This week's focus is identifying and researching the problem before selecting a theory or writing research questions.
This week's focus is to select a theoretical framework that appropriately addresses the problem to investigate.
This week, we will focus on how research variables or phenomena emerge from the theoretical framework.
If you are conducting a quantitative study, please download the Variable Identification Worksheet.
If you are conducting a qualitative study, it would be helpful to download the Phenomenon Identification Worksheet.
This week, we will emphasize explaining your study's societal or organizational need and why it is critical. Additionally, you will start developing the background of your research problem during this week.
Please use this template to avoid common formatting errors in scholarly writing.
This week, you must submit a draft of your dissertation alignment document. You must understand how to align the ten critical components of the dissertation.
This literature review matrix can be used when working on your dissertation.
Please refer to these PowerPoint presentations as a guide when working on your coursework. The presentations contain examples.
Make sure to follow the rubrics for your weekly assignments to ensure your success.