北京大学第三医院学位申请人学位论文写作认知的调查

Investigation on the attitude of graduates from Peking University Third Hospital towards degree thesis writing

目的了解北京大学第三医院各种类型研究生和同等学力申请学位人员(统称学位申请人)对学位论文写作的认知,并对提高学位论文质量提出建议与对策。方法采用访谈方法和问卷调查方法。对北京大学第三医院10名学位申请人进行访谈,了解其学位论文写作过程中的难点和希望获得的指导。以文献查阅和访谈结果为基础编制学位申请人学位论文写作认知问卷,采用分层抽样方法对185名学位申请人进行调查。结果83.8%(155/185)的学位申请人认为学位论文写作难度较高。讨论深度、统计学方法和创新性是学位论文写作过程中最常见的难点。不同类型学位申请人对学位论文写作的认知评分差异具有统计学意义(F=3.896,P=0.001)。论文写作技巧、论文撰写逻辑和研究结果发掘与提炼是学位申请人最希望获得的指导。结论学位申请人普遍认为学位论文写作具有一定难度。不同类型学位申请人的写作难点有所不同,应当结合实际情况对学位论文写作进行有针对性的培训与指导。

Objective To investigate the attitude of graduates from Peking University Third Hospital towards degree thesis writing and put forward suggestions to improve the quality of degree thesis. Methods This study used interview and questionnaire survey method. Ten graduates from Peking University Third Hospital were interviewed. Difficulties of thesis writing and expected instructions were collected. Then questionnaires were designed based on literature review and the interview results. One hundred and eighty five graduates of Peking University Third Hospital were chosen by stratified sampling and then were surveyed by questionnaires. Results There were 83.8%(155/185) of graduates, who expressed that degree thesis writing was difficult. Discussion depth, statistical methods and innovation were the most common difficulties in degree thesis writing. There were statistically significant differences in the difficulty of degree thesis writing among different types of degree applicants (F=3.896, P=0.001). Writing skills、writing logic、mining and refining of the results were the most common writing instructions that graduates were expected to receive. Conclusions Most graduates felt difficult in degree thesis writing. Writing difficulties varied from different types of degree applicants. It is necessary to strengthen the target-oriented training and to improve thesis writing in combination with practice.