Week 2 Assignment

10 Strategic Points Quantitative Study Extraction #1

In the prospectus, proposal, and dissertation there are 10 strategic points that need to be clear, simple, correct, and aligned to ensure the research is doable, valuable, and credible. These points, which provide a guide or vision for the research, are present in almost any research study. The ability to identify these points is one of the first skills required in the creation of a viable doctoral dissertation. In this assignment, you will identify and evaluate 10 strategic points in a published quantitative research study.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

Review the Mulligan dissertation.

Locate and download “Modified 10 Points Template.”

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

APA style is required for this assignment.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Directions:

Using the “Modified 10 Points Template,” identify each of the 10 strategic points in this quantitative dissertation.

Complete the “Evaluation” section of the template by addressing the following questions (250-500 words) with regard to the 10 strategic points in the study:

Discuss the key points in the literature review and how the author used this section to identify the gap or problem addressed in the study.

Describe the variables under study and how they are a key component in this quantitative research study. You are not expected to understand the differences between variables at this point, but should be able to identify how they inform the problem, purpose, research questions and data collection instruments.

Describe the problem and how it informed the research questions under study.

Describe the quantitative design used and why it is appropriate for the identified problem and research questions. Support your response with a peer-reviewed citation from a research source.

Assess the appropriateness of the instruments used to collect data and answer the research questions as well as to address the stated problem.

Discuss how the problem statement informed the development of the purpose statement in this study.

Article Citation
Point	Description	Location   (Page #)
Broad Topic Area
Lit Review
Problem Statement
Research Questions
Sample
Describe Phenomena (qualitative) or Define Variables/ Hypotheses (quantitative)
Methodology & Design
Purpose Statement
Data Collection Approach
Data Analysis Approach
Evaluation(Maximum 250-500 words)

Week 3 Assignments (RES850 All Assignments & Papers)

10 Strategic Points Quantitative Study Extraction #2

In the prospectus, proposal, and dissertation there are 10 strategic points that need to be clear, simple, correct, and aligned to ensure the research is doable, valuable, and credible. These points, which provide a guide or vision for the research, are present in almost any research study. The ability to identify these points is one of the first skills required in the creation of a viable doctoral dissertation. In this assignment, you will identify and evaluate 10 strategic points in a published quantitative research study.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

Review the Luckett dissertation.

Locate and download “Modified 10 Points Template.”

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

APA style is required for this assignment.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Directions:

Using the “Modified 10 Points Template,” identify each of the 10 strategic points in this quantitative dissertation.

Complete the “Evaluation” section of the template by addressing the following questions (250-500 words) with regard to the 10 strategic points in the study:

Discuss the key points in the literature review and how the author used this section to identify the gap or problem addressed in the study.

Describe the variables under study and how they are a key component in this quantitative research study. You are not expected to understand the differences between variables at this point, but should be able to identify how they inform the problem, purpose, research questions and data collection instruments.

Describe the problem and how it informed the research questions under study.

Describe the quantitative design used and why it is appropriate for the identified problem and research questions. Support your response with a peer-reviewed citation from a research source.

Assess the appropriateness of the instruments used to collect data and answer the research questions as well as to address the stated problem.

Discuss how the problem statement informed the development of the purpose statement in this study.

Article Citation
Point	Description	Location   (Page #)
Broad Topic Area
Lit Review
Problem Statement
Research Questions
Sample
Describe Phenomena (qualitative) or Define Variables/ Hypotheses (quantitative)
Methodology & Design
Purpose Statement
Data Collection Approach
Data Analysis Approach
Evaluation(Maximum 250-500 words)

Week 4 Assignment – 10 Strategic Points Qualitative Study Extraction

In the prospectus, proposal, and dissertation there are 10 strategic points that need to be clear, simple, correct, and aligned to ensure the research is doable, valuable, and credible. These points, which provide a guide or vision for the research, are present in almost any research study. The ability to identify these points is one of the first skills required in the creation of a viable doctoral dissertation. In this assignment, you will identify and evaluate 10 strategic points in a published qualitative research study.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

EdD learners ONLY: Review the Watkins dissertation.

DBA Learners ONLY: Revise the Groveunder dissertation.

