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2.4 Doctoral program issues: commentary on companion dissertations

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Our experience has been that collaborative research models the teamwork required of leaders in schools. Doctoral students must have common goals and build consensus between or among themselves. They must know their role in the research and how it relates to the other researchers. These roles must be defined at the outset of the research process. During the dissertation process, these roles may have to be redefined. Just as knowing the roles of each of the research team members, the researchers also must know the strengths in terms of knowledge, research skills, leadership, and support of each researcher so that the research itself can become the best that can be produced. With teamwork being pivotal in collaborative research, we must address the definition of a companion dissertation, also referred to as a joint, cluster, collaborative, or coordinated dissertation. First and foremost, it is not a single dissertation with two names on it; rather, companion dissertations are characterized by collaborative inquiry by one or more students in which (a) each dissertation may utilize a target population with a unique study sample centered on a problem, a phenomenon, or a general topic of interest or (b) each dissertation may utilize two or more different target populations yet they may focus on the same problem, phenomenon, or topic. We offer five formats in which a companion dissertation can be conceptualized as one of the following models: (a) meta-analytic model, (b) multiple case study model, (c) evaluation model, (d) single case model, and (e) subsequent replication model.
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Meta-analytic Model

The meta-analytic model is based in a common research question. The meta-analytic model represents the analysis of a specific topic from multiple perspectives or vantage points for the purpose of comparing and contrasting findings. For example, a question may be,“What are the perceptions of superintendents and their school board presidents regarding the role of superintendents in 1000 Texas public school districts?”If a team of three individuals are working on this particular question, then the first dissertation may explore the question from a small district perspective; the second dissertation may explore the question from a mid-size district perspective, while the third dissertation may explore the question from the large urban district perspective. In this case, Chapters One (Introduction) and Two (Review of Literature) of the dissertation could be entirely different; however, the dissertations may all include a collaboratively-derived theoretical framework. Chapter Three (Methodology) must present the sampling plan in differing ways; however, all three dissertations might include the same information on instrumentation, research design, and procedures (all planned together). Chapter Four (Results) and Five (Discussion) would be individually authored and would present the findings for the unique samples and the summary, conclusions, and recommendations. It is recommended in this model that the chair or co-chairs be the same person(s) for the companion dissertations because that person(s) would have the knowledge of all the multiple dissertations to guide different perspectives.

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Quantity demanded refers to the specific amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a give price and within a specific time period. Demand, on the other hand, is a broader concept that encompasses the entire relationship between price and quantity demanded
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Economic growth as an increase in the production and consumption of goods and services within an economy.but Economic development as a broader concept that encompasses not only economic growth but also social & human well being.
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In economics, the contract curve refers to the set of points in an Edgeworth box diagram where both parties involved in a trade cannot be made better off without making one of them worse off. It represents the Pareto efficient allocations of goods between two individuals or entities, where neither p
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