Quantitative Doctoral Project Study Checklist

Quantitative Doctoral Project Study Checklist

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1:Quantitative Doctoral Project Study Checklist

• The following provides guidance for reporting on EdD quantitative project studies.
• All items may not be relevant to your particular study; please consult with your chair for guidance.
• The checklist items may not necessarily be in the order that works best for your doctoral study. Please consult with your committee; however, the checklist should work well in the absence of other considerations.
• Instructions for students:
o Indicate on the checklist the page number (use the actual document page number, not the MS Word pagination) where the appropriate indicator is located.
o Respond to comments from the committee in each comment history box. Do not delete previous comments?just add your response in the appropriate space.
• Instructions for the chair and/or committee members:
o Provide specific feedback in the comment history column. Do not delete previous comments?just add your response in the appropriate space.
o If you made detailed comments on the draft (using track changes and comments), you can make reference to the draft rather than restate everything in the checklist comment history section.

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Student’s Name: Student ID:
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Front Matter
Checklist Items Comment History
Title Teachers’ Perceptions of Professional Learning Communities Type of relationship between variables. Chair Comments: (click here?)
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Student Response: (click here?) Key variables (independent and dependent).
Applicable population.
Abstract
Describe the overall problem and why it is important. Chair Comments: (click here?)
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Student Response: (click here?) Identify the purpose of the study.
State the theoretical foundations and/or conceptual frameworks, as appropriate.
Summarize the key research question(s) as statements.
Describe, concisely, the overall research design, methods, and data analysis procedures.(include N)
Identify key results, conclusions, and project as an outcome (for the final study only).
Conclude with a statement on the implications for positive social change and local applications.
Section 1: The Problem
Checklist Items Pg/NA Comment History
The Local Problem
Describe the local problem that prompted the study. Discuss the gap in practice in appropriate scholarly language. 2
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Student Response: (click here?) Situate the problem within the larger population or educational situation.
Rationale
Present the rationale or justification for the problem choice. Present support from data, including appropriate personal communications. 3
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Student Response: (click here?) Answer the question, “Who thinks this is a problem other than you?”
Conclude with the purpose or intent of the study.
Definition of Terms
Define and cite any special terms associated with the problem—including variables and/or conceptual terms. 5
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Student Response: (click here?) Present citations from scholarly literature or local documents—no dictionaries or Wikipedia, etc.
Significance of the Study
Present the significance of the study problem. 6
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Student Response: (click here?) Describe how studying this problem might be useful to the local educational setting.
Research Question(s) and Hypotheses
Begin with a paragraph statement to frame the questions in relation to the problem and purpose of the study.
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Student Response: (click here?) State the research questions. The questions should investigate the nature of the problem and the best solution to the problem.
State the null and alternative hypotheses that identify the independent and dependent variables being studied, the association being tested, and how the variables are being measured.
Review of Literature
The first review of literature in the EdD Project Study addresses the problem.
Theoretical Foundation
Identify the theory or theories and provide the origin or source. 8
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Student Response: (click here?) Present the major theoretical propositions and/or major hypotheses.
Explain how the theory relates to the study approach and research questions.
Review of the Broader Problem
Present an overview of topics covered in the review and indicate how the search was conducted. (Search terms and efforts to find related research should be explained.) 9
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Student Response: (click here?) Provide a critical review of the broader problem associated with the local problem addressed in the study.
Demonstrate saturation; 25-40 current (within 5 years of study completion), peer-reviewed sources in addition to the framework references and seminal works as needed.
Discuss any relevant public data.
Include a critical analysis of the body of literature (and should not read like an annotated bibliography).
Implications
Discuss implications for possible project directions based on anticipated findings of the data collection and analysis.
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Student Response: (click here?) Include tentative directions for the project deliverable, but the findings of the research must inform the development of the project.
Avoid stating outcomes and project as a foregone conclusion.
Summary
End with a transition statement that contains a summary of key points of the section.
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Student Response: (click here?) Present an overview of the content of remaining sections.
Section 2: The Methodology
First part of Section 2 relates to proposal stage / second half relates to final study and includes results
Checklist Items Pg/NA Comment History
Research Design and Approach
Present the research or evaluation design and approach.
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Student Response: (click here?) Provide a justification for using the design and approach.
Explain how the design derives logically from the problem.
If conducting an evaluation, include the type of evaluation (goal-based, outcomes based, formative, or summative), justification for using this type of evaluation, the goals for a goal-based evaluation, the outcomes and performance measures that will be utilized as indicators, and the overall evaluation goals.
Setting and Sample
Describe the population from which the sample will be drawn.
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Student Response: (click here?) Describe and defend the sampling strategy used.
Present the sample size and support by using a power analysis or a reference to a statistical text.
Provide the eligibility criteria for study participants, including the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Explain the recruitment of participants in detail.
Describe the characteristics of the selected sample.
Instrumentation and MaterialsPresent descriptions of instrumentation or data collection tools including the name and type of instrument.
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Student Response: (click here?) For published instruments, present the name of developer and year of publication, appropriateness to the current study, and permission from developer to use the instrument (in appendix).
For researcher instruments, present the basis for development (literature sources or other basis) and the sufficiency of instrumentation to answer research questions.
Explain the concepts measured by the instrument.

Describe how scores are calculated and their meaning, including an explanation of the data used to measure each variable in the study.

Provide processes for assessment of reliability and validity of the instrument(s) and the results of those processes published in previous studies.

Describe the processes needed to complete the instruments by participants (full version of multi-item instrument included as an appendix; single-item measures included in the body of this section).

Explain where raw data are or will be available (appendices, tables, or by request from the researcher).

Data Collection and Analysis
Present the data collection required to address the research questions.
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Student Response: (click here?) Describe the data collection processes.

For students using archival data, describe the procedure for gaining access to the data set, including any necessary permissions to gain access to the data (with permission letters located in an appendix).
Present the nature of the scale for each variable (nominal, ordinal, or interval).

Explain descriptive and/or inferential analyses to be used in the study and relate them to each research question/hypothesis.

Assumptions, Limitations, Scope and DelimitationsDescribe the facts assumed to be true but not actually verified (assumptions).
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Student Response: (click here?) Present the potential weaknesses of the study (limitations).

Explain the variables under study (scope) and the boundaries of the study (delimitations).

If this is an evaluation study, present the limitations of the evaluation.

Protection of Participants’ RightsSummarize the measures taken for protection of participants’ rights, including issues of confidentiality, informed consent, and protection from harm.
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[Content of Proposal Ends Here. See APA Form and Style Check at the end of the Checklist.]

Section 2: The Methodology (do not repeat section heading)
(For Final Study)
Checklist Items Pg/NA Comment History
Data Analysis Results
Present all measures obtained clearly and following standard procedures.
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Student Response: (click here?) Summarize the results of the data analysis (presentation, interpretation, explanation) clearly and in alignment with the research questions and underlying theoretical framework.
Present self-descriptive tables and figures that are informative and conform to APA format.
Refer to all tables and figures within the text and immediately adjacent.
Present copyright permission of all tables and figures if not in public domain.
Summarize outcomes logically and systematically in relation to the problem and research question(s) and to the larger body of literature on the topic, including the conceptual/theoretical framework.
Describe the project deliverable as an outcome of the results.
The student and committee must meet to discuss the findings and the most appropriate project based on the findings. Committee approval is required before the student may proceed to write Section 3–The Project.

