LaTeX Thesis Writing Skill

This skill helps write and maintain the MSc thesis on Parkinson's Disease voice classification.

When to Use This Skill

• •Editing thesis chapters in thesis/chapters/*.tex
• •Syncing figures from experiment outputs to thesis
• •Analyzing results in outputs/results/ for thesis discussion
• •Adding or updating bibliography entries
• •Building the thesis PDF

Quick Reference

Workflow: Adding a New Figure

1. •

   Generate the plot → saves to outputs/plots/

2. •

   Update figure mapping in scripts/sync_figures.py:

   python

   FIGURE_MAPPING = {
       "source_name.png": "fig_destination.png",
       # Add your new mapping here
   }
   

3. •

   Run sync: make thesis (auto-syncs) or make sync-figures

4. •

   Reference in LaTeX:

   latex

   \begin{figure}[H]
       \centering
       \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{fig_destination.png}
       \caption{Your caption here}
       \label{fig:descriptive-name}
   \end{figure}
   

Workflow: Analyzing Results for Thesis

1. •

   Read summary CSV:

   • •outputs/results/baseline/summary.csv — Main results
   • •outputs/results/weighted/summary.csv — Class-weighted results
2. •

   Key metrics to report (always mean ± std):

   • •Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1-Score, ROC-AUC
3. •

   Interpret with required caveats:

   • •Dataset A: Small sample (n=37 ReadText, n=36 Spontaneous)
   • •Dataset B: Subject IDs unavailable (potential leakage)
   • •Use "suggests", "observed", not "proves", "outperforms"

Workflow: Adding Bibliography Entry

1. •

   Edit thesis/references/references.bib

2. •

   Use correct entry type:

   bibtex

   % Journal article
   @article{key2024,
     author  = {Last, First and Other, Author},
     title   = {Title Here},
     journal = {Journal Name},
     year    = {2024},
     volume  = {1},
     pages   = {1--10},
     doi     = {10.xxxx/xxxxx}
   }
   
   % Software/Dataset (use @misc, NOT @software)
   @misc{software2024,
     author       = {Developer Name},
     title        = {Software Name},
     year         = {2024},
     howpublished = {Software},
     url          = {https://example.com}
   }
   

3. •

   Cite in chapter: \cite{key2024} or \citep{key2024}

4. •

   Verify: At least one \cite{} required for bibliography to build

LaTeX Patterns

Table (booktabs style)

\begin{table}[H]
    \centering
    \caption{Caption above table}
    \label{tab:my-table}
    \begin{tabular}{@{}lcc@{}}
        \toprule
        Model & Accuracy & F1 \\
        \midrule
        Random Forest & 0.82 ± 0.05 & 0.79 ± 0.06 \\
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
\end{table}

Cross-references

Figure~\ref{fig:name}    % Non-breaking space before \ref
Table~\ref{tab:name}
Chapter~\ref{ch:name}
Section~\ref{sec:name}

Label Conventions

Forbidden vs Required Language

❌ Never write:

• •"X outperforms Y"
• •"This proves..."
• •"Clearly superior"
• •"This diagnoses..."

✅ Always write:

• •"Results suggest..."
• •"Observed under identical conditions..."
• •"Should be interpreted cautiously..."
• •"The trend toward..."

Pre-Build Checklist

• • At least one \cite{} in chapters
• • All citations have BibTeX entries
• • No @software entries (use @misc)
• • All referenced figures exist
• • Labels follow conventions
• • Statistical results: mean ± std
• • No forbidden language
• • Run make thesis successfully

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