Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Dissertation Journey: Entry 8

Notes from DeLacy for Friday's defense:

Agenda for the defense:

  1. DeLacy welomes
  2. Briefly introduce study and findings; similar to abstract. Give narrative of myself as professional and expert
  3. Summarize lit review and framework
  4. Present methodology
  5. N
  6. Population
  7. Explicitly HOW findings are related to questions AND what the data suggests outside of research questions
  8. Limitations
  9. So What?
  10. Next steps
Conversation questions will include "in retrospect, what could've bolstered response rate?"

Notes from Surviving the Doctoral Dissertation:
  • don't volunteer criticisms
  • don't be negative
  • maintain positive relationships with committee
  • demonstrate continuity between my project and the work that has been done before
  • state gap facts: no recent work, any concerted efforts taking place?
  • some data may not need to be included, but will act as stepping stones or aid to close any gaps

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