Category Archives: Tips and Tools

Data Dance

Posted on February 3, 2013 by alexk

It has been a full day of data analysis and I am quite fatigued!  I revisited previous findings  and undertook some additional analysis, mostly ANOVA, to better understand the data.  Increasingly, I am realizing that quantitative analysis is akin to listening … Continue reading →

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White Paper Solid Draft #2

Posted on January 19, 2013 by alexk

It is 5pm and it is still fairly bright outside.  I am very happy that the days are getting longer again.  My stint at the library has been productive.  I have dedicated the full day, about 7 hours, to refining … Continue reading →

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Two Solid Drafts!

Posted on January 10, 2013 by alexk

It is Thursday afternoon and I am thrilled to have drafted two papers. This was no small undertaking. I have been at the library for four very full days in a row and now I am totally zonked! The first … Continue reading →

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Still Here

Posted on December 9, 2012 by alexk

It is 8pm and I am still at the library –yikes!!!  I have worked diligently all day and have  only completed about 60% of the executive summary document for leaders.  It has morphed from a “2 pager” to 5 pages, so … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Outliers

Posted on November 24, 2012 by alexk

I finally addressed some of my outlier issues today.  This has resulted in a few meaningful results and a reversal of the direction of a previous finding –not insignificant!!  Overall, I have had a very full and focused day at … Continue reading →

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SPSS Struggle Yields Dividends

Posted on November 18, 2012 by alexk

This is going to be very short post.  I am slowly getting my bearings after being in a qualitative mindset.  I managed to do some interesting quantitative analysis today, but it took me a good deal of time to determine how … Continue reading →

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First Things First

Posted on October 27, 2012 by alexk

I have another “abridged” day for research.  We have some car issues to grapple with today, so I need to depart early so we can see our mechanic.  Increasingly these shortened days are becoming the norm!  It is a challenge, … Continue reading →

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Positive and Confident

Posted on September 30, 2012 by alexk

I have spent the past few weeks leveraging  learnings from SPSS courses and have finally scrubbed all of my data using best practices.  Phew!!!  It took a good deal of time and was somewhat annoying to duplicate some previous efforts, but … Continue reading →

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Squirgly

Posted on September 22, 2012 by alexk

I am not sure that “squirgly” is a word, but it aptly describes today.  My day went in many directions but few of them were planned!!  I spent a good amount of time with a librarian trying to gain access … Continue reading →

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Many Hats

Posted on September 15, 2012 by alexk

Today I wore several different hats and I managed to switch gears fairly seamlessly.  In the morning I reviewed two Competency Development Portfolios (CDPs) and summarized some themes. The CDP is a synopsis of learning and development acquired throughout the doctoral … Continue reading →

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