Hi X,For the Methodology, we'll be able to assist you with devising the case study research design adequate for gathering the experiences and perceptions of students and teachers regarding the e-learning environment. There are a number of seminal sources we'll be able to cite including Yin and Stake who laid the groundwork for modern case study research--the methodology section would generally comprise of describing the population and sample, describing the rationale for choosing the case study approach, and the plan for data collections and analysis. To this end, we'll be able to devise a thematic analysis protocol needed to process the qualitative data (e.g. interviews, focus groups, archival data) that you will be gathering from your participants, with step-by-step instructions on how the transcripts will be read, coded, and analyzed using software (e.g. NVivo, MAXQDA, ATLAS.Ti, Dedoose). Of course, in looking slightly forward, we'll also be able to assist with the data analysis after the completion of your data collections process.

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I can make a down payment of $500 this November 25th. So, we can do $6000 for the whole service including the topic paper? Will the $300 include coaching, PowerPoint presentation and talking points?  

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Thanks so much for sending me the current progress of your dissertation work, and I truly appreciate it! First of all, I have definitely been looking forward to working with you throughout the remainder of your dissertation journey at Grand Canyon University (GCU), and as per our previous discussion, I will be able to assist with the full development needed for your Chapters 1-3 incorporating the feedback that you received from your recent prospectus approval. I did want to mention that you forgot to attach the approved prospectus copy for my review, but this is not a problem in terms of providing the overall quote for Chapters 1-3 since I am able to review your work on specifically Chapters 1-3 so far and understand that the prospectus is at the level of "conditional approval" or "final approval" with most/all study details finalized.

I believe the most important consideration that may not have yet been finalized is the choice of software--I do remember our discussion regarding the secondary data that you've already obtained and analyzed using Stata, which may be at odds with the SPSS software that GCU typically requires for quantitative analysis. Based on what I read from the feedback so far on your research questions and the modeling approach, I understand that your methodologist would like us to opt for a more common hierarchical linear modeling approach which would be aimed at selecting a subset of variables (e.g. return on asset (ROA), human/structural/relational capital, other control variables) that are optimal for predicting future datasets with the same conventions. I agree with you that this would be a somewhat "weaker" model in that we would not be able to take into account the multicollinearity that clearly exists between the financial variables in your study, although I also understand that Econometrics modeling is typically not an expectation that the GCU reviewers have for students conducting quantitative studies.

The generalized method of moments (GMM) is actually a very straightforward modeling approach taking into account moment conditions (e.g. expected value) in order to estimate the true value of the parameter, and when compared to other time-series and variable selection approaches, its implementation will be much simpler since our computations just involve estimating moments based on the given dataset. From my perspective, I don't have a preference in terms of the approach, and I'd be more than happy to develop Chapters 1-3 using either of the two approaches as well as to utilize your choice of software (Stata or SPSS) in order to produce the analyses needed. The distinction between Stata and SPSS won't be big either since the analysis being conducted is very straightforward, and I am able to convert file formats between the two software packages in order to produce identical results using both languages if needed.

Once the methodology has been clarified, I believe we can get started with the work needed on your foundational elements (e.g. background, problem statement, purpose, conceptual/theoretical framework, research questions, research design, significance, etc.) in addition to the comprehensive literature review of 40-50 pages in length in order to explore all key themes from the literature surrounding the underlying connection between intellectual capital (i.e. human capital, structural capital, relational capital) and firm performance (measured using metrics such as ROA). The literature review will be instrumental in allowing us to provide a comprehensive review of recent results from the extant literature pertaining to capital-related factors contributing to firm performance in developing Asian nations and to justify our choice of control variables to be adjusted for in our analysis--the argument needed here is to justify, based on the literature findings, that your firm-level control variables (e.g. loans, firm size, firm age, manufacturing) and macro-level control variables (e.g. regulatory, inflation, GDP) have been known to impact firm performance independently of intellectual capital (i.e. confounding). Aside from the recent and seminal studies which will establish our choice of methodology, we will also be able to describe the chronology of the theoretical framework involving the resource-based view theory which is quite typical of studies involving financial knowledge and understanding and the ways in which they may impact overall firm performance. Of course, there will be a big focus on ensuring that most of the studies we provide are recent, and we will always be able to abide by the standard GCU recommendations stating that we should aim to include  75-100 sources for the literature review of which ~85% or more should be published within five years of the student's graduation (2016 and beyond if you're graduating in late 2020 or 2021).

In the realm of APA editing, we'll ensure perfection with all sentence-level items (e.g. spelling, grammar, punctuation, flow, sentence/paragraph structure, passive voice, anthropomorphism), formatting, and the references list. We will always ensure formatting as per the GCU template, and we can make sure that you're always citing correctly and that all of your in-text citations have a corresponding entry in the references list.