thesis and dissertation templete

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TITLE IN ALL CAPS

A dissertation submitted

to Kent State University in partial

fulfillment of the requirements for the

deree of !o"tor of Philosophy

by#our Name

$raduation !ate


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!issertation %ritten by

#our Name

&'S'( Some University( USA( )*++

,'S'( Some University( USA -.++

Approved by

/////////////////////////////////// ( Chair( !o"toral !issertation Committee/////////////////////////////////// ( &embers( !o"toral !issertation Committee/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

A""epted by/////////////////////////////////// ( Chair( !epartment of Computer S"ien"e/////////////////////////////////// ( !ean( Collee of Arts and S"ien"es

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES..........................................................................................................II

LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................................II

DEDICATION..................................................................................................................II

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.............................................................................................II

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION....................E00102 ,11K&A0K N1T !E3INE!'

-'- Problem !es"ription and &otivation'''''''''''''''''''''''Error! Bookmark not "#n.

-') 0esear"h 4ypothesis and 5uestions'''''''''''''''''''''''''Error! Bookmark not "#n.

-'6 0esear"h Contributions''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''Error! Bookmark not "#n.

-'7 1rani8ation of the !issertation'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''Error! Bookmark not "#n.

-'9 ,iblioraphi"al Notes'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''Error! Bookmark not "#n.

CHAPTER $ COLLEGE ST%LE GUIDE......................................................................$

)'- Style $uide and Instru"tions for Thesis and !issertation'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'- 0easons for 0eulations'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-') 0esponsibilities'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'6 Approval'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'7 Paper'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'9 Copies and ,indin'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-': 3ont Styles''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'; &arins'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'< Spa"in''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'. Paination'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')


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)'-'-- 3iures'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'-) Tables''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'-6 3ootnotes'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'-7 Appendi"es''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'-9 ,iblioraphies=0eferen"es''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'-: Abstra"ts'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)'-'-; Publi"ation 0equirement for !o"toral !issertation''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

)') Some E>amples of tables and fiures'''''''''''''''''''''''Error! Bookmark not "#n.

CHAPTER & CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH......................................$

6'- &ain 0esults'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''Error! Bookmark not "#n.

6') 3uture 0esear"h !ire"tions''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''Error! Bookmark not "#n.

APPENDI' A E'AMPLE OF AN APPENDI'..............................................................$

APPENDI' B ANOTHER APPENDI' E'AMPLE.....................................................$

REFERENCES..................................................................................................................$

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LIST OF FIGURES

3iure )'-' An E>ample fiure' Chapter ) fiure - ?of "hapter )@'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')

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LIST OF TABLES

Table )'-' An E>ample table' Chapter Number and Table Number %ithin "hapter'''' '''''' ')Table )')' Another table'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''')


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DEDICATION

1ptional dedi"ation pae'


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A"no%lede those %ho helped or supported you in finishin this

dissertation=thesis'

#our Name

!efense !ate( Kent( 1hio


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CHAPTER 1

Intro()t#on

This &S Bord template ?'dot file@ %as prepared by !r' onathan I' &aleti" in the

!epartment of Computer S"ien"e at Kent State University' This is Dersion -'*' It is a

template for Thesis=!issertations for the Collee of Arts and S"ien"e at KSU'

Please read the entire do"ument and the Collees FStyle $uide and Instru"tions

for Typin Thesis and !issertationsG' #ou "an et this do"ument from the Collee or

!epartment'

1.1 Or*an#+at#on

The C4APTE0 - is an introdu"tion to this do"uments and ho% to use this

template' ErrorH 0eferen"e sour"e not foundis the Collees style uide and instru"tions

"opied over from their pdf do"ument and put into Thesis format' C4APTE0 ) is

"omposed of a set of e>amples of the styles des"ribed in the Collees uide and defined

by this template'

1.$ Ho, to U- t#- tm/0at

#ou "an open this do"ument Thesis!issertationTempate'dot and do a Fsave asG'

1r you "an put this 'dot file in your templates folder for &S Bord and do a FNe%JG and

sele"t this template'

&S Bord allo%s you to define styles' 3or e>ample this te>t is F,ody Te>tG' #ou

should use the FStyles and 3ormattinG tool bar for "hanin and applyin styles to your

