CMP-9601E v3

Bloomberg, L. D. & Volpe, M. (2023). Completing your qualitative dissertation: A road map from beginning to end. SAGE Publications, Inc.
This text offers comprehensive guidance and practical tools for navigating each step in the qualitative dissertation process, including the planning, research, and writing phases. Blending the conceptual, theoretical, and practical, the book becomes a dissertation in action—an explanation and illustration of both content and process.

Access your textbook from the Getting Started module in your course

Read Chapter 6 (“Introduction to Your Study”). This chapter provides an explanation of how to develop a research problem within the context of a topic of interest, and how to narrow and refine a research problem statement.

Center for Teaching and Learning (2022). Applied doctoral center section 1: Avoiding common mistakes .
This resource, located in the Applied Doctoral Center, will help you to avoid common mistakes in developing your research questions.

Applied Doctoral Center. (2021). Section 1: Writing an effective purpose statement
This resource, located in the Applied Doctoral Center, supports the development of the purpose statement for your future dissertation-in-practice.

Byrne, D. (2023). Developing a researchable question. Project Planner. SAGE Research Methods

National University Library. (2023, Apr 24). Alignment worksheets.Dissertation Center.

National University Library. (2023, Apr 24). Alignment of problem, purpose, and questions.Dissertation Center.