A critical aspect of dissertation research is not determining what to research or how to research it but justifying the research plan to others. Your dissertation committee will invest a lot of time and effort in supporting you all the way to graduation. So, you need to persuade them that you have thought through the entire research plan and can justify each piece as both necessary and optimal for its particular function. What specific quantitative-based arguments do you have to present to your dissertation committee (chair, methodologist, and content expert) to garner their full approval? How will you craft your argumentation to maximize the opportunity to approve your research plan? Explain.

Objectives: 

 Develop arguments to justify quantitative research needs. 

Critique the argumentation in quantitative empirical research studies.