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te>t' Sele"t the te>t and apply the appropriate style' The "hapter headin is 4eadin -

and the sub se"tion is 4eadin ) and 4eadin 6 for subsubse"tion'

This do"ument has pla"e holders for all the maor "omponents of a thesis or

dissertation in the "orrespondin Style'

1.& Cro--R"rn)-

Bord allo%s you to automati"ally enerate the Table of Contents and List of

3iures=Tables via the FInsert 0eferen"e Inde> and TableG fun"tion' If you use the styles

properly for ea"h headin and "aptions this tool %ill save a lare amount of time'

1.2 R"rn)- an B#30#o*ra/4

Use EndNote or some other pluin tool to manae your referen"es and insert your

"itations' These tool automati"ally enerate your biblioraphy and %ill save you -**s of

hours' The referen"es in this do"ument are done %ith EndNote'


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CHAPTER $

Co00* St40 G(#

This "hapter is the information "ontained in the Collees style uide but put in

the format of %hat it des"ribes' I ot rid of the %ord FtypeG in the title as no one uses a

type%riter ?or has seen one@ in years' There are a fe% annotations noted that are helpful

"omments from students %hos one throuh the pro"ess'

$.1 St40 G(# an In-tr()t#on- "or T-#- an D#--rtat#on

This is the offi"ial style uide for theses and dissertations in the Collee of Arts

and S"ien"es' It %as approved and adopted by the Arts and S"ien"es $raduate Coun"il

on April )7( -..:' Spe"ial style uides are used by various departments for footnote

forms and other matters of detail' These should be "onsulted for matters not "overed in

the Collee of Arts and S"ien"es Style $uide( but anythin "overed in the Collee of Arts

and S"ien"es Style $uide taes pre"eden"e over the uides used by the various

departments'

Some departments prefer that students not prepare the final typed "opy until after

their final oral e>aminations' Copies of the theses or dissertations supplied to

e>amination "ommittees( ho%ever( must be neatly typed and leible' Consult %ith the

raduate "oordinator "on"ernin departmental poli"ies and uidelines'

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$.1.1 Ra-on- "or R*(0at#on-

The rules iven here are not arbitrary but ne"essary' Theses and dissertations are

deposited in the University Library as bound volumes and must be produ"ed %ith the

same "are as printed boos' &arins must be uniform to allo% for bindin and trimmin'

Paper must be of uniform "olor be"ause all dissertations and some theses are

mi"rofilmed' ?Theses and !issertations %hi"h do not "onform to these uidelines may be

ree"ted by the Library'@

$.1.$ R-/on-#3#0#t#-

!eree "andidates are responsible for the a""urate preparation of "opies(

in"ludin printin or typin( footnote form( et"' Candidates should not e>pe"t their

advisors to "opyread their theses or dissertations for errors( nor should they e>pe"t their

typists to "orre"t or edit the "opies' They should supply their typists %ith "opies of this

Style $uide as %ell as style sheets appropriate for the various dis"iplines in %hi"h the

theses or dissertations are bein %ritten'

$.1.& A//ro5a0

Certifi"ation that the thesis or dissertation is in the "orre"t style and format is

made by the student( the thesis or dissertation advisor( and the department "hairperson'

Su"h "ertifi"ation is made by the submission of a Thesis Preparation or !issertation

Preparation Approval 3orm alon %ith the "opies of the thesis or dissertation to the

Collee of Arts and S"ien"es' ?See E>hibits I and ( paes )) and )6@' N1TEH The !ean

%ill N1T sin a dissertation or thesis submitted %ithout this form' A dissertation advisor


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may request that the Collee of Arts and S"ien"es also revie% the dissertation for

me"hani"al style and format'

$.1.2 Pa/r

Paper must be plained more fully on pae


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Copies must be made before obtainin sinatures'

$.1.7 Font St40-

S"alable fonts should be -* to -) points in si8e' !o not use e>oti" fonts ?slanted(

square( or s"ript type@ for the entire do"ument( but spe"ial fonts may be used for

emphasis or %hen other%ise appropriate' Students should mae sure that the print is

uniformly letter quality' Laser print( in et print( or hihquality photo"opyin is

a""eptable' !ot matri> or near letter quality print is not a""eptable' The type style and

si8e must be the same throuhout the thesis or dissertation'

!dded note" #he font si$e %i.e., &', &&, or &() and style %e.g., *ew #imes +oman)

must be same throughout the thesis, # and abstract. Differentvariable si$e and style

is not allowed for chapter headings or any other titles. /owever, titles can be bold,

italics, etc.

