2. Review relevant theories and research around the topic selection: At present, most Chinese academic materials are not online in China and need manual search; Latin materials, especially English materials, are relatively easy to find, and it takes a lot of time and energy to find Chinese materials. One of the reasons for taking this step is to ensure that the content of your paper will not duplicate the work of others; In the process of searching, we can inspire ideas, generate sparks of views, and prepare for the next step from perspectives, angles, materials and so on.
3. Propose theoretical hypotheses or specific research questions: The topic selection refers to the general direction and scope of the proposed thesis. If you really want to start writing, you will encounter two specific problems. The first category belongs to opinions: what is my specific opinion? You can imagine one or several ideas, but they are just a hypothesis. Through a lot of evidence and materials, through rigorous argumentation and appropriate argumentation framework structure, prove that your hypothesis is established and can form the main body of the paper. The second category belongs to practice: what problems should be demonstrated specifically? You can put forward many reasons, whether the influence of various environmental conditions is related to the demonstration and to what extent, all of which require scientific investigation and analysis. When expressing the central idea or argument theme of the paper, it must be clear and run through the whole paper.
4. Research methods: The research methods of humanities and social sciences can be roughly divided into two categories, namely, speculative research and empirical research, and speculative research. In the master's thesis of arts, the quantitative analysis conducted by the author directly for the thesis is generally small in scale and limited in scope of application, and more people use other people's direct investigation results than their own. Based on logical analysis, this paper uses some quantitative analysis data appropriately, which sometimes adds some weight to the article. But it must be done according to the actual needs, not to show the diversity of research methods.
Empirical research is divided into qualitative research and quantitative research. In order to explore social facts or social phenomena, people adopt different research orientations, and different research orientations have different research methods, different research hypotheses, ways of collecting data and criteria for judging results. However, various research methods are increasingly showing compatibility and internal relations in current thesis writing. Generally speaking, according to your own topics and specific issues discussed, you can take one research method as the main one, supplemented by other methods.
5. Design the framework of the thesis: Generally speaking, a master's thesis should have a preface, a first chapter, a main chapter and a conclusion. Chapter setting should have a general layout logic before writing to make its structure reasonable; There is a logical connection between chapters to prevent scribbling, drowning the theme and being unintelligible. This step is rarely completed once, and often changes according to the situation of collecting materials and the new situation encountered in the investigation and interview.
When it comes to designing the framework of the thesis, because it is a textual chapter design, it is a good opportunity to solicit opinions from other experts in addition to the guidance of the tutor before formal writing. The framework is not a very thick paper, and it takes little time to read, so you can roughly see the value or existing problems of the article. At this time, it is much easier and easier to modify the structure of the paper than to modify it after writing, and the time is wider. Don't miss this opportunity.