Students often are
confused about the role of their dissertation committee. In a sense, committee
members are collaborators in your project. They help you to think through your
design, suggest resources, offer writing suggestions, and may help with your
statistics. Most faculty are quite willing to help you think through issues
that arise and problem solve.
On the other hand,
committee members will not write your paper for you, test subjects, some may be
willing to offer editorial and statistical help but it is not required. Your
committee is there to offer guidance as you complete your study, but they are
constrained by many rules. If you feel that you may be going a little too far
in a request, ask if it is appropriate.
Think of your committee as members of your dissertation team; you are
all pulling together to get you done!
Next time, we will look
at online surveys. 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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