Sneha's Dissertation Timeline: Difference between revisions
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*** Specifically ask around about our top choice for the fourth committee member who may not yet be publicly named | *** Specifically ask around about our top choice for the fourth committee member who may not yet be publicly named | ||
** Obtain message wall data set | ** Obtain message wall data set | ||
*''' | *'''Monday, July 25th''' | ||
** Complete a detailed proposal for study 2 | ** Complete a detailed proposal for study 2 | ||
*''' | *'''Monday, August 15th''' | ||
** Complete a detailed proposal for study 3 | ** Complete a detailed proposal for study 3 | ||
*'''Thursday, | *'''Thursday, September 8th''' | ||
**Complete a full draft of prospectus, and send it to Aaron for comments | **Complete a full draft of prospectus, and send it to Aaron for comments | ||
*'''Thursday, September | *'''Thursday, September 22nd''' | ||
**Make revisions and send out the draft to entire committee | **Make revisions and send out the draft to entire committee | ||
===Fall 2016=== | ===Fall 2016=== | ||
* '''Thursday, October | * '''Thursday, October 27th''' | ||
** Send out FINAL draft of prospectus to committee | ** Send out FINAL draft of prospectus to committee | ||
* ''' | * '''Some time in November''' | ||
** | ** Defend prospectus | ||
===Winter 2016=== | ===Winter 2016=== | ||
* Work on message walls study | * Work on message walls study | ||
Revision as of 01:28, 20 July 2016
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 Edit-a-thon study - this will examine whether 'offline' events such as edit-a-thons contribute to newcomer retention on Wikipedia
Milestones
- Settle on a committee (and ask them to be on my committee)
- Complete prospectus
- Complete study 2
- Complete study 3
- Write everything up
- Defend thesis
- Profit!
Timeline
Summer 2016
- ASAP
- Finalize committee members and ask them to be on my committee
- Specifically ask around about our top choice for the fourth committee member who may not yet be publicly named
- Obtain message wall data set
- Finalize committee members and ask them to be on my committee
- Monday, July 25th
- Complete a detailed proposal for study 2
- Monday, August 15th
- Complete a detailed proposal for study 3
- Thursday, September 8th
- Complete a full draft of prospectus, and send it to Aaron for comments
- Thursday, September 22nd
- Make revisions and send out the draft to entire committee
Fall 2016
- Thursday, October 27th
- Send out FINAL draft of prospectus to committee
- Some time in November
- Defend prospectus
Winter 2016
- Work on message walls study
