All students are people. And all people get into the habit of making mistakes. Sometimes it is possible to correct them, but sometimes it is too late to do something. In order to help you somehow, I made up my mind to present you this article and point out some of common mistakes, which students can make in their dissertation writing.

You should know that with the help of dissertation/thesis format it possible to a void a great number of mistakes. Only when you consult dissertation/thesis format, you get to know more about the ways of overcoming possible mistakes.

So, by means of dissertation/thesis format I will enumerate possible mistakes and you try to overcome them.

General mistakes:

  • Both side printing;
  • Disparity of margins;
  • Page enumeration.

Mistakes of the title page:

  • Wrong capitalization of the words;
  • Number of page is on this page;
  • No approval by the committee;
  • Wrong information about the work.

Mistakes of the abstract:

  • Wrong title (does not equal to that one on the title page);
  • More then 350 words;
  • No page enumeration;
  • Wrong page enumeration;
  • Incorrect information.

Mistakes of the table of contents:

  • Its absence;
  • Wrong/missed page enumeration.

Mistakes of the list of illustrations:

  • More then one illustration on one page;
  • Page enumeration/missing.

Mistakes of the bibliography list:

  • No single spacing;
  • It does not begin with a new page;
  • No correspondence to the necessary reference style.

Mistakes of the test:

  • Wrong page numbers/their absence;
  • Not indented paragraphs;
  • Any but not double-spaced text;
  • Out of margins.

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