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Overview of Walminskipeasucker

Signup date: 04 Jun 2007 at 2:33am

Last login: 15 Jan 2020 at 1:11pm

Post count: 3964

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theme of a dessertation

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

Is this a dissertation at undergradate level, or postgrad? I think the best guide would be your supervisor. There are plenty of books you can get on the subject, so I'd recommend having a search on Amazon or a similar site.

Argh, really lost

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

Quote From sneaks:

Quote From walminskipeasucker:

Microsoft project manager is good for doing gant charts and timescale thingies.

Do you know anything that's free. I'm trying to do something in excel, but its getting complicated!

I have it and have used it, so can sort you out with 'that', but it'll be tomorrow by the time it's done. Just PM me if you're interested.

!V.I.V.A !***

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

Yeah, congratulations, Doc Sheena.

Argh, really lost

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

Microsoft project manager is good for doing gant charts and timescale thingies.

touch typing

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

Quote From rooshi:

THE MOST FUN WAY TO LEARN!!!:

http://play.typeracer.com/

I won! I versed some random stranger and beat them. Yippee. I can see where my future procrastination is going to end...

Feedback on NVivo?

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

Anna10, I have a book on how to use NVIVO for qualitative research in .pdf format. If you PM me an e-mail address, I'll send it to you.

Hypothesis testing

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

Quote From erangakavi:

So, can't I make a Hypothesis as "Significant levels of costs are high among my sample"? using this data?

thanks
Eranga

Based on the information you have given, I don't think so in my opinion. You have not tested any hypothesis. You have collected data and described it. You're best off checking with your supervisor or a statistician at your university to be absolutely clear.

Hypothesis testing

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

Quote From erangakavi:

======= Date Modified 09 Dec 2010 16:44:45 =======
Hi

Thanks for quick reply. When the mean values is higher the significant level of cost is high. For instant i asked about Hardware cost, mean value of that data column is 4.08 ( Sum of response values/ N). So that cost significant level is high. I dont want to compare groups. I have a hypothesis as " E-commerce related Costs are highly significant (highly important)"

is that make a sense
thanks
Eranga

It might be me, and I could be wrong, but I don't think there's anything more you can do with the data. You've just calculated means and that's it. You can describe those means (say they're high), but you can't use inferential statistics and you can't call those values significant. Statistically, significant generally means p = < 0.05. So yes, costs are highly important and maybe significant - but not in a statistical sense.

Hypothesis testing

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

It's probably a profession-specific thing, Sneaks. I admit, it's a lot easier if you handle the data as parametric (and it's just me in thesis-defence mode).

Hypothesis testing

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

You have ordinal level data; it would not be appropriate to calculate means and standard deviations. Calculate the interquartile ranges and medians. I'm not sure what you mean by costs being highly significant. How are your costs highly significant. Are you trying to compare groups? So cost A vs cost B? Very broadly, because I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do, the test I would think you need is the Sign Rank test (there is one for paired and unpaired data).

best scammers come from Africa

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

On the subject of Nigerian scammers... http://www.bobservant.com/resources/Lions$2C+Gold+and+Confusion+SAMPLERpdf.pdf

Very funny and true.

Japanese ! Japanese!

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

I don't want to! I don't want to!

Twitter

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

I've thought about Twitter, but I wouldn't have my own tweet. I don't really have anything interesting to say. If I had followers, I'd feel like I'd have to 'perform' in order to 'keep' them.

I'm happy doing my PhD

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

Quote From BilboBaggins:

It's ok to take a snapshot survey, but PhDs tend to be a bit of an up-and-down experience, and things can change in the future for people who are very happy at the moment.

It's also natural during a PhD to hit really difficult sticking points, whether it be in the writing up (as happened to me) or whatever. And there's the notorious mid-PhD doldrums or blues, which seem to hit quite a high proportion of students. Again, it's par for the course.

And, as others have said, people are more likely to post about the dificulties, when they're seeking help, rather than people posting about the positives.

I was going to say this.

Online tutorial for interview

Walminskipeasucker 3964 posts
14 years ago

Hi PamW, I know nothing about this but I do have a few books on the subject that are in .pdf format. These include:

Blended Learning: How To Integrate Online & Traditional Learning

E-Learning: the Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)

Cases on Online Tutoring, Mentoring, and Educational Services: Practices and Applications

If you think they may be of help, PM me with a contact e-mail address and I'll send them to you.:-)