In my inbox I have received all five chapters of the
dissertation from a student, what am I looking for? First, I will carefully
read the abstract; this is all that the CAO will see, so it has to be written
as well and as complete as possible. I will make sure that the student mentions
the theory used, details about participants, analysis, some results, and ends
with social change.
I will review c. 1-3 to make sure anything about the study
is now in the past tense. I will carefully read c. 3 the methods and then read
c.4, the results. First, I double-check the consistency between what they said
they would do in c. 3 and what they actually did in c. 4. Any changes must be
detailed and explained.
Chapter 4 should review the methods actually used and any
problems that arose. It should also fully explain the analyses, and the
results. Chapter 5 should explain the results by linking them back to the
literature and to theory. This is where the student should show that they
understand what they found and that they understand the implications. They also
should discuss what the next steps should be in research in this area and the
social change implications.
Of course, there should be no misspellings and the APA
should be correct throughout.
Next time, we will take a look at some Walden dissertation
trivia in honor of Friday the 13th. Do you have an issue or a question that you
would like me to discuss in a future post? Send me an email with your ideas.
leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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