LibGuides: CMP-9701DS v3: Lesson 3 Resources

Lesson 3 Required Resources

Dissertation Proposal and Dissertation Manuscript and Template and Guide
Use the SOTE-Data Science Prospectus Template as your guide to success. Throughout this course, it not only provides the formatting and layout, but it also offers hints and tips to help you improve your work. Most importantly, it also enables you to build your work to create a much better Prospectus at the end of the course. Another document is the blank document, “Prospectus,” to add your content for your Prospectus. Use it from Lesson 1 to Lesson 8.
Prospectus Template
This is the document with the formatting needed for your assignments in this course. Use it for every lesson assignment, building your Prospectus in Lessons 1 through 8. Another document, the SOTE-Data Science Prospectus Template, is your guide to success. Throughout this course, it provides the formatting and layout; it is also full of hints and tips to help you improve your work. Most importantly, it also helps you build your work to create a much better Prospectus at the end of the course.

Purpose Statement
Lewkowicz, M.A. (2010). Purpose statement. In Encylcopedia of Research Design . Sage Publications, 1143-1143. https://go.openathens.net/redirector/nu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmethods.sagepub.com%2Freference%2Fencyc-of-research-design%2Fn346.xml
Purpose Statement Overview
Purpose statement overview. (n.d.). National University. https://resources.nu.edu/c.php?g=1006886&p=7294752

Use the resources available from this link to get more background and understanding but do use the SOTE – Data Science Template and Guide for the specific expectations in your paper.
What Successful Purpose Statements Do Differently
Rigby, D., Smith, D., First, Z., & Cochemé, A. (2024). What successful purpose statements do differently. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2024/03/what-successful-purpose-statements-do-differently

Purpose statements are widely used in Business, Professional and Academic proposals, you can learn from the failures and successes of each other.

Please review and bookmark this resource as it will be proven valuable to your entire research journey and completion of your dissertation.

Research
Fuller, S. (2010). Research. In Encyclopeida of Research Design, . SAGE Publications, 1249-1252. https://go.openathens.net/redirector/nu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmethods.sagepub.com%2Freference%2Fencyc-of-research-design%2Fn380.xml

Dissertation Center: Home
Dissertation center: Home. (n.d.). National University. https://resources.nu.edu/dissertationcenter/home

The Dissertation Center is a collection of resources to support students in completing their dissertation as part of the Doctoral Student Experience (DSE). The Dissertation Center is broken up into a collection of guides and each guide supports you in different areas of your dissertation. Navigate to the guides using the blue tabs near the top of the page.
Graduate Studies Support Center
Graduate studies support center. (n.d.). National University. https://resources.nu.edu/ata/