Dissertation Research Reflection Journal

Dissertation Research Reflection Journal

To prepare:

Reflect on what you have learned through this course and how you will apply what you have learned to your dissertation research process.

Note: It is important to make sure you save your Research Journal in a Word document outside of the course for future reference.

Assignment: 1–2 paragraphs. No cover page is required, as this is a continuous document used in Weeks 1–4 and Week 11. Instead, date each entry on the document just as you would in any other journal. Be sure to include references.

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List one sentence for each of the following:

Social problem you investigated

Gap you identified in the research literature

Research problem you identified

Draft purpose statement based on your preliminary outline. Note: Be sure you use the appropriate qualitative or quantitative language.

Potential theoretical framework

Then, based on these statements, review the Assignment you submitted last week and:

Note any problems you see.

Describe the next steps you will take to continue developing your dissertation research design.

Dissertation Research Reflection Journal

To prepare:

Reflect on what you have learned through this course and how you will apply what you have learned to your dissertation research process.

Note: It is important to make sure you save your Research Journal in a Word document outside of the course for future reference.

Assignment: 1–2 paragraphs. No cover page is required, as this is a continuous document used in Weeks 1–4 and Week 11. Instead, date each entry on the document just as you would in any other journal. Be sure to include references.

Check tips on how to do your Psychology Assignments. 

List one sentence for each of the following:

Social problem you investigated

Gap you identified in the research literature

Research problem you identified

Draft purpose statement based on your preliminary outline. Note: Be sure you use the appropriate qualitative or quantitative language.

Potential theoretical framework

Then, based on these statements, review the Assignment you submitted last week and:

Note any problems you see.

Describe the next steps you will take to continue developing your dissertation research design.