What assisted your interviewees in completing their major research projects or dissertations? What specific challenges did your interviewees experience? What specific recommendations do your interviewees have for successful completion?

Assignment 2: Interview Doctoral Researchers

Part I:

During this course, you have begun to understand that a dissertation is a multifaceted research project. Possibly you have heard of the term ABD (all but dissertation). There is a sizeable number of doctoral students who have completed their coursework, passed their comprehensive examinations, but never have completed their dissertations.

You may wonder how this might happen. For example, were these students who did not complete their dissertations really scholarly impostors who did not possess sufficient knowledge and skills? What can you do to avoid this?

This assignment requires you to interview two researchers who have completed major research projects or to interview two people who have successfully completed doctoral programs.

Your goal in this assignment is to discover the following:

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