Locate and download “Modified 10 Points Template.”

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

APA style is required for this assignment.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Directions:

Using the “Modified 10 Points Template,” identify each of the 10 strategic points in the qualitative dissertation for your discipline (EdD or DBA).

Complete the “Evaluation” section of the template by addressing the following questions (250-500 words) with regard to the 10 strategic points in the study:

Discuss the key points in the literature review and how the author used this section to identify the gap or problem addressed in the study.

Describe the phenomenon under study and how it is a key component in this qualitative research study.

Describe the problem and how it informed the research questions under study.

Describe the qualitative design used and why it is appropriate for the identified problem and research questions. Support your response with a peer-reviewed citation from a research source.3

Assess the appropriateness of the instruments used to collect data and answer the research questions as well as to address the stated problem. RES850 All Assignments & Papers

Article Citation
Point	Description	Location   (Page #)
Broad Topic Area
Lit Review
Problem Statement
Research Questions
Sample
Describe Phenomena (qualitative) or Define Variables/ Hypotheses (quantitative)
Methodology & Design
Purpose Statement
Data Collection Approach
Data Analysis Approach
Evaluation(Maximum 250-500 words)

Week 5 assignment (RES850 All Assignments & Papers)

Using MAXQDA

For this assignment, assume the role of a researcher in the qualitative analysis phase of the study. The data are gathered imported into MAXQDA for analysis. At this point, there are parent codes and sub-codes. However, the software requires human intervention to move past codes to categories and subsequently themes. Clearly, a category of “interview guide topics” cannot be used in the presentation of research results. In this assignment, you will access MAXQDA and practice creating categories and themes.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

Refer to the document, “Using MAXQDA Assignment Resource,” located in the Course Materials for this topic.

This assignment requires the use of MAXQDA software available in the DC. A link to the software is in the Course Materials for this topic.

Refer to “Getting Started Video Tutorial” found in the Course Materials for this topic.

Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Directions:

Complete this assignment according to the directions in the document, “Using MAXQDA Assignment Resource.”

Week 6 Assignment – Original Research 10 Strategic Points Draft

In the prospectus, proposal and dissertation there are ten key or strategic points that need to be clear, simple, correct, and aligned to ensure the research is doable, valuable, and credible. These points, which provide a guide or vision for the research. The ten strategic points emerge from researching literature on a topic, which is based on or aligned with, the defined need in the literature as well as the researcher’s personal passion, future career purpose, and degree area. You have practiced identifying the ten points in published studies, the next required skill is to define the ten points for an original as yet conducted research study. In this assignment, you will consider a potential gap in the literature that is emerging from your ongoing reading in your field of interest including

including no less than five specific research studies, and you will draft the 10 Strategic Points for a potential dissertation research study based on that identified gap.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

Important note: Successful completion of this assignment does not indicate that this topic and the related 10 Strategic Points have been approved for use as your dissertation research study topic.

Locate and download “10 Strategic Points Template with Instructions” located in the DC (https://dc.gcu.edu/dissertation/dissertation-templates/10_strategic_points_template/strategicpointstemplatewithinstructions2014docx) and use it to complete this assignment.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Directions:

Consider a potential gap in the literature that is emerging from your ongoing reading in your field of interest including no less than five specific research studies. Using the information from those research studies, state the potential gap that you identified and describe how it emerged from the studies you read.

Based on that identified gap, draft the 10 Strategic Points for a potential dissertation research study.

Week 8 Assignment – RES850 All Assignments & Papers

Literature Review Resources

Successful completion of a doctoral dissertation requires significant amounts of independent reading on the research topic. This allows the doctoral learner/researcher to become familiar with the scope of the topic and to identify gaps or tensions within the existing literature on the topic. These gaps and tensions become the source of the dissertation research. In this assignment, you will read and annotate potential sources in your dissertation field of interest. Those demonstrating the most merit to the best of your understanding of the topic at this time should be added to your RefWorks list for potential inclusion in the literature review section of your dissertation.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

Locate the assignment submission for “Literature Review Resources” from your previous course. You will be adding to this document to begin building a running literature review.

It is recommended that you engage in this activity throughout the duration of this course.

