Why do all university PHD thesis papers have long titles that use big words?

Answer 1

Because the people who are writing the PhD thesis are really smart, and have to prove how smart they are by using long titles with big words. It's their way of saying, "Hey! Look at me! I've spent the past 15 years in school when I could have been having a life. I've paid a lot of money, and I am going to use all the big words I can. The more big words I use, the smarter I am."

Answer 2

That's not true. Not all Phd thesis papers have long titles or big words. Sometimes the words that you find are 'big' are not really that big once you've gone to university even for a year. To give reason for long titles and 'big words' sometimes the people writing are not very good with language and think that the longer or more obscure a word is the more valid it is or that using these words makes them smart and they are snobs with knowledge which is just sad. Another reason could be that you're not familiar with the subject matter. There are some words in biology textbooks that I look at and go "AH! BIG WORD", but that's just foolishness. There's no word too big. I am super woman!

Answer 3

Not all thesis titles are long!!
eg from computer science, path breaking thesis for deterministicallly finding whether a number is prime or not, had the title "Primes are in P"

sigh, guess only the cs geeks will be able to appreciate this example :)

Answer 4

That's not exactly true...If you were to read dissertations in the social sciences they aren't very hard to understand. They may seem difficult because you aren't familiar with the subject matter.They have long titles mainly because they are following a certain writing style apa, chicago or mla that outlines how to create a correct title for that type of publication.

Answer 5

The purpose of a dissertation is to add to the field of knowledge in the given discipline. Since most disciplines already have a broad base of knowledge, the dissertation focuses on a small but complex area of the field and employs the use of jargon (which, when used properly, conveys complex ideas quickly).

Additionally, if anybody could write it or understand it, then the Ph.D wouldn't be so prestigious, would it?

Answer 6

depends on the type of study you do. Some require HUGE amounts of literature review, others not so much. It was suggested to me that Ch1 should be 15-20 pages, Ch2 = 60-100 pgs, Ch3 = 10-15, usually less, Ch4 = 20-30pgs, and ch5 roughly 15-20 pages. Again, depends on your topic. Some might require lots of pages of diagrams, charts etc, others not so many. There are few hard and fast rules.

Answer 7

so that only the people with same qualification will understand as they all use big word that normal people wouldnot understand what the hell the thesis is. So they will become proud of themselves to prove their are smart