$.1.8 Mar*#n-

1n the top and lefthand side of the pae( use -M in"h marins e>"ept on paes

beinnin every maor division ?i'e'( "ontents( list of tables( list of illustrations( prefa"e(

introdu"tion( ea"h ne% "hapter( biblioraphy( and appendi"es@ %here the top marin must

be t%o in"hes' 1n the bottom and rihthand side of the pae( use one in"h marins'

&arins that are smaller than( or substantially larer than these spe"ifi"ations are not

a""eptable' Illustrations( raphs( and tables must not e>tend beyond these marins'

&aterials that e>tend beyond these marins should be retyped or redu"ed in si8e'


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&aterials redu"ed in si8e photoraphi"ally ?e>"ept halftone photoraphs@ may be "opied

onto reulation paper for both "opies'

$.1.9 S/a)#n*

Triplespa"e bet%een maor division headin ?i'e'( "ontents( list of tables( list of

illustrations( prefa"e( introdu"tion( ea"h ne% "hapter( biblioraphy and appendi"es@ and

te>t' Bhen usin "hapter divisions( triple spa"e bet%een the "hapter number ?e>ampleH

C4APTE0 I@ and the title and triple spa"e bet%een the title and the te>t'

All subheadins are triple spa"ed from the pre"edin te>t and double spa"ed

bet%een the subheadins and the te>t follo%in' 3ootnotes and lon quotations that are

set off are usually sinlespa"ed( but "he" the style manual a""epted by the department

in %hi"h the thesis or dissertation is bein %ritten'

Any "entered information ?titles( "hapter headins( pae numbers "entered at the

bottom of the pae@ should be "entered bet%een the riht and left marins'

!oublespa"e the te>t throuhout( e>"ept as noted above for footnote and lon

quotations'

$.1.: Pa*#nat#on

Every pae in the thesis or dissertation ?e>"ept blan paes in the front matter@

must be assined a pae number' It is sometimes ne"essary to pla"e the title for a fiure

or table on the ba" of the pre"edin pae' The fa"e of that pae %ould then be blan

e>"ept that the pae number is to be pla"ed in the upper rihthand "orner( as on other

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hibits in the Appendi>' Parti"ular attention should be paid to

spa"in if usin a s"alable font' The follo%in is a list of the order in %hi"h the front

matter should appear in the thesis or dissertation' !ates on title pae( approval pae( and

abstra"t should be the month and year %hen the deree is re"eived( not %hen the thesis or

dissertation is "ompleted'

-' ,lan Sheet

)' Title Pae

6' ,lan Sheet

7' Approval Pae

9' ,lan Sheet

:' Table of Contents

;' List of 3iures ?if any@


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$.1.11 F#*(r-

All fiures( ?"omputer raphi"s( photoraphs( "olor maps( "olor illustrations(

dra%ins( "harts( raphs( et"'@ must be neatly dra%n and lettered( ?no ballpoint pen@

ood quality "olor illustrations "an be used %hen appropriate' All su"h materials must fit

inside the reular marins of the pae' 1versi8e materials should be redu"ed in si8e to

"onform to the marins' &aterials redu"ed photoraphi"ally ?e>"ept halftone

photoraphs@ may be "opied onto the appropriate paper in both "opies' &aps in eoloy

and eoraphy( ho%ever( may be oversi8ed and in "olor' They should be folded %ith "are

so that they may be pla"ed in a rear "over po"et to be supplied by the bindery' These

departments produ"e finished maps at reasonable pri"es

Photoraphs should be mounted %ith dry adhesive paper( thouh usually it is

preferable to dra% illustrative material dire"tly on the pae' !o not use presstype or the

lie for raphs and letterin as it is not permanent' 4o%ever( a "opy on the appropriate

paper of a raph made %ith presstype may be submitted' 3oldout raphs may be used

sparinly' Computer printouts should be used only if ne"essary and should be "opied onto

paper used for the rest of the thesis or dissertation' 3airly ood results may be obtained

by havin the printouts made on %hite "omputer paper'

