Amargith
Hotel California
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I figure this is your turf, but others that have experience with this, feel free to share.
I have to hand in the title of my scientific research on Friday. And I have no clue how to go about picking one.
Here's the background: I'm taking animal behavior classes (specifically geared towards cats for the moment), and I'm nearing the end. I learned a lot, and now, to graduate, I need to write a thesis. Now, I've done this before, but then the thesis was to translate a book. This time, it's a scientific research paper .
It doesn't have to be 'up there', in fact, they consider everything we submit to be preliminary studies more than real scientific articles, due to lack of resources for instance.
It's not that I don't find anything inspiring or interesting to do...but I'm scared shitless to pick something that's just...not feasible. I suck at practical shit
So...I was thinking of doing something with the way that cats react to new objects or people in their territory. And..I was hoping to use my own group of cats. I have six at home, one male, five females and one of the females is a near feral cat. But I'm having trouble seeing it come together, and live up to all the criteria for a scientific research. If this is not feasible, I figure something with a questionnaire distributed at my previous job ( a veterinary clinic) would do the trick, but I have no topic for that yet.
Can any of you walk me through this?
I have to hand in the title of my scientific research on Friday. And I have no clue how to go about picking one.
Here's the background: I'm taking animal behavior classes (specifically geared towards cats for the moment), and I'm nearing the end. I learned a lot, and now, to graduate, I need to write a thesis. Now, I've done this before, but then the thesis was to translate a book. This time, it's a scientific research paper .
It doesn't have to be 'up there', in fact, they consider everything we submit to be preliminary studies more than real scientific articles, due to lack of resources for instance.
It's not that I don't find anything inspiring or interesting to do...but I'm scared shitless to pick something that's just...not feasible. I suck at practical shit
So...I was thinking of doing something with the way that cats react to new objects or people in their territory. And..I was hoping to use my own group of cats. I have six at home, one male, five females and one of the females is a near feral cat. But I'm having trouble seeing it come together, and live up to all the criteria for a scientific research. If this is not feasible, I figure something with a questionnaire distributed at my previous job ( a veterinary clinic) would do the trick, but I have no topic for that yet.
Can any of you walk me through this?