基于2014年全国16275篇学术型硕士学位论文抽检专家评议数据,对我国学术型硕士学位论文质量的个体属性特征差异进行了量化研究。结果显示:按照年龄差异划分,近八成的抽检论文作者年龄在25~28岁之间,在这个年龄段之间,合格论文比例呈现倒"U"型分布态势;按照攻读类型划分,学历教育硕士学位获得者的论文质量明显优于同等学力人员申请硕士学位获得者的论文质量;按照考试方式划分,推免学生的学位论文质量最高,其次为考研学生,而同等学力学生和其他学生的学位论文质量则明显低于前两个学生群体;按论文类型划分,基础研究、应用研究、综合研究和其他研究类论文的质量并无明显差异;依托项目和课题的学位论文,其质量相对而言更高,且依托的项目和课题级别越高,其学位论文质量相对而言要更高。
Based on the 2014 national peer-reviewed data which included 16,275 academic masters' thesis, this papers conducted a quantitative research on the individual differences concerning the quality of those theses. The research conclusions showed: according to the age difference, nearly eighty percent of the sampling theses' authors aged between 25 and 28 years old, during which stage the qualified thesis ratio appeared inverted "U" type; according to the study mode, the thesis quality of the person who received master's degree with formal schooling is significantly better than that with an equivalent education level; according to the admission method, the thesis quality of exam-free candidates ranked the first, followed by graduates who experienced the national entrance examination for postgraduate, graduates with an equivalent education level and others performed poorer than the former two groups; according to the thesis type, there were no significant differences among the thesis quality of basic research, applied research, comprehensive research and other research; theses which were supported by research projects and subjects had better quality, and in general, the higher supporting level means the higher thesis quality.