Dissertation Title: Exploring the Association Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Menstrual Cycle Alterations: A Social-Ecological Approach
Design: Cross-sectional Retrospective Study
Instruction for Revising the Dissertation Draft
Please ensure that all comments made by the dissertation advisor are thoroughly addressed throughout the manuscript. Each suggestion must be carefully incorporated and justified, using the “Track Changes” and comment features in Microsoft Word to indicate what was modified and why.
Particular attention must be paid to the Methodology section, which must be revised and clarified from the very beginning to explicitly state that the study is based on secondary data analysis. The methodology must clearly articulate that this is a cross-sectional retrospective study based on previously collected data.
Additionally, please ensure that the entire manuscript reflects the correct tense usage: all methods and results should be written in the future tense, consistent with the fact that this is a dissertation proposal and not a completed study.
The section on data collection instruments and validation must be expanded with rigorous detail. You are expected to:
- Clearly define each instrument used (e.g., Distress Thermometer, PSS-4).
- Justify their selection based on literature and relevance to the population.
- Describe the validation process comprehensively, including face validity, pilot testing, cultural appropriateness, and psychometric properties (reliability coefficients, previous applications in Hispanic/Latina populations, etc.).
- Anticipate and address all potential questions from a dissertation committee regarding the reliability, validity, and appropriateness of the instruments for the study population.
The goal is to produce a version of the methodology that is academically robust, defensible during an oral defense, and capable of withstanding detailed committee review.
Please confirm once all changes are completed and the revised version is ready for final review.
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