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==Timeline==
==Timeline==


===Fall 2016===
===Fall 2018===
*Wednesday, November 16th - final draft of proposal for Study 2
*Friday, October 5th - share draft of Study 3 for feedback
*Wednesday, November 30th - Study 3 outline and methods
*Friday, October 12th - share draft of introduction/conclusion with Aaron
*Wednesday, December 7th - Study 3 theoretical framing
*Monday, October 15th - one week before defense date - work on revisions
*Wednesday, December 14th - Overarching theme, framing for dissertation
*Week of 29th/Week of 5th - schedule defense
*End of November/before Dec 1st - make revisions and submit final version

Revision as of 21:49, 14 September 2018

Sneha needs to write a prospectus and complete a dissertation in order to graduate from Northwestern. This page contains the project timeline and current to do list.

Outline of Prospectus

The dissertation will consist of three studies:

  • Study 1: The TWA study - this is currently a paper submission to CSCW.
  • Study 2: The Message Walls study - this will use data from wikia wikis that changed user talk pages to message walls, and see if that impacted newcomer retention in any way
  • Study 3: The Bike Co-op study - this will be a needs assessment of a bike-co-ops onboarding process

Milestones

  • Complete Study 3
  • Revise introduction/conclusion
  • Send out work/pieces for feedback
  • Act on feedback
  • Defend dissertation
  • Submit with revisions
  • Profit!

Timeline

Fall 2018

  • Friday, October 5th - share draft of Study 3 for feedback
  • Friday, October 12th - share draft of introduction/conclusion with Aaron
  • Monday, October 15th - one week before defense date - work on revisions
  • Week of 29th/Week of 5th - schedule defense
  • End of November/before Dec 1st - make revisions and submit final version