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2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
6. Background Chapters
Authors : David Evans†, Paul Gruba, Justin Zobel
Published in: How to Write a Better Thesis
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
Depending on the nature of your thesis, the background sections or chapters can take any of several different forms. However, their functions are always the same: to provide the context for your own work and to be the starting point for an examiner to think about your position in relation to the work, that is, to be the ‘you’ that you were at the start of the research project. The four most common elements in the background chapters are: