Thesis documentation

Template: question, scope, provenance, method, decisions, results, limits, rights, reproducibility, access.
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1. Question

What does the thesis ask? State one main research question and, if needed, up to three sub-questions.

2. Scope

What does the thesis include, and what does it exclude? Use a table with two columns: “In scope” and “Out of scope”.

3. Provenance

Where does each source or dataset come from? Name the holder, the date of access, the version, and the identifier. State which material is your own and which belongs to others.

4. Method

How do you analyse the material? Name the steps, the tools with their versions, and the parameters. Link the scripts in src/ or analysis/.

5. Decisions

List the important decisions with a link to each decision record. A decision is important when it changes scope, method, data, dates, or access.

ID Date Decision Record

6. Results

What did you find? Link the tables, figures, and chapters that hold the results.

7. Limits

What can the results not show? Name gaps in the sources, uncertainty in the data, and assumptions of the method.

8. Rights

Who holds the rights to each output and each source? Which licence applies to your own outputs? Which restrictions apply to the material of others?

Output or source Rights holder Licence or terms

9. Reproducibility

How can another person repeat the analysis? Name the files, the order of the steps, and the expected outputs. State what cannot be repeated, and why.

10. Access

What is public, what is private, and when does this change? Who decides on library access to the thesis? Where is a version deposited for the long term?

Output Access now Access after the grade Deposit
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