Section 3: The Project
(For Final Study)
Checklist Items Pg/NA Comment History
Introduction
Present a brief description of the proposed project. Remember that the project is the artifact or deliverable that students create based on the findings from their research. This completed, doctoral-level product is placed in Appendix A of the final study.
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Student Response: (click here?) There are 4 basic genres of projects:
Evaluation Report (for an evaluation study)
• Explains purpose of evaluation, criteria, & major outcomes
• Addresses local needs
• Meets standards for PE—length varies—plan on 15-30 pages
Curriculum Plan
• Includes purpose, level, learners, scope, & sequence
• Describes materials, units, & lessons in detail (objectives, activities, assessments, teacher notes, and evaluation plan)
• Specifies details of plan—minimum of 9 week curriculum plan
Professional Development/Training Curriculum and Materials
• Includes purpose, goals, learning outcomes, & target audience
• Outlines components, timeline, activities, trainer notes, & module formats
• Provides materials (PPTs, etc.), implementation plan, & evaluation plan
• Specifies hour-by-hour detail of training—minimum of 3 full days of training
Policy Recommendation with Detail (position paper)
• Includes background of existing policy/problem, summary of analysis/findings
• Presents major evidence from both literature and research
• Outlines recommendations—connected to the evidence—related to audience
• Appropriate length varies by topic—plan on 15-30 pages
Describe the goals of the proposed project.
Rationale
Present a scholarly rationale of why the project genre was chosen including considerations of the data analysis in Section 2, and how the problem will be addressed through the content of the project.
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Student Response: (click here?) Review of the Literature
Present a scholarly review of literature related to the specific genre of project. (Must not repeat themes from Section 1 review of literature.)
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Student Response: (click here?) Explain how the genre is appropriate to address the problem and criteria from the research and/or theory used to guide development of the project.
Present a thorough, critical, interconnected analysis of how theory and research support the content of the project, including discussion of findings from Section 2.
Indicate how search was conducted, including search terms and efforts to find related research.
Demonstrate saturation through the use of 25-40 recent (within 5 years of study completion date), peer-reviewed sources.
Present justification if not meeting minimum number of sources or if other types of sources are used.
Project Description
Present the needed resources, existing supports, potential barriers, and potential solutions to barriers.
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Student Response: (click here?) Discuss the proposal for implementation, including a timetable.
Explain the roles and responsibilities of student and any others involved.
Project Evaluation Plan
Unless the project genre was an evaluation, present the type of evaluation planned for the project deliverable (goal-based, outcomes based, formative, or summative).
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Student Response: (click here?) Provide a justification for using this type of evaluation.
Explain the overall goals of the project (for a goals-based evaluation) or outcome measures that will be utilized (for an outcomes-based evaluation).
Discuss the overall evaluation goals.
Include a description of the key stakeholders.
Project Implications
Summarize possible social change implications.

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Student Response: (click here?) Provide importance of the project to local stakeholders and in larger context.
Section 4: Reflections and Conclusions
(For Final Study)
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Project Strengths and Limitations
Ground a discussion of project strengths and limitations in addressing the problem in the appropriate literature.
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Student Response: (click here?) Focus discussion on project deliverable, not research or local site.
Recommendations for Alternative Approaches
Describe ways to address the problem differently based up work of the study.
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Student Response: (click here?) Present alternative definitions of the problem and alternative solutions to the local problem.
Scholarship, Project Development, and Leadership and Change
Describe what was learned about the processes—specific to the research and development of the project. Use scholarly language throughout.
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Student Response: (click here?) Present reflective analysis about personal learning/growth of self as a scholar, practitioner, and project developer—specific to the research and development of the project.
Reflection on the Importance of the Work
Reflect and discuss on the importance of the work overall, and what was learned.
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Student Response: (click here?) Implications, Applications, and Directions for Future Research
Describe the potential impact for positive social change at the appropriate level (individual, family, organizational, and societal/policy).
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Student Response: (click here?) Ensure implications for social change do not exceed the study boundaries.
Describe methodological, theoretical, and/or empirical implications, as appropriate.
Describe recommendations for practice and/or for future research, as appropriate.
Conclusion
Provide a strong “take home” message that captures the key essence of the study.
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Student Response: (click here?) Appendix A: The Project
(For Final Study)
Checklist Items Comment History
Include all components of project in Appendix A. Chair Comments: (click here?)
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Student Response: (click here?) Meet standards of genre at a scholarly doctoral level. Refer to genre examples/standards in rubric for Section 3.
Ensure immediate applicability to setting and problem.
Use appropriate language for stakeholders or audience.
Include only original products.
APA Form and Style CheckChecklist Items Comment History
Citations and Referencing
All citations have been crosschecked to ensure that there are corresponding references (and that there are no references that do not have associated citations). Chair Comments: (click here?)
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Student Response: (click here?) All sources are cited correctly per APA formatting requirements (for example, studies listed in alphabetical order by first author; no first names of authors).
Grammar, Spelling, and Syntax
The paper has been thoroughly checked for grammar, spelling, and syntax errors. Chair Comments: (click here?)
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Student Response: (click here?) For the final doctoral study, the doctoral study has been checked for correct verb tense representing a completed study.
Headings
Headings are used, consistent with the Walden Doctoral study Template.
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Student Response: (click here?) Use of the Writing Center TemplateThe Writing Center Doctoral Study Template (APA, 6th edition) was used to construct the proposal and/or doctoral study so that all formatting is correct. Chair Comments: (click here?)
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