Guidance Between Advisor Meetings

Ethics-safe qualitative support for research design, methods, and alignment

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Build Confidence Through Clarity

We break complex qualitative decisions into clear, manageable components, reducing uncertainty and helping you move forward with greater confidence at each stage.

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Strengthen Research & Design Alignment

Support your ability to align your problem statement, purpose, research questions, and method so your study is coherent, defensible, and methodologically sound.

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Navigate Decisions Between Meetings

Use the tool to think through questions as they arise—without waiting for your next meeting or crossing ethical or academic boundaries.

Get Access

Month-to-Month Access
$49.00
Every month

The monthly membership provides access to the Qualitative Dissertation Coach, an ethics-safe support tool designed to help doctoral students think through qualitative research design, methods, alignment, and decision-making between meetings. Members can use the tool as questions arise, supporting clarity and preparation for faculty conversations without writing, analyzing data, or replacing academic guidance.

6-Month Access Pass
$249.00
Every 6 months

For students who want continuity across a sustained phase of their dissertation, the 6-month access option provides uninterrupted use of the Qualitative Dissertation Coach over a defined period, with the same ethical boundaries and non-writing support as the monthly access.

What’s Included

Qualitative Methods & Design Guidance

Clear explanations of qualitative approaches (e.g., phenomenology, grounded theory, case study) to support informed, defensible research design decisions.

Alignment Support Across Study Components

Guidance for aligning your problem statement, purpose, research questions, and methodology so your study is coherent and methodologically sound.

Conceptual Feedback on Research Decisions

Non-evaluative feedback focused on research logic and alignment, using clarifying questions and explanations—without reviewing, editing, or approving dissertation.

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NVivo, Dedoose, MAXQDA, or Atlas-ti

Guidance to help you think through the fit between your study design, data type, and analytic goals when choosing tools such as NVivo, Dedoose, MAXQDA, or ATLAS.ti—without training, coding, or conducting analysis within the software.

Decision-Making Support Between Meetings

A structured space to think through questions as they arise, without waiting for scheduled feedback or replacing faculty guidance.

Clarification of Qualitative Terminology

Plain-language explanations of commonly misunderstood qualitative concepts, helping you use terminology accurately and confidently.

Designed to comply with academic standards, ethics, and research integrity, this tool does not write or edit dissertation content, conduct data analysis, generate findings, provide therapeutic support, or replace faculty, committee, or institutional oversight.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The Qualitative Dissertation Coach is an ethics-safe support tool designed to help doctoral students think through qualitative research design, methods, alignment, and decision-making between meetings. It supports clarity and understanding without writing, analyzing data, or replacing faculty guidance.

  • The tool is designed to comply with academic standards, ethics, and integrity by avoiding writing, analysis, and evaluation. However, students are always responsible for following their specific institutional and program policies regarding AI use.

  • The Qualitative Dissertation Coach was created by Asher Beckwitt, PhD, a qualitative researcher with over 25 years of experience. Dr. Beckwitt has worked on more than 5,000 qualitative studies—primarily dissertations—and has supported doctoral candidates since 2000, including three years as a Dissertation Chair. Their work is grounded in the highest standards of research ethics and academic integrity, fully aligned with institutional and IRB expectations.

  • The tool can help you think through fit between your study design and software options such as NVivo, Dedoose, MAXQDA, or ATLAS.ti. It does not provide software training or conduct analysis within these platforms.

  • Memberships are flexible and can be canceled at any time from your account. You’ll retain access through the end of your current billing cycle.

  • You can reach me anytime via my contact page or email. I aim to respond quickly—usually within one business day.