If a thesis was a home then the executive summary would be the door and the front of the house, with everything looking orderly and presentable. The introduction would be the front hall where the company (reader) takes off their coats and shoes to stay a while. The background chapter would be the living room where the host (author) makes the company feel at home and where they can see all the interesting books the host has read and nice pictures on the walls. The methods section is like the kitchen where one can see how everything is being done and the Results chapter is the dinner. The discussion and conclusions might be the bedrooms, since this is where the company must linger overnight to really get to know the home and the host better. The Appendix is definately the closets throughout the house where you are NOT SUPPOSE TO LOOK!
More musings about writing a thesis...I told you I lived in it these days!
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