DSRT 837 Rubric (Adapted from Doctoral Research Handbook) Criterion 4 (Ex

DSRT 837 Rubric (Adapted from Doctoral Research Handbook)
Criterion
4 (Expert)
3 (Proficient)
2 (Fair)
1 (Poor)

I. Critical and reflective thinking capable of facilitating institutional, informational technology, or business related problem-solving or school/ college improvement
Critically analyzed the topic. Discussion of the topic was extensive and anchored in fact and reason. Information about significant aspects of the topic were analyzed from the perspective of key related concepts. Meaning of the analysis was summarized.
Critically analyzed the topic. Discussion of the topic was anchored in fact and reason. Information about significant aspects of the topic were analyzed from the perspective of key related concepts. Either the analysis or summary lacked some level of detail.
Somewhat critically analyzed the topic. Discussion of the topic was minimally anchored in fact and reason. Information about significant aspects of the topic were somewhat analyzed from the perspective of key related concepts. Analysis and summary included but lacks a significant level of analysis and discussion.
Minimally discussed the topic without supporting facts and reasons. Poor organization of the information and limited level of detail.

II. Consideration for the impact of leadership, information technology, or business on institutional constituents.
Demonstrates an extensive understanding of the topic’s relationship to leadership, information technology, or business.
Demonstrates a good understanding of the topic’s relationship to leadership, information technology, or business.
Demonstrates a fair understanding of the topic’s relationship to leadership, information technology, or business.
Demonstrates a minimal understanding of the topic’s relationship to leadership, information technology, or business.

III. Effective analytical and communication skills
Demonstrates a professional level of skills associated with formatting, grammar, spelling, syntax, and use of numbers.
Demonstrates acceptable skills associated with formatting, grammar, spelling, syntax, and use of numbers.
Needs minor improvement in skills associated with formatting, grammar, spelling, syntax, and use of numbers.
Needs significant improvement in skills associated formatting, grammar, spelling, syntax, and use of numbers.

IV. Knowledge of genres, paradigms, theories, literature or trends in business, criminal justice, education, English, health sciences, history, information technology, math, nursing, psychology, religion, or student personnel services.
Subject is identified, realistic, and grounded in a recognized genre, paradigm, theory, literature, or trend.
Subject is identified and is realistic, but it lacks grounding in a recognized genre, paradigm, theory, literature, or trend.
Subject is identified but is not realistic or grounded in a recognized genre, paradigm, theory, literature, or trend.
Subject area is not established.

V. Required Components of the assignment as listed in the assignment directions.
All required parts of the assignment as listed in the assignment directions are included.
Minor information is missing from the required components of the assignment as listed in the assignment directions.
Significant information is missing from the required components of the assignment as listed in the assignment directions.
The assignment lacks the detail needed to meet the requirements for the components of the assignment as listed in the assignment directions.

Assignment 1 : Qualitative Research Article
Overview: The term “abstract” is a homophone which can mean one of two scholarly writing activities. One, is the abstract that you will write to introduce your dissertation. The other meaning is a shortened writing assignment whereby you write a condensed summary of an academic journal. For this week, we will focus on writing a scholarly abstract of a qualitative journal. More information about writing an abstract can be found via the web resource “Writing Scholarly Abstracts.” Since the purpose of this abstract is to summarize, there should not be any direct copying and pasting from the original article.
Directions: View the rubric to make sure you understand the expectations of this assignment. Create a 1-2 (more is fine) page single-spaced Analysis of Research abstract published qualitative scholarly article related to your mock dissertation topic/research question from week 1.
Brevity and being concise are important as this analysis is intended to be a brief summation of the research.
Each abstract must therefore consist of the following in this order:
Bibliographic Citation – use the correctly formatted APA style citation for the work as the title of your abstract, displaying the full citation in bold font.
Author Qualifications – name and qualification of each author conducting the research
Research Concern – one paragraph summary of the reason for the overall research topic
Research Purpose Statement AND Research Questions or Hypotheses – specific focus of the research
Precedent Literature – key literature used in proposing the needed research (not the full bibliography or reference list)
Research Methodology – description of the population, sample, and data gathering techniques used in the research
Instrumentation – description of the tools used to gather data (surveys, tests, interviews, etc.)
Findings – summation of what the research discovered and the types of analysis that were used to describe the findings (tables, figures, and statistical measures)
View the rubric: DSRT 837 Rubric Adapted from Doctoral Research Handbook.docx

Assignment 2 Quantitative Research Article
R.2 Abstract of a Quantitative Research Article
Overview: The term “abstract” is a homophone which can mean one of two scholarly writing activities. One, is the abstract that you will write to introduce your dissertation. The other meaning is a shortened writing assignment whereby you write a condensed summary of an academic journal. For this week, we will focus on writing a scholarly abstract of a quantitative journal. More information about writing an abstract can be found via the web resource “Writing Scholarly Abstracts.” Since the purpose of this abstract is to summarize, there should not be any direct copying and pasting from the original article.
Directions: View the rubric to make sure you understand the expectations of this assignment. Create a 1-2 page (more is fine) single-spaced Analysis of Research abstract published quantitative scholarly article related to your mock dissertation topic/research question from week 1. Additionally, this assignment functions just like assignment R.1 only it reviews a quantitative article instead of a qualitative one. Brevity and being concise are important as this analysis is intended to be a brief summation of the research.
Each abstract must therefore consist of the following in this order:
Bibliographic Citation – use the correctly formatted APA style citation for the work as the title of your abstract, displaying the full citation in bold font.
Author Qualifications – name and qualification of each author conducting the research
Research Concern – one paragraph summary of the reason for the overall research topic
Research Purpose Statement AND Research Questions or Hypotheses – specific focus of the research
Precedent Literature – key literature used in proposing the needed research (not the full bibliography or reference list)
Research Methodology – description of the population, sample, and data gathering techniques used in the research
Instrumentation – description of the tools used to gather data (surveys, tests, interviews, etc.)
Findings – summation of what the research discovered and the types of analysis that were used to describe the findings (tables, figures, and statistical measures)