ABBREVIATED TITLE HERE 1

ABBREVIATED TITLE HERE 27

For the header, Type: your abbreviated title in all capital letters. (No more than 50 characters, including spaces). The page number is also in the header, flush right starting with 1.

Be sure your font in the header is size 12 Times New Roman Font.

The entire document should be double spaced with Times 12 Font.

Type your dissertation approved title on line 5.

Your Approved Dissertation Title Here in Upper and Lowercase Letters

Type only your first and last name on line 6. Do not list other degrees.

First and Last Name

Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School

in Partial Fulfillment of the

Degrees:

Doctor of Business Administration

Doctor of Education

Doctor of Philosophy Information Technology

Doctor of Philosophy Business

Doctor of Philosophy Leadership

Requirements for the Degree of

[insert degree]

Type only your first and last name on line 6. Do not list other degrees.

University of the Cumberlands

Type University of the Cumberlands on line 7.

Month and Year of Graduation

Month and Year only should be typed on line 8.

No comma is used between the two.

Approval for Recommendation

Two double spaces should be included after this heading.

This dissertation is approved for recommendation to the faculty and administration of the University of the Cumberlands.

Include this page as you submit the various chapters in each course.

You will not have the actual names of committee members two and three until you select your committee in DSRT 930.

Include a copy of the signed form in the final dissertation.

Dissertation Chair:

__________________________

Dr. First Name Last Name, PhD, EdD, DBA, or other faculty degree credentials.

Dissertation Evaluators:

__________________________

Dr. First Name Last Name, PhD, EdD, DBA, or other faculty degree credentials.

__________________________

Dr. First Name Last Name, PhD, EdD, DBA, or other faculty degree credentials.

Approval for Recommendation 2

Acknowledgments 3

Abstract 4

Chapter One 10

Introduction 10

Overview 10

Background and Problem Statement 10

Purpose of the Study 10

Significance of the Study 11

Research Questions 11

Theoretical Framework 13

Limitations of the Study 15

Assumptions 15

Definitions 15

Summary 15

Chapter Two 16

Review of Literature 16

Introduction 16

Main Heading (Level 2 heading) 16

Subheading (Level 3 Heading) 16

Level 4 Subheading 17

Level 5 Subheading 17

Summary 17

Chapter Three 18

Procedures and Methodology 18

Introduction 18

Research Paradigm 18

Research Design 18

Sampling Procedures and Data Collection Sources 18

Statistical Tests 20

Summary 22

Chapter Four 23

Research Findings 23

Introduction 23

Participants and Research Setting 23

Analyses of Research Questions 23

Research Question One 23

Research Question Two 24

Supplementary Findings 24

Summary 24

Chapter Five 25

Summary, Discussion, and Implications 25

Introduction 25

Practical Assessment of Research Questions 25

Research Question One 25

Research Question Two 26

Supplementary Findings 26

Limitations of the Study 26

Implications for Future Study 27

Summary 27

References 28

Appendix A 29

Appendix B 30

Appendix C 31

Appendix D 32

Appendix E 33

List of Tables

Table 1: Name of the Table…………………………………………………………………1

If applicable. See APA guidelines regarding if tables and figures are necessary. Tables and figures should not be used to increase page count. Tables must be APA formatted, and not copied from Excel, or other non-APA sources. Only Tables within the chapters should be included here. Tables in the Appendix are not listed here. See APA manual 12.14 through 12.18 for copyright citation guidelines.

7.10 Table Numbers

Number all tables that are part of the main text (i.e., not part of an appendix or supplemental materials) using Arabic numerals—for example, Table 1, Table 2, and Table 3. Assign the numbers in the order in which each table is first mentioned in the text, regardless of whether a more detailed discussion of the table occurs elsewhere in the paper. Write the word “Table” and the number in bold and flush left (i.e., not indented or centered). Tables that appear in appendices follow a different numbering scheme (see Section 2.14).

List of Figures

Figure 1: Name of the Figure …………………………………………………………………1

If applicable. See APA guidelines regarding if tables and figures are necessary. Tables and figures should not be used to increase page count. Only Figures within the chapters should be included here. Figures in the Appendix are not listed here. See APA manual 12.14 through 12.18 for copyright citation guidelines.

Figures should be in grayscale only.

Chapter One

· Introduction is the title of the Chapter and no additional information is needed under Introduction.

· Keep your tenses the same. Your literature review already occurred, so it should be past tense.

· Do not use I, we, or our.

· Use statements such as “the current research will…” or “the research seeks…” etc. (Avoid “the researcher”)

· Cite sources for data and other information used. Some people think that references only pertain to Chapter Two.

14.1 – Week 14 – Final Draft of Chapter Two Submit your final draft of Chapter Two. Before submitting, you should carefully review Chapter 2 and check the foll first appeared on Nursing StudyMasters.