Project: Outline of Prospectus Draft 8115
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Sample Qualitative Prospectus in the
Historic Alignment Tool (HAT)
The HAT is a tool that is introduced in Residency 3 to help students see the alignment in their
prospectus and to track the changes they have made along the way. What follows is a HAT that
might have been developed for the Sample Qualitative Prospectus that appears in this guide.
Problem Statement
There is a lack of information on how online doctoral students go about developing their
research problem statement for their dissertations.
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of the process by which doctoral
students in online programs arrive at a viable problem statement for their dissertations.
Potential Significance
Results may help promote the success of online doctoral students.
Research Questions and Hypotheses
RQ–Qualitative: For students with a high-quality problem statement at the dissertation stage,
what themes emerge in their reports of the process that they used to develop it?
Theories or Conceptual Frameworks
Perry’s theory of epistemological development along with the concepts of
online education and pedagogical challenges in the online environment.
Method of Inquiry
Qualitative with a generic qualitative approach.
Data Collection
Interviews with students and possibly interviews
with faculty
Data Analysis Method
To be determined
Implications for Positive Social Change
Online education has expanded the reach of higher education to a more diverse group of learners,
many of whom serve in key
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=45725055
see page 33
Sample Qualitative Prospectus in the
Historic Alignment Tool (HAT)
The HAT is a tool that is introduced in Residency 3 to help students see the alignment in their
prospectus a
nd to track the changes they have made along the way. What follows is a HAT that
might have been developed for the Sample Qualitative Prospectus that appears in this guide.
Problem Statement
There is a lack of information on how online doctoral students go
about developing their
research problem statement for their dissertations.
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of the process by which doctoral
students in online programs arrive at a viable problem statement for their disser
tations.
Potential Significance
Results may help promote the success of online doctoral students.
Research Questions and Hypotheses
RQ
–
Qualitative: For students with a high
-
quality problem statement at the dissertation stage,
what themes emerge in their re
ports of the process that they used to develop it?
Theories or Conceptual Frameworks
Perry’s theory of epistemological development along with the concepts of
online education and pedagogical challenges in the online environment.
Method of Inquiry
Qualitati
ve with a generic qualitative approach.
Data Collection
Interviews with students and possibly interviews
with faculty
Data Analysis Method
To be determined
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=45725055
see page 33
Sample Qualitative Prospectus in the
Historic Alignment Tool (HAT)
The HAT is a tool that is introduced in Residency 3 to help students see the alignment in their
prospectus and to track the changes they have made along the way. What follows is a HAT that
might have been developed for the Sample Qualitative Prospectus that appears in this guide.
Problem Statement
There is a lack of information on how online doctoral students go about developing their
research problem statement for their dissertations.
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of the process by which doctoral
students in online programs arrive at a viable problem statement for their dissertations.
Potential Significance
Results may help promote the success of online doctoral students.
Research Questions and Hypotheses
RQ–Qualitative: For students with a high-quality problem statement at the dissertation stage,
what themes emerge in their reports of the process that they used to develop it?
Theories or Conceptual Frameworks
Perry’s theory of epistemological development along with the concepts of
online education and pedagogical challenges in the online environment.
Method of Inquiry
Qualitative with a generic qualitative approach.
Data Collection
Interviews with students and possibly interviews
with faculty
Data Analysis Method
To be determined