Instructors will be scoring your submission based on the number of unique sources identified in the list submitted.

Download the resource Literature Review Resources Tool and use it to complete the assignment.

Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

Refer to the resource, “Preparing Annotated Bibliographies,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.

Directions:

Read at least 10 empirical articles in your general dissertation field that you have not read previously.

In the “Literature Review Resources” document that you submitted in the previous course, provide the following for each source that you are adding to the document:

The APA-formatted citation.

A brief annotation of the key points of the source.

An indication of whether the source has been added to (Y) or excluded from (N) your RefWorks list.

Highlight the additions to the document so your instructor can readily identify them

Literature Review Resources

One of the most important aspects of your research will be how you organize your resources. RefWorks is an optional citation management software tool you can sign up to use that helps organize your citations. To find out more about how to sign up for your free, optional RefWorks account, review the information here:

http://libguides.gcu.edu/refworksandendnote

Number	Article Information: Be sure entries are presented in alphabetical order.	Added to RefWorks? Y or N (optional)
1.	Reference
Permalink
Annotation
2.	Reference
Permalink
Annotation
3.	Reference
Permalink
Annotation
4.	Reference
Permalink
Annotation
5.	Reference
Permalink
Annotation

Week 8 Assignment (RES850 All Assignments & Papers)

Original 10 Strategic Points Revision

In the prospectus, proposal and dissertation there are ten key or strategic points that need to be clear, simple, correct, and aligned to ensure the research is doable, valuable, and credible. These points, which provide a guide or vision for the research. The ten strategic points emerge from researching literature on a topic, which is based on or aligned with, the defined need in the literature as well as the researcher’s personal passion, future career purpose, and degree area. Previously, you drafted the ten strategic points for a potential dissertation research study based on an identified gap in the literature. In this assignment, you will practice the doctoral dispositions of valuing, accepting, and integrating feedback and reflecting on those inputs as you revise your draft of the ten strategic points created in the preceding assignment.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

Important note: Successful completion of this assignment does not indicate that this topic and the related 10 Strategic Points have been approved for use as your dissertation research study topic.

Locate the draft of the 10 Strategic Points that you created in the preceding assignment and the feedback from your instructor and use them to complete this assignment.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Directions:

Reflect on the feedback provided by your instructor on the draft of the 10 Strategic Points that you previously completed. Integrate that feedback as well as your own new ideas into a revised draft the 10 Strategic Points for the potential dissertation research study.

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10 strategic points of a research

Introduction

A research paper is a piece of writing that explains and analyzes the results of an investigation, study or survey. It is used to present new ideas and stimulate debate on topics relevant to academic disciplines such as medicine, science, business or engineering. A good research paper should be well-researched and thorough; this ensures that your findings are accurate and reliable (which makes them believable). By following these 10 steps for producing an exemplary research paper, you’ll be well on your way:

To start right, decide what you are interested in.

To start right, decide what you are interested in. What is your research question? What do you want to study? What is the problem that needs solving?

You should also answer these questions:

• What do I want to accomplish with this research project?

• How can I best present my findings and conclusions so they make sense for others who don’t have all of my knowledge or experience as a researcher (including myself)?

Identify a problem.

The first step in any research project is to identify a problem that needs to be solved. This can be done by brainstorming, or by asking yourself these questions:

• Why does this need to be done? How will it help society/businesses/individuals? What are the consequences if it isn’t done?

• Is this problem too broad or too narrow? For example, if your study focuses on how technology affects young people’s social lives, you might consider how technology has affected other aspects of their lives as well (like employment). If your focus is more narrowly defined than that—say you’re studying how people respond emotionally when they see others grieving over loved ones who have died—then narrowing down your scope will help guide what kinds of questions you ask later on in your research process.

Explain the context and importance of your research.

You should also explain the context and importance of your research.

Explaining this is important because it helps readers understand why you have chosen to do this research and what it will mean for them. For example, if you are doing a study on the effect of music on people’s moods, then it is important that readers know what they can expect from reading your article. You should also tell them how this information will impact society (for example: if there are more jobs available in music than ever before).

Know what has been done before and make sure your results can stand on their own merit.

