Description
The Gold tier of the DBA Completion Package is a four-month engagement for Doctor of Business Administration candidates who have an approved proposal and data in hand, or who are close to it. It covers the complete manuscript — all five chapters — together with the statistical or qualitative analysis, the literature review work and one full round of committee response. It stops short of the defense coaching and unlimited revision rounds that come with Platinum.
| Service | Full-draft DBA dissertation support, all chapters |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4 months |
| Chapters covered | All (1–5), plus abstract and references |
| Editor | Dedicated DBA-specialist doctoral editor |
| Analysis | SPSS, R, STATA, Excel; NVivo, ATLAS.ti, MAXQDA |
| Committee response | One full round |
| Coaching | Two live sessions |
| Style | APA 7, or your institution’s template |
| Price | $3,475 against $5,200 if bought separately |
| Upgrade path | Credited in full against Platinum within 60 days |
Contents
1. What $3,475 covers
| Component included | Bought separately | In package |
|---|---|---|
| Full Dissertation Editing, Professional tier | $3,200 | Included |
| Methodology Consultation Package | $400 | Included |
| Dissertation Statistical Analysis | $600 | Included |
| Literature Review Support Package | $500 | Included |
| Committee Response Package | $500 | Included |
| Total à-la-carte value | $5,200 | |
| Your price | $3,475 |
You save $1,725, or roughly 33% against the combined separate price.
2. What is included
2.1 Full manuscript editing, all five chapters
Substantive and line editing across the complete document, returned as tracked changes with a margin commentary explaining the reasoning behind significant edits. Includes the whole-manuscript coherence pass that checks your problem statement, research questions, methodology and findings still agree with one another after revision — the check that chapter-by-chapter editing structurally cannot perform.
2.2 Statistical and qualitative analysis
Analysis producing output you can explain in a defense rather than a black box you have to trust.
| Area | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Software | SPSS, R, STATA, Excel; NVivo, ATLAS.ti, MAXQDA |
| Screening and assumptions | Missingness, outliers, normality, homoscedasticity, multicollinearity, reliability including Cronbach’s alpha |
| Inferential | t-tests, ANOVA and ANCOVA, chi-square, correlation, multiple and logistic regression, moderation and mediation, non-parametric equivalents |
| Advanced | Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modelling, multilevel models where the design requires it |
| Qualitative | Codebook development, thematic and content analysis, cross-case analysis, trustworthiness documentation |
| Presentation | APA 7 tables and figures, effect sizes and confidence intervals reported alongside p-values |
2.3 Literature review support
Search strategy across business databases, synthesis matrix construction, framework defence and a currency audit against your program’s expectations.
2.4 Methodology consultation
Ongoing consultation across quantitative, qualitative, mixed and applied or action research designs, including the positionality and consent questions that arise when you research your own organisation.
2.5 Committee response, one full round
We help you decode what each comment is actually asking for, decide what to accept and what to defend, and draft a point-by-point response matrix mapping every comment to its revision and page number.
3. Who this tier is for
- Your proposal is approved and you are collecting or have collected data
- You have a full or near-full draft that needs to be brought to submission standard
- You need the analysis run and written up defensibly
- You expect one substantive committee round rather than a long series of them
- You are confident handling your own defense preparation
Choose Platinum instead if your committee is demanding, your defense is the part that worries you, or you want practitioner implications coaching and unlimited revision rounds. The $3,025 difference buys two more months, both mock defenses, unlimited committee rounds and post-defense revision support.
4. Compare the three tiers
| Feature | Silver $1,250 | Gold $3,475 | Platinum $6,500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engagement length | 3 months | 4 months | 6 months |
| Chapters edited | 1–3 | All (1–5) | All, plus front and back matter |
| Editing depth | Substantive + line | Professional tier | Developmental + substantive + line |
| Dedicated named editor | Shared queue | Yes | Yes, guaranteed same editor |
| DBA-specialist editor | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Methodology consultation | Yes | Yes | Yes, ongoing |
| Statistical / qualitative analysis | — | Yes | Yes, ongoing |
| Literature review support | — | Yes | Yes |
| Practitioner implications coaching | — | — | Yes |
| Committee response support | — | One round | Unlimited rounds |
| Mock defenses | — | — | Two, with question bank |
| Coaching sessions | One | Two | Ongoing |
| Weekend / evening access | — | — | Included |
| Post-defense revision support | — | — | Included |
| Value if bought separately | $1,625 | $5,200 | $12,678 |
| You save | $375 (23%) | $1,725 (33%) | $6,178 (49%) |
5. Scope and academic integrity
We will not write your dissertation, and you should not buy from anyone who says they will.
This is an editing, methodological consultation, analysis support and coaching service. The intellectual contribution, the argument and the words of record remain yours. That is what makes the degree defensible and what keeps you the author of your own work.
Specifically, we do not:
- Write original chapters, sections or content from scratch on your behalf
- Fabricate, alter or clean data beyond a documented protocol
- Attend, join or speak at your defense
- Communicate with your committee, chair or institution on your behalf
- Guarantee committee approval, a pass or a particular grade. No honest provider can.
Where your institution requires disclosure of editorial assistance, we provide a standard statement of services describing precisely what was and was not done.
6. Questions and answers
What if I need more than one committee round?
Additional rounds can be added, or you can move to Platinum where they are unlimited. If your chair has already returned the same chapter more than once, Platinum is usually the cheaper choice.
Is defense preparation included?
No. Gold takes you to a submission-ready manuscript. Mock defenses are part of Platinum, or can be bought separately as the Defense Preparation Package at $450.
My data is not collected yet. Should I still buy Gold?
Yes, if your proposal is approved. Four months is enough to collect, analyse and write up for most designs, and having the analysis plan settled before collection begins prevents the most expensive category of mistake.
Do I get the same editor throughout?
Yes. Gold assigns a dedicated editor for the engagement. Platinum additionally guarantees that same editor through defense.
Can I upgrade to Platinum partway through?
Yes, and your Gold fee is credited in full within 60 days. Your editor and project history carry over.
7. Not sure which tier fits? Ask first.
Send us where your dissertation actually stands and we will tell you which tier fits, including when the honest answer is a cheaper one. There is no charge for the diagnostic and no obligation to buy.
Prefer email? Write to su*****@*******se.com with your current chapter drafts attached and we will reply with a written diagnostic.
Take the draft to submission standard
Four months, all five chapters, analysis, literature support and a committee round, for $3,475.
Fully credited against Platinum if you upgrade within 60 days.
