Data Science For Management Master Thesis
Data Science For Management Master Thesis
Thesis Guidelines
Faculty of Economics
this document provides some guidelines for structuring your thesis, a crucial component of your academic
journey.
Your final thesis will ordinarily address some specific issues identified during your internship or, in some specific
circumstances, a designated topic. In both cases, your thesis should have a content relevant to your academic
pursuits and will be guided by your supervisor. Evaluation of your thesis will be conducted by the Executive
Master Coordinator and the Master Director, based on both the written report and your subsequent
presentation scheduled for January 2025.
1. By the end of November 2024, kindly email the Executive Master Coordinator to confirm the domain of
your work.
2. Two weeks before your scheduled presentation (exact date to be provided by the end of November),
submit your final report via email to the Executive Master Coordinator.
• Language: English
• Length: between 30-40 pages (including tables and figures)
• Structure: the following sections should be included
Brief analysis of the hosting company (if applicable)
Internship learning objectives (if applicable)
Clear definition of the problem under investigation
Description of the research methods and analysis
Skills acquired in the internship (if applicable)
Additionally, ensure your thesis conforms to the following formatting guidelines:
• Paper Size: A4
• Printing: One-sided
• Line spacing: 1.5
• Margins: 2.5 centimeters on all sides (top, bottom, left, and right)
• Text Alignment: justified
• Font: Times New Roman, 12-point side
• Tables and figures
They should be incorporated within the text, not appended separately
Tables should be consecutively numbered, and similarly for Figures
A heading should be positioned below the respective Table or Figure
• References: A list of references should conclude the report; see the examples below
Book
Berger, J. O. (1985). Statistical Decision Theory and Bayesian Analysis. Springer, second edition.
Article in journal
Berger, J. O. (1990). “Robust Bayesian analysis: sensitivity to the prior”. Journal of Statistical Planning and
Inference, 25: 303–328.
Article in a book
Evans, M. and Zou, T. (2001). “Robustness of relative surprise inferences to choice of prior”. In Chaubey, Y.
(ed.), Recent Advances in Statistical Methods, Proceedings of Statistics 2001 Canada: The 4th Conference in
Applied Statistics, 90–115. Imperial College Press.
N.B. “In Chaubey, Y. (ed.)” means that Chaubey, Y. is the editor (not to be confused with the publisher, which is
the Imperial College Press in this example) of the book
For further examples of references please check the References of a recent issues of the journal Bayesian Analysis
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