Chapter 6 and Conclusion

Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: I’d be lying (Chris Cagle)
Well, I sent off my Chapter 6 (not the greatest but a chapter!) – and John sent me back some comments – he wanted more information on my conclusions – ok my conclusion was woefully thin – so really got to bump that up, but I think I’ll [...]

I just may have a theoretical framework!

Mood:  spacey
Now Playing: Tapping of keys in an Open Plan Office
Well, I’m back from holiday and my one week bout with dengue fever (not pleasant!) – still feeling a bit lethargic from it (energy levels are really low). Anywho, just had a meeting with Doug and it has cleared up some stuff I was wrestling on. [...]

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 Collection – More Worries!

Mood:  hug me
Now Playing: Audio from my data collection
I’ve been trying to transcribe my data and also synchronize my videos. I find it easiest to synchronize my videos with audio using Dubit and inputting the wav file. Although got to use Audacity to convert the mp3 into a wav file – and it makes it huge! [...]

Back to work …

Mood:  cool
Now Playing: White Christmas (Dean Martin)
Topic: Data Collection
Well, after my Christmas break I’m back at the OU … whilst the Christmas break may seem long – I seemed to be occupied after New Years doing mostly my PhD work unfortunately (or fortunately). I collected two more observations – so got four more – but have [...]

Meeting with John Mason

Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Meetings
So John and I met for lunch on Thursday last week together with Safiya (??) to talk a bit about my work. So, carried along my preliminary analysis to see if he has any ideas and whether he can point me in some direction and he has given me some leads.
 He indicated he [...]

Data Collection woes continue

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Thru my eyes (Phil Collins)
Topic: Data Collection
I’m off to a seminar in about 10 mins … so making a quick entry into this blog – since I have to … anyway, bit frustrated last night as I lost one of my data collection – all because the broadband wasn’t working [...]

BSRLM Conference

Mood:  special
Now Playing: Ghost (Bananarama)
Topic: Seminars
Well, I went to the Cambridge seminar on Tuesday – which was fun getting the students’ feedback – I think the things I’ve gained from that has mostly been in the preparation of the materials and doing some preliminary qualitative analysis. Fatin suggested that I probably could let students who [...]