Figuring out Chapter 6

Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Everybody’s Someone (Leann Rimes and Brian McFadden)
I’m just feeling really lazy at the moment. In order to jump-start my Chapter 6, I thought I should write my thoughts here and do some planning around what I should write. Ok, well when I finished Chapter 5, there were somethings that I decided to look [...]

Probably my main findings!

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: This is the night (Clay Aiken)
I haven’t posted something in this blog for so long and I’ve been procrastinating doing it as well – just like writing my thesis I guess. Anyway, I think I’ve finished all my data analysis and currently writing up Chapter 5 (yes I know I’ve been doing that [...]

The world of repeated measures and covariates!

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Porpoise song (The Monkees)
Well, I’m back from holiday about 2 weeks now, and decided I should really post something in this blog.
Problem: Between Subject * Within Subject Interaction After Adding Covariate
I’ll just give an update on where I am at this point in time. Well, previously  I was using maths confidence and order  [...]

Data analysis – why isn’t there any significance!?!

Mood:  hug me
Now Playing: Nothin’ but the Wheel (Patty Loveless)
I have been bogged down (or trapped) in doing my quantitative data analysis. I can’t find anything special or significant about anything really. So, that is a bit depressing.
When I check overall statistical differences at a higher level (multivariate analysis) – I can’t find anything of real [...]

Data analysis

Mood:  chillin’
Now Playing: Incessant noise of the Jennie Lee Building
Topic: Data Analysis
Well, I’ve done some preliminary data analysis with the 22 participants I have, there seems to be two outliers (J&E) which seems to be influencing the data unduly so I may have to remove them in the final analysis – but we shall see [...]

Some random ideas

Mood:  rushed
Now Playing: Jeene Ke Ishaare (Phir Milenge)
Topic: Data Analysis
Well, I’ve got to write up my remote observation study but doesn’t look possible to get it done soon. Anyway, I was thinking as I go through and code, I can code them according to theoretical, rational, scholar, experimenter and thinker by Trouche (2000) for each [...]

Back at the OU/ PME paper/ pilot study analysis

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: La Bamba (Los Lobos)
Topic: Data Analysis
I’m back at the OU trying to get into the swing of things. I still have no clue about my main research study … and I need to firm that up quickly, because think I need to get that started by March.
Whilst I was on holiday I [...]

Pilot Study yet again!

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Teahouse on the Tracks (Donald Fagen) – where do they get these titles from??
Topic: Data Analysis
So, back to my pilot study – still have no clue what my data is saying – got too much factors that’s all I could figure … getting more confused by the moment – at first thought [...]

Feeling a bit on the slump

Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Another Pot O’ Tea (Anne Murray)
Topic: Data Analysis
I don’t think I’ve made any real progress with my work thus far … when it comes to my data analysis, John as suggested I ignore the non-normality (well not ignore exactly!) – and find literature that suggest that ANOVA’s are robust against the non-normality [...]

Pilot Study: Data Analysis

Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: Melody of You (Sixpence None the Richer)
Topic: Data Analysis
So, I have the data for my pilot study using the SPQ and the maths-computing inventory. I’ve begun to try an analyse it but seem to be hitting brick walls everytime I try!
Well, the first brickwall was when I realised that I had grouped [...]