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parts vary. Johnson and Christensen (2000) enumerated seven
major parts, these include the following: Title Page, Abstract,
Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and References.

Moreover, Russey, et. al (2006) mentioned "standard
structure" of a fairly common thesis structure, namely: Title
Page, Preface/Acknowledgements, Contents, Abstract, List of
Symbols, Introduction, Results, Discussions, Conclusions,
Experimental Section, Bibliography, Appendices, Remarks, and
Vita.

There are certain parts mentioned that are merged with
other elements, or may not be present at all. Take the format
and style highlighted in the work of Slade (2003), where most
part of the discussion were patterned in the preparation of
thesis and dissertation content. The format and structure of
thesis and dissertation are categorized into three parts:

Part I. Preliminaries or Front matter Text (Body)

Part II. Back Matter (End matter)

Part III. Preliminaries (Front Matter)

Now let us discuss each of these:

Part I. The preliminaries (Front Matter)

The preliminaries consist the following (in sequence); title
page, approval sheet, copyright page, acknowledgment, abstract,
table of contents, list of figures and list of appendices. In
some institutions, abstract is mentioned first. While majority
follows the aforecited sequence. It is important that the
researcher should be aware of the institution format. All
elements in the preliminaries take the lower case of Roman
numerals for its pagination, except the title page. The
placement of pagination depends on the specific institutional
format or on a special stationery utilized by the institution
for the purpose.

1. Title Page
This is the cover page of a bound copy and the first
true page you see when you open the cover. The title
page contains the working title of the study, addressed
to whom it is intended, a declaration of

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