• Know what has been done before and make sure your results can stand on their own merit.

• Make sure that you have a good grasp of the problem you are trying to solve and how previous researchers have tackled it. You should also be able to explain why your solution is better than those that were previously proposed, even if they were similar in some ways (e.g., by using different methods).

• Put your findings down honestly and succinctly so that others can understand them easily without having to go through extensive reading or analysis; this will help ensure that those who read it later will be able to apply their knowledge effectively when working with similar problems in the future!

Be clear about your research question.

The research question is the most important point of a research. It should be clear, specific, and answerable by your study.

A good way to think about it is that your question should be answered by your methods (i.e., participant observation). For example: if you want to know how people feel about their jobs at work, then you can ask them directly or use an exploration method (e.g., interviews).

Make sure your methods are accurate, objective and credible.

• Make sure your methods are accurate and objective.

• Make sure that you are using reliable, valid and replicable research methods.

• Ensure that the results of your studies can be verified by other researchers in similar fields or disciplines.

Make sure that your solutions are effective and feasible for given problem.

When you are writing a research paper, you should make sure that your solutions are effective and feasible for given problem. Effective solutions are ones which solve the problem in an efficient way. Infeasible solutions may not be effective because they do not solve the problem or they create other problems. A solution with no practicality will also be ineffective as it cannot be implemented by any organization or individual in their daily life environment. For example:

• An ineffective solution would be if we used a computer simulation to solve this problem because it does not provide any tangible results such as increased profit or reduced costs. This would lead us back into researching new technologies from scratch again using trial and error methodologies until we find something useful enough for mass application on another project such as online shopping cart software development

Put your findings down honestly and succinctly.

You must be clear and concise. The reader should understand what you found, how you found it, and why the findings are important. Don’t leave out important details or exaggerate the findings—this can make your report look less credible than it actually is.

Also, don’t overstate the importance of your research: if there’s no real need for an improvement in some aspect of society (e.g., water pollution), then write about why this issue needs to be addressed instead of suggesting solutions or even mentioning them at all in your paper; otherwise people may not read through all of it before deciding whether they want to invest valuable time into reading more about a topic that doesn’t interest them enough on its own

Conclude with recommendations for future research or discussion about possible real-world applications of your findings or both.

At the end of your research, you should be able to provide recommendations for future research or discussion about possible real-world applications of your findings or both. For example, if you found out that people who eat more fruits and vegetables are less likely to die from cancer than those who don’t, then this information could help doctors figure out how they could get their patients eating more fruits and vegetables.

If there’s a gap in the market for an invention based on your findings (for instance, if no one has been able to invent an anti-cancer drug that targets only tumors), then this could mean that there is room for improvement in some areas and therefore would need more attention paid by researchers.

Your research paper should be flawless from beginning to end.

There are several points to keep in mind when writing a research paper. The following is a list of these points:

• Ensure that your introduction is clear and concise.

• Check that you have a clear conclusion at the end of your paper, as well as an overall theme and purpose.

• Bring up all relevant information in method sections, so readers can easily understand what they’re reading without having to look back or forward multiple times (which would be intimidating).

Follow these 10 steps to produce the best possible research

• Decide what you are interested in. What kind of research do you want to conduct? Are there any problems that need solving, and if so, who is affected by these problems?

• Identify a problem. If there isn’t one already, then create one! For example, if I’m working on an essay about the importance of reading aloud with children at bedtime, my first step would be to ask myself: “What is the context for this issue?” and “How does this issue affect me personally as a parent or caregiver?”

• Explain why this particular topic matters so much now—and why it will continue to matter tomorrow (or even next week). If people don’t understand why they should care about something like reading aloud with their child before going out into the world together as adults later on down the road—and even more importantly if they don’t know how important those interactions were during childhood development—then they won’t be able to appreciate just how significant those early years really were!

Conclusion

In conclusion, it is important to note that an effective research paper should follow the advice we’ve laid out here. By following these steps and making sure your work is flawless from beginning to end, you will be able to produce the best possible research for your audience. We hope this article has been useful for anyone who wants more information about writing an original research paper. We also hope that our tips have helped guide you through some of the challenges you may have encountered in this process!