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DISCUSSION: COMPARE PROJECT STUDY TO DISSERTATION Discussion

Consider how a researcher decides to investigate a problem in the field of education. As a researcher, one of your first decisions will be to decide whether to do a project study or a dissertation. For this Discussion, you will compare these two options.

Note: For the EdD, you have the option to write either a project study or a dissertation. The term “doctoral study” is the generic term for the EdD capstone, so it applies to both the project study and dissertation.    

To Prepare

· Review the Learning Resources.

· Review the checklists for a project study and a dissertation in your Learning Resources.

· Review the checklists, and consider the purpose of each. Explain how the project study and dissertation are similar and how they differ.

Assignment Task Part 1

For this Discussion:

· Use the checklists to identify and describe two of the differences between the project study and dissertation.

· Explain in 1 ½ page of the following:

· describe two of the differences between the project study and dissertation.

· how these differences result in different types of studies.

· Describe why you might select each one.

For this, and for all work in this course, use APA form and scholarly tone to support your position.

Assignment Task Part 2

For this Discussion:

Review to 2 of your colleagues posts and respond in a 125 words each by offering a comment, resources , or question.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Required Readings

· Walden University, LLC. (n.d.).  EdD Doctoral Study Links to an external site. .  Retrieved from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/research-center/program-documents/edd

· Access the Dissertation Checklist and Project Study Checklist documents from this page to compare the requirements of each option.

· Walden University, LLC. (2016).  Dr. Research: Think like a researcher: Project study or dissertation?  Download Dr. Research: Think like a researcher: Project study or dissertation?[Handout]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

· Document:  Committee Matching Preparation Assignment  Download Committee Matching Preparation Assignment(Word Document)

Required Media

· Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2016c). Dr. Research: The EdD Project Study [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 8 minutes.

· Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2016b). Dr. Research: The EdD Dissertation [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 7 minutes.

· Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2016i).  EdD project study and dissertation compared Links to an external site. [Media file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

· Walden University Library. (2019, August).  Research for the literature review Links to an external site.  [Video file]. Retrieved from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/doctoral/literaturereview#s-lg-box-22299421

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