# Writing a thesis

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-a-thesis/781043>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 28, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-a-thesis/781043 "2017-02-28T16:51:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-a-thesis/781043/1 "2017-02-28T16:51:33Z")

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Is it considered ethical for someone to team up with someone else conducting research and such when writing a thesis? I know nothing about higher education just a question.

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-a-thesis/781043/2 "2017-02-28T17:18:00Z")

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The thesis itself would need to be solo work, but it’s very common to write something related to research program data that might involve a team of people.

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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-a-thesis/781043/3 "2017-02-28T17:23:23Z")

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> [@cher3](#):
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> The thesis itself would need to be solo work, but it’s very common to write something related to research program data that might involve a team of people.

Sometimes I feeel like my son is dropping hints that we could work on something together. Just knowing him like I do if smething even bordered on being unethical he wouldn’t do it. I could help out a lot building the physical aspects that would be needed for testing and such. I would enjoy something like that.

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**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-a-thesis/781043/4 "2017-02-28T17:35:58Z")

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In an education setting it would depend on the professor and what he or she allows. In every other context it would be fine so long as all authors are given credit.