Its been a nearly a month since I was last at William & Mary. Since then I have been able to get out of the lab, work and play outside, not touch my computer, and reflect on my 5 weeks of research.
Plans for research going forward
August 19, 2014 by
Well, the summer is nearly over. Classes start in one week, and that means that I will once again be enrolling in GOVT 394 and continuing my research throughout the school year. Over the summer I made some incredible progress in moving my project along. I plan to take this momentum with me as I move into the school year.
And Now for Something Completely Different
