How to write a thesis

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PhD findings chapter - should I write about the literature or save that for the discussion chapter?
Your PhD findings chapter is the pivotal point in your research where you present the culmination of your efforts. It's a crucial section that requires careful consideration and planning. One common dilemma that researchers face when crafting their findings chapter is whether to refer back to the literature or save references for the discussion chapter ...
Context is king
It's been called the expectation effect. Is it a B or a 13? It appears that how we see depends on the context and what we expect to see. This neat example is from a 1955 experiment by Jerome Bruner and A. Leigh Minturn. One of the findings, other than people seamlessly identifying a B or 13 when surrounded appropriately by letters or numbers, was that when asked to draw what they saw "as is" participants were more inclined to draw a closed or partially closed B when it was surrounded by ...