CP revised & strengthened July 17, 2010
Posted by thinkphd in : RSH9102B , trackbackI incorporated the committee’s feedback and turned the concept paper (CP) back into Dr. T today. The work took me longer than I had anticipated; much longer than the few hours I had guessed in the last post. I took the time to consider the feedback and find a way to answer it without destroying the general outline and flow of the paper. I have a tendancy to overwrite, and so am very conscious of word efficiency in the CP. “Say it and move on” is my mantra these days.
I believe the paper is stronger and clearer now. It feels kind of odd to have someone making edit suggestions because I have been working in sort of a “student vacuum” with little interaction with mentors. I wonder what these three learned folks really think about my paper. Did they read it and think it worthwhile? Or did they read it and think, oh man, she is never going to get through University review with this thing?
For all you quant lovers, here are some stats from my CP:
- 85 pages long, including NCU title page, APA title page, and TOC.
- Introduction is exactly 2 pages long.
- Statement of the Problem is 197 words.
- Purpose of the Study is 341 words.
- 6 research questions.
- 17 key terms described.
- Lit review is 10 pages.
- 60 references.
- Annotated Bibliography is 36 pages.
So now we are playing the waiting game again. I don’t know if Dr. T will send the paper back for revisions, or send it on to the next step. I have just 7 days left in this class and still don’t know if I will pass on to the next class (Comps) or remain in RSH9104B. I keep reminding myself to be patient!
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I don’t know if I got “lucky” or “unlucky”… we’ll have to see… but my chair allowed me to skip the annotated bib for my CP. I have never used them (except when forced, and even then I didn’t use it, I just did it). I finished RSH9104 without CP approval; what I heard from chair was that it happens in first DIS class now. So I am in COMPS and sweating that.
I will have to say that I hated the idea of COMPs in the middle of the DIS process, but the four comps questions are really just an opportunity to work on your lit review, if you chose to do so! So its not as bad as first thought….
brad
I can feel the tension on how things will turn out or what will be the “verdict” for your CP. Anticipation is high! Also I deeply admire you on how huge your work preparation is. Great work!