Education week 9 Assignment

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ASSIGNMENT: DAT (DESIGN ALIGNMENT TOOL)

It appears to be a simple matrix with a few columns and a few rows—and it is—but the Design Alignment Tool (DAT) is also a key instrument to require the scholar-practitioner to demonstrate the clarity and strength of their doctoral study. Every element in the study must support each of the others; they must be in alignment.

In this Assignment, you will apply what you have learned about doctoral components to prepare the DAT for your own study.

To Prepare

· Review the Learning Resources.

· Review the DAT.

· Think about the doctoral study you propose to do, either a project study or a dissertation.

· Think through the elements of the doctoral study you propose, and how those elements align.

learning RESOURCES

·   Burkholder, G. J., Cox, K. A., Crawford, L. M., & Hitchcock, J. H.  (Eds.). (2020).  Research designs and methods: An applied guide for the scholar-practitioner. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

· Chapter 20, “Writing the Research Proposal” (pp. 309-332)

· Walden University, LLC. (2016).  Design alignment tool (Links to an external site.)  [Handout]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Week 9 Assignment

· Complete a draft of the Data Alignment Tool for your proposed doctoral study.

· Recognize that your study may change and evolve as you continue to work on it.