Sneha's Dissertation Timeline: Difference between revisions

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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

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 * 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 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==
-*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
-*Defend thesis
+*Submit with revisions
 *Profit!
 ==Timeline==
-===Summer 2016===
+===Fall 2018===
-*'''ASAP'''
+*Friday, October 5th - share draft of Study 3 for feedback
-**Finalize committee members and ask them to be on my committee
+*Friday, October 12th - share draft of introduction/conclusion with Aaron
-*** Specifically ask around about our top choice for the fourth committee member who may not yet be publicly named
+*Monday, October 15th - one week before defense date - work on revisions
-** Obtain message wall data set
+*Week of 29th/Week of 5th - schedule defense
-*'''Friday, July 15th'''
+*End of November/before Dec 1st - make revisions and submit final version
-** Complete a detailed proposal for study 2
-*'''Friday, August 12th'''
-** Complete a detailed proposal for study 3
-*'''Thursday, August 25th'''
-**Complete a full draft of prospectus, and send it to Aaron for comments
-*'''Thursday, September 8th'''
-**Make revisions and send out the draft to entire committee
-===Fall 2016===
-* '''Thursday, October 13th'''
-** Send out FINAL draft of prospectus to committee
-* '''late-October/early-November'''
-** Set up a meeting with committee members to defend prospectus
-===Winter 2016===
-* Work on message walls study