A student question:
How do you remove yourself enough from
your dissertation to put yourself into the readers' shoes so to speak, so you
can tell if a proposal covers everything necessary?
Mavis
This is a good
question, Mavis! You want to assume that your audience is intelligent and knows
generally about psychology, but has no knowledge about your topic. Think of it
as educating your readers. Explain terms, tell them the background of your
variables, and do not assume that they know anything about it. Put yourself in
the position of the instructor, be through, and explain.
I also want to
reassure you that this is exactly what your committee will be helping with.
They will tell you when you need more explanation and description. A common
comment is "define this," or "go into more detail here."
Next time I will consider some ways that you can recruit
interview subjects. 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
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