There are several final sections of your dissertation, these
are also important to your future reader, graduate student, Lucy. First, are the
references, Lucy needs to see the literature you are citing, so she can read
more about the theory and studies that you have shared with her. Remember, her
study will be building off yours, she needs to follow your train of thought and
logic; the best way for her to do that is to follow the path you took by
reading the same literature.
Next, are the very important Appendixes, this is where you
give Lucy the documents that you used in the study. Your consent form, ads that
you may have posted, permissions you received, and any other relevant
information is posted here for Lucy. With this information she knows exactly
what your participants saw and how they were thinking about your study.
Finally, you provide your curriculum vitae for Lucy; this
gives your professional background info and provides her with a way to contact
you if she would like further information, such as whether you have done
additional studies on the subject.
I hope you have grasped in these discussions that your
dissertation is a time capsule, in a sense, to future researchers. Leave them
full documentation, and careful explanations of the path that you followed in
your dissertation journey.
Next time, we will do some planning. Do you have an issue or
a question that you would like me to discuss in a future post? Would you like
to be a guest writer? Send me your ideas! leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
Today's break photo is of Blackmore Mountain (from the air),
near Bozeman, Montana.
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