Peer+Review+for Kegan

Well clarified
 * TITLE**
 * Does the title reflect both the specific focus of the project, and why it will be of more**
 * general (theoretical or social) interest?**

Yes Yes Yes
 * ABSTRACT**
 * Does the abstract clearly specify the aims of the project?**
 * Does the abstract clearly articulate how the project will create new knowledge, and**
 * respond to theoretical or social concerns?**
 * Does the abstract provide a succinct yet clear description of how the project will be**
 * carried out?**

Yes Yes No research questions clarified Nothing about the data sets is present Yes I think many aspects may be hard to grasp completely but yes it could be feasible
 * OVERVIEW**
 * Does the overview clearly describe the aims of the project – empirical, conceptual,**
 * methodological and practical?**
 * Does the overview describe the importance of the project – empirically, conceptually,**
 * methodologically and practically?**
 * Are the aims of the project reflected in (clearly articulated) primary research questions?**
 * Does the overview explain and justify the type of data that will be collected for the**
 * project?**
 * Does the overview provide a “snapshot” of the various components of the research**
 * project, and a sense of the schedule on which they will be completed?**
 * Does the overview convince you that the project is feasible, and that the researcher has**
 * the appropriate expertise?**

Yes Vaguely but yes
 * BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE**
 * Does the proposal provide an adequate (not too long, nor too short) and compelling**
 * description of the “object” of the study?**
 * Does the proposal clearly explain what literatures the project will draw on and contribute**
 * to?**

Yes To some extent yes but it isn’t labeled as such
 * MEMO: PROPOSAL REVIEWPREPARATION AND WORK THUS FAR**
 * Does the proposal describe the relationship between this project and previous work**
 * carried out by the researcher?**
 * Does the proposal provide a plan for pilot studies, literature reviews, language training**
 * or other initiatives that need to be undertaken before the project begins?**

Not specifically in this section but throughout, yes No, still no crear research questions What types of data sets are clearly stated; however, the how and where are not covered To a small degree throughout maybe A specific data collection plan isn’t present but it does seem appropriate No bias is mentioned This can be gathered from the conceptual framework. Not stated. Somewhat unclear if present
 * METHODS**
 * Does the proposal provide an understandable and compelling “snapshot” of what the**
 * researcher thinks is going on, based on preliminary investigation and existing theory?**
 * Does the proposal indicate how the research questions build on existing literature?**
 * Does the proposal clearly explain what data will be used to answer the research**
 * questions, and how and where this data will be collected?**
 * Does the proposal provide a very clear sense of what the researcher will do in various**
 * phases or components of the project?**
 * Are you convinced that the proposed data collection plan is both feasible, and**
 * appropriate to the aims of the project?**
 * Does the proposal convince you that the researcher has a strategy for validating his or**
 * her data, and for acknowledging the biases that he or she will bring to the project?**
 * Does the proposal provide a clear and compelling sense of how the data will be**
 * analyzed?**
 * Does the proposal provide a compelling sense of how the data analysis will be written**
 * into a text – through the development of chapters that develop particular core concepts,**
 * for example?**
 * Does the proposal provide a strategy for addressing the ethical dimensions of the**
 * project, and a sense that that the ethical dimensions have been thoroughly thought**
 * through?**

Yes Yes Not specifically but it has the potential
 * DISSEMINATION**
 * Does the proposal provide a compelling description of the scholarly publications that will**
 * result from the project?**
 * Does the proposal describe the scholarly audiences that will be interested in the books**
 * and articles that result from the project?**
 * Does the proposal describe a creative strategy for circulating project results among**
 * informants, and to particular lay audiences?**