Factors affecting timely completion of a PhD: a complex systems approach

dc.creator	Jegar Pitchforth
dc.creator	Stephanie Beames
dc.creator	Aleysha Thomas
dc.creator	Matthew Falk
dc.creator	Charisse Farr
dc.creator	Susan Gasson
dc.creator	Sri Astuti Thamrin
dc.creator	Kerrie Mengersen
dc.date	2012-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:34:30Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:34:30Z
dc.identifier	1527-9316
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/aaae648f27764093b8ded21f1486eecc
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22793
dc.description	<em>Completing a PhD on time is a complex process, influenced by many interacting factors. In this paper we take a Bayesian Network approach to analyzing the factors perceived to be important in achieving this aim. Focusing on a single research group in Mathematical Sciences, we develop a conceptual model to describe the factors considered to be important to students and then quantify the network based on five individual perspectives: the students, a supervisor and a university research students centre manager. The resultant network comprised 37 factors and 40 connections, with an overall probability of timely completion of between 0.6 and 0.8. Across all participants, the four factors that were considered to most directly influence timely completion were personal aspects, the research environment, the research project, and incoming skills. </em>
dc.language	English
dc.relation	http://josotl.indiana.edu/article/view/3144
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1527-9316
dc.source	The Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 124-135 (2012)
dc.subject	bayesian network, graduation, skills, environment, personal, project
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Factors affecting timely completion of a PhD: a complex systems approach
dc.type	article