: Re: Do I include the method of my research in the title? For my Masters Thesis, I am trying to find an appropriate title. The field of the research is in Forestry and Geographic Information Science

@Kevin153

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A title tells the reader not only the general subject area, but also focus of your paper, the aspect of the subject that you will primarily emphasize.

Each of the following titles (your two plus one I added for contrast) suggests the same general subject area: Harvest costs for private forest landowners in the Pacific Northwest USA. But each suggests a different emphasis in your paper:

"Determining harvest costs for private forest landowners in the Pacific Northwest (USA)"
"A spatial model to determine harvest costs for private forest landowners in the Pacific Northwest (USA)"
"Harvest costs for private forest landowners in the Pacific Northwest (USA)"

The first title emphasizes the process of determining costs. The second emphasizes the model. The third emphasizes the costs themselves.

So... What aspect of your subject or method or conclusions do you wish to emphasize in your title?

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