The selection of a suitable thesis topic is difficult and requires thorough knowledge in a subject area. Potential topics can come from active researchers, recent literature, or identifying gaps or inconsistencies in current understanding. Topics should be of real interest to the student, achievable within the time available with adequate supervision and resources like library access. An effective topic defines a research problem motivated by a practical problem and addressed through a research question and answer, contributing new understanding. The document provides guidance on distinguishing practical and research problems, formulating good research questions and objectives, and developing timelines and frameworks to structure the thesis development process.

1. การพัฒนา
หัวข้อวิทยานิพนธ์
ชาคริต สิทธิเวช

2. The selection of a suitable topic for a thesis
or dissertation is in many ways the most
difficult task. A thorough knowledge of a
particular subject area is needed.
- Jonathan Anderson and Millicent Poole

3. Sources of problems for
investigation
• active researchers or institutions
• recent literature

4. Gaps
• likely future directions
• likely inconsistencies

5. Certain criteria
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adequate supervision
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sufficient access to data
sources
your real interest
time required
subject availability
adequate equipments or
tools
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sufficient library facilities
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controversy
achievability
significance of the
problem
sensitivity

6. subject
v
topic

7. questions?

8. question
v
problem

9. • topic
• question
• significance
• problem
• solution

10. practical problems
v
research problems

11. What should we do?
practical problems
v
research problems

12. What should we do?
practical problems
v
research problems
What should we think?

14. practical
problem

15. practical
problem
motivates

16. practical
problem
motivates
research
question

17. practical
problem
motivates
research
question
defines

18. practical
problem
motivates
research
question
defines
research
problem

19. practical
problem
motivates
research
question
leads to
defines
research
problem

20. practical
problem
motivates
research
answer
research
question
leads to
defines
research
problem

21. practical
problem
helps to solve
motivates
research
answer
research
question
leads to
defines
research
problem

22. pure research
v
applied research

23. pure research
v
applied research

24. a good
research problem

25. main question
v
secondary questions

26. predictions

27. resource-rich

28. originality

29. objectives
v
hypothesis

30. title

31. timelines

32. Covey’s
Time Management
Matrix

33. testing the waters

34. the parallel story

35. conceptual frameworks

36. questions?

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