For this discussion, you need to search for dissertations that utilizes one of the change methodologies from this week’s reading and then discuss the following:

• Abstract
• Problem Statement
• Design Methodology: How was data collected? Was it effective?
• How did the researcher approach the study? What methodologies did they use? What would you have done differently?

The Week 9 instructions suggest searching Scholarworks, however, you can also search in the Dissertation database in ProQuest.

Follow these steps to find dissertations and project studies in the Library:

1. On the Library homepage click on the blue Dissertations button. 
2. In the Walden Dissertations box, click the Dissertations & Theses @ Walden University link. You may be prompted to log in with your myWalden Portal user name and password.
3. You should now be on the Advanced Search page with two rows of search boxes. If you only have one search box on your screen, click on the Advanced Search link above the search box.
4. Set up your search:

In the first search box, type:

"Project Study"

Note: Including the quotation marks tells the database to search for these words as a phrase and not as individual words.

To the right of that, click on the Anywhere drop-down menu and change it to:

Document text — FT

In the ​Second search box, type:

Ed.D.

To the right of that, click on the Anywhere drop-down menu and change it to:

Degree — DG 

5. Click on the Search button.

To Verify that a dissertation is an Ed.D. project study, look at the title page of the document where the degree information is listed.

More Information:

• How do I find Walden Ph.D. dissertations?

• How do I find dissertations with a specific chair?

• How do I find dissertations by a specific author?

• How do I find award-winning dissertations?