A study of the capabilities of graduate students in writing thesis and the advising quality of faculty members to pursue the thesis

AbstractFor this study, viewpoints of 137 graduate students in seven national universities were gathered. Research results indicated that the graduate students evaluated their scientific and practical qualifications (2.45 out of 4) and advising quality of their supervisors and advisors (2.65 out of 4) in a mediocre level. In addition, research findings illustrated a significant difference between supervisors and advisors in quality of advising (P=0.001) that quality of advising of supervisors (with mean of 2.75) was better than advisors (with mean of 2.54). There was a significant positive correlation between student qualifications and advising quality of their teachers (P ≤ 0.001)