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INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTASSIGNMENT
In an effort to give you some hands-on experience with both interviewing and analyzing interview data, you are required to conduct two (2) recorded interviews lasting a minimum of 5 minutes each. If your interviews last longer than 10 minutes, you must only transcribe the first 10 minutes of each interview.

Assignment

You must interview individuals who are knowledgeable on the research topic of doctoral persistence (either as experts or those who have had success in this area) and use the revised interview questions that you presented and received peer feedback on in the Module/Week 4 Discussion Board Forum assignment. After the interviews, you will need to transcribe the interview content verbatim in a Word or Excel document.

Next, use the interview transcripts to code and derive themes according to the instructions in the presentation located in Module/Week 8: Qualitative Data Analysis. You may use the trial version of NVivo to assist you with the coding process, but it is not required for this assignment. Use the template format provided in the course.

Abstract

Provide a brief description of the research topic and purpose of the interview.

Research topic of doctoral persistence (either as experts or those who have had success in this area)

Questions:

1. What is your experience with doctoral persistence in your doctoral business program?

2. What were the main contributing factors to you discontinuing the business doctorate program?

3. What do you think your institution could have done better to accommodate your needs during the time you were enrolled in the business doctorate program?

4. What support resources would you recommend doctorate programs provide to influence students to complete the program?

5. What inspired you, and what advice do you have for prospects considering earning a doctorate degree?

6. What would you have done differently during the time you were enrolled in the doctorate program?