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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2012
Also called Research questions, Objectives, Purpose or Scope of the thesis.
Do not use abbreviations here; but if you do, explain them (see Chapter 8, “Abbreviations”).
One concise sentence for each aim is often sufficient. You may present them as bullet points (as here) or in a paragraph of text. Instead of beginning these sentences with synonyms:
The aims were:
to study …
to investigate …
to determine …
to examine …
to document …
… try, as an umbrella, one of them, and avoid introducing synonyms (Alexey Schramko 2010):
The goals were to determine
the effects of a single dose …
the mechanisms of …
the hemodynamic profile …
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