Statistics Solutions Interactive Dissertation Timeline
Enter your start and end dates in the form below to generate your interactive dissertation timeline. If you have already started the dissertation process, your start date should be estimated around the time that you completed comprehensive exams. Please keep in mind that this timeline is to be used as a loose estimate, you should always refer to your chairperson/committee for setting completion dates.
Start Date		Total Days:
End Date
		Completion Date
Start Date	Begin Dissertation Development
Phase 1: Gathering	Find Chairperson and Agree on Topic
	Choose Committee Members
	Intro/Literature Review
	Chair Approval
Phase 2: Writing the Recipe	Methodology
	Chair Approval
	Committee Approval
	Format Pre-Proposal Defense
	Address Feedback and Edits
	Submit to IRB/ARB
	Approval and Permission to Collect Data
Phase 3: Harvesting the Data	Collect Data
	Chapter 4
Phase 4: Reflection	Chapter 5
	Submit to Committee
	Address Feedback and Edits
Phase 5: Defense and Completion	Final Defense
	APA Edits
	Send to Library
End Date	Ph.D./Ed.D./Psy.D. Complete!