Appendix f the Dissertation Self Efficacy Scale Copyright 2003 by Jim Varney. All rights reserved

DIRECTIONS: Rate how confident you are in your ability to successfully accomplish each of the following tasks. Each task is related to successfully writing a dissertation. In the space provided to the right of each task, indicate your degree of confidence, from 0 (no confidence at all) to 100 (completely confident). Thank you.

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

No confidence Moderate amount Completely at all. of confidence. confident.

1. Select a suitable dissertation topic for study _____

2. Effectively select the appropriate statistical methodology

or qualitative analysis to answer your research question _____

3. Write the Introduction for the dissertation proposal _____

4. 
   Effectively run/apply the appropriate statistical or qualitative
   

5. Write the Discussion section for the dissertation _____

6. Collect adequate dissertation data records or field notes _____

7. Select an appropriate research design for your dissertation _____

8. In order to effectively write a Review of the Literature, review

and synthesize the scholarly literature in your area of study _____

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DISSERTATION APPRAISAL INVENTORY--Continued

11. Write the Results section of the dissertation _____

12. 
    Effectively work with your doctoral committee/chair/mentor for
    

12. 
    Effectively interpret the results obtained from statistical analyses
    

12. 
    Effectively use simple quantitative statistics (eg., frequency
    

such as coding _____