7. TimeframeI propose to complete the research described in the next 36 months, and present anddefend my study by July 2011. The following charts show a tentative schedule forwork progress on the proposed study. Many of the activities may be pursued inparallel or with some overlap. I have allocated most of my time for reviewing theliterature and for the write up. After significant headway has made in developing andtesting my measurement instrument, I will begin to collect primary data. I haveallocated the next twelve months for this task followed by the analysis.Literature reviewPilotJ A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D2008 2009Data collectionAnalyzing dataJ F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J2010 2011Write Up© No part of this proposal could be reproduced in any form without the permission of the author. 12
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