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The dissertation will consist of three studies:
The dissertation will consist of three studies:
* Study 1: [[The TWA study|The Wikipedia Adventure]] - this is currently a paper submission to CSCW.
* Study 1: [[The Wikipedia Adventure|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 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 Edit-a-thon study - this will examine whether 'offline' events such as edit-a-thons contribute to newcomer retention on Wikipedia
* Study 3: The Bike Co-op study - this will be a needs assessment of a bike-co-op's onboarding process


==Milestones==
==Milestones==
*Settle on a committee (and ask them to be on my committee)
*Complete Study 3
*Complete prospectus
*Revise introduction/conclusion
*Complete study 2
*Send out work/pieces for feedback
*Complete study 3
*Act on feedback
*Write everything up
*Defend dissertation
*Profit
*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

Latest revision as of 23:51, 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[edit]

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-op's onboarding process

Milestones[edit]

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

Timeline[edit]

Fall 2018[edit]

  • 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