Ea"h illustration should be labeled as F3i' -(G F3i' )(G and so on( "onse"utively

throuh the thesis or dissertation' If more than a fe% fiures are used( a List of 3iures

should follo% the Table of Contents' All paes "arryin fiures must have pae numbers

in the upper rihthand "orner' Plates( fiures or illustrations %hi"h are too lare to allo%


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a "aption or title on the same pae should have the "aption or title on the pre"edin pae(

see E>hibit $'

Students should "onsult their departments for further information "on"ernin the

use of fiures' All fiures must appear in both "opies of the thesis or dissertation

submitted to the Collee of Arts and S"ien"es'

$.1.1$ Ta30-

Tables of onehalf pae or less in lenth may appear on the same pae %ith the

te>t' If larer than onehalf pae( a table must be pla"ed on a separate sheet' T%o or more

small tables may be pla"ed toether on a sinle pae' Tables should be inserted as near as

possible to the te>t they illustrate' All tables must be labeled as FTable -(G and so on(

"onse"utively throuh the thesis or dissertation' Tables must also be titled' The eneral

instru"tions for the use of fiures apply to tables( e>"ept that tables must be typed on the

paper used for the thesis or dissertation as a %hole'

If more than a fe% tables appear in the %or( a List of Tables should follo% the

Table of Contents' ?See pae : for the order of appearan"e'@

$.1.1& Footnot-

There is a %ide diversity of pra"ti"e in footnotin' The Collee of Arts and

S"ien"es has no overall requirement beyond "onsisten"y' Students should refer to the

style manuals indi"ated by their dis"iplines for a uide to proper footnotin ?see paes .

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$.1.12 A//n#)-

Appendi"es may be used to present detailed information %hose in"lusion in the

te>t of the thesis or dissertation %ould unne"essarily obstru"t "lear presentation of the

arument' An appendi> should be labeled( and su"h appendi> should be independent of

others' 1rdinarily( an appendi> should not have footnotes ?do"umentation "an be inserted

in the te>t'@4aterials placed in the appendices must meet the standards of pagination,

margins, etc.

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the title of the thesis or dissertation should "onform %ith the number of the last pae of

the thesis or dissertation( in"ludin the ,iblioraphy and Appendi>'

3or the do"toral dissertation( the abstra"t must "onform to the requirements of

!issertation Abstra"ts %ithout further editin or revision' Sample abstra"ts are in the

e>hibits se"tion'

T%o "opies of the abstra"t should be in"luded %ith the thesis or dissertation'

!dded *ote" !bstract is not part of thesis and must not be paginated and must

not affect the page count of thesis or front matter.

$.1.18 P(30#)at#on R=(#rmnt "or Do)tora0 D#--rtat#on

!o"toral dissertations must be published by the mi"rofilm method throuh

University &i"rofilms( Ann Arbor( &i"hian' The fee for publi"ation( %hi"h must be paid

by the student( is O++' This fee "overs the "ost of mi"rofilmin the dissertation( storae

of one neative "opy in the vaults of University &i"rofilms( In"'( printin the abstra"t in

!issertation Abstra"ts( presentation of one positive "opy to the Library of Conress( and

preparation and distribution of "atalo "ards for the dissertation by the Library of

Conress' #his fee does not cover the cost of copyrighting the dissertation9 please read

the Doctoral Dissertation !greement 7orm for copyrighting information.


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CHAPTER &

E>am/0- o" Ea) St40

This "hapter ives e>amples of all the styles and notes on usin the' E>amples of

fiures and tables are also iven' A"tual formats of fiures and tables %ill vary' #ou

should loo at e>amples of IEEE and AC& ournals and "onferen"es for ood formattin

styles' &ost importantly( you should be "onsistent in your formattin of fiures and

tables'

&.1 Ha#n* $

This is an e>ample of a 4eadin )'

&.1.1 Ha#n* &

Normally you dont have a sinle headin ) or 6' If you have a -'-'- you should

have a -'-')' Lie%ise for -'-' there should be a -')'

&.$ Font St40-

It is suested to use Times Ne% 0oman -) point font' Its readable and "ommon

to both AC& and IEEE publi"ations' #ou "an use -* or -- point font but iven there is

no pae limit and your "ommittee members eye siht is ettin poor I suest -) point'

The entire do"ument is in one font and si8e' 3iures "an be in any font=si8e'

&.& Mar*#n-

This do"uments has the "orre"t marins'

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&.2 S/a)#n*

Spa"in is set up "orre"tly' The styles tae "are of this'

&.6 Pa*#nat#on

Pae numbers are iven in this do"ument and set up "orre"tly for ea"h ne%

"hapter' Use a FSe"tion ,reaG instead of a FPae ,reaG bet%een "hapters' This %ill

ive you the pae number at the bottom of the pae for first pae of "hapters'

&.7 F#*(r-

As stated in the Collee uidelines FAll fiures J must be neatly dra%n and

lettered( ?no ballpoint pen@G' &y uess is this uideline %as %ritten up before you %ere

born'

&y suestion is to use &S Disio for fiures' This is one of the best dra%in

pa"ae and is free %ith the departments &S developers site li"ense' 1n"e aain fiures

should be "onsistent in format and presentation'

Lare fiures should appear on their o%n pae' 3iures less than a half a pae

"an be put alon %ith prose' Keep fiures "lose to %here they are referen"ed' 3iure

headins o under the fiure as seen in 3iure 6 '-' Noti"e the "hapter number ?)@ as a

means to label fiures'


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Bord allo%s you to insert a "aption ?fiure or table@' This is do%n %ith FInsert

0eferen"e CaptionG' &ore #m/ortant04 Bord also has fa"ilities to referen"e these

fiures' Use FInsert 0eferen"e Cross0eferen"eG to insert a referen"e to a fiure( table(

or headin' This is really helpful %hen you ?be"ause you %ill@ rearrane se"tions or

pla"ement of fiures=tables' Bord %ill eep tra" of this for you if you use the "ross

referen"e tool'

Additionally( by usin the insert"aption you "an automati"ally enerate a list of

fiures and a list of tables' If the lo"ation of table=fiure moves( you ust reenerate the

list and it is updated'

&.8 Ta30-

Aain( mae sure tables are "onsistent and neat' Table headin o before the

table' Be have t%o e>amples of tables belo% Table 6 '-and Table 6 ')' Noti"e they are

numbered %ith the "hapter( that is table - of "hapter ) ?)'-@'

Ta30 &.1. An E>am/0 ta30. Ca/tr N(m3r an Ta30 N(m3r ,#t#n )a/tr

Do)(mnt En*#nr#n* So"t,ar En*#nr#n*

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&y suestion is to "ite referen"es %ithin the manus"ript %ith authoryear style'

This is easy on the reader as they %ill often re"oni8e the parti"ular referen"e ust by the

author and year information( %ithout havin to o to the referen"es to loo up the

referen"e ?as in the "ase for numbered "itations@' I have my students use multiauthor

year to ive the most information' Aain( there is no pae limit on a thesis so the added

te>t is not an issue'

4ere are some e>amples of referen"es the first bein a ournal RAien(

N%enyama( ,roome -...( the ne>t "ouple are "onferen"e publi"ations R,ierstaff(

&itbander( Bebster -..6 Collard( Kadi( &aleti" )**6 Cordy )**6( a boo R,ruee(

!utoit )***( a Ph'!' thesis RCollard )**7( a te"hni"al report R3aloutsos( 1ard -..9(

and a %eb pae R1&$ )**6'

&.11 A3-tra)t-

This is e>ternal to the thesis and not "ounted in the pae "ount' There is another

template for the abstra"t see ThesisAbstra"tTemplate'dot'

&.1$ S(mmar4

It is very "ommon to end ea"h "hapter %ith a "hapter summary' This "hapter ive

spe"ifi"s on ho% to use the template for ea"h parti"ular style'


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CHAPTER 2

Con)0(-#on-

This presents an &S %ord template for the KSU AS Thesis style'

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APPENDI' A

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This appendi> "ontains vital information'

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APPENDI' B

Anotr A//n#> E>am/0

This appendi> "ontains the !T! and sour"e "ode'

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REFERENCES

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