• Required Format: Use APA format when responding to each question. Each Comprehensive written exam answer should be formatted as follows: 1. Cover page or Title page. 2. Write the QUESTION number,...

• Required Format: Use APA format when responding to each question. Each Comprehensive written exam answer should be formatted as follows: 1. Cover page or Title page. 2. Write the QUESTION number, centered, the actual question single spaced and in italics, left justified, and located 4 spaces below. 3. On the next page begin the response, double-spaced and with the first line indented 5 spaces. Each response (excluding references) should be within the ten to fifteen page range (no more no less). Please note that if the minimum page requirement of 10 pages is not met for each question, the question will not be graded. 4. Provide a separate reference page for the answer. Individual References should be single spaced and double spaced between references using the hanging indent. Question 3: Research The ability to read, understand, critique, and integrate research studies and to design a study to address a gap in the research literature is a vital tool for a doctoral student. As you write your dissertation on the need for corporate philanthropy expansion in the USA, you may be reading hundreds of studies, many of which you will evaluate as part of a coherent literature review. Select five empirical articles from peer-reviewed journals that: • you consider critical to your understanding of your area of dissertation research • all address a particular phenomenon and attempt to contribute to theory about it Part 1 1. Describe each study, including: • the research problem, questions, or hypotheses • the research purpose • type of design and elements of the design (e.g., sample, data analysis, operationalization of constructs) • threats to validity and if and how they were addressed • the findings and their implications 2. Critically evaluate each study: Does the author make a compelling case for the meaning and significance of the findings? Part 2 Write a literature review that explains what is known and not known about the phenomenon based on a critical evaluation of the five studies. Part 3 Develop a research question that addresses one of the unknowns you identified in Part 2 and sketch a quantitative or qualitative study that can answer the question about what is unknown and contribute to theory (in some sense of theory you discuss in Question 1). Address: • the research purpose • type of design and elements of the design (e.g., sample, the type of data you need to collect and how you will collect it, data analysis) • the strengths and weaknesses of your envisioned design and methods • quantitative: threats to validity and how your design will address them • quantitative: the constructs you will measure and what you will do in order to determine how to operationalize them (you need not identify specific measures) • qualitative: your means of ensuring the quality of your findings • justification for why your chosen design and methods are more appropriate for your research question than alternatives you have considered .