Given below are two statements: One is labeled as Assertion (A) and the other is labeled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Format and styles of referencing in a research thesis are formal requirements.

Reason (R): Formal requirements and their observance help promote standardization and objectivity.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

A research thesis is a report on a research project or study or an extended analysis of a topic.

Assertion (A): Format and styles of referencing in a research thesis are formal requirements.

• Format and styles of referencing in a research thesis are important to show the reader that the researcher has done proper research is done by listing sources.
• it is also used to get information.
• To be a responsible scholar by giving credit to other researchers and acknowledging their ideas.
• To avoid plagiarism by quoting words and ideas used by other authors.

Reason (R): Formal requirements and their observance help promote standardization and objectivity.

• A good thesis should be clear and unambiguous and should have a logical structure that should assist the reader's understanding of the argument being presented not obscure it.
• In order to achieve this objective, the layout, and physical appearance of the thesis should conform to a set pattern.

Therefore, Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)