematic and responsible execution of the projec

• Readability, layout and language of the report

• Quality of the public presentation 

Which table of contents for MSc thesis is better?

• Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions

• Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, ... Chapter N and Conclusion

• Introduction, Literature review, Research results, Discussion, Conclusion

• Introduction, Literature review, Theoretical part, Application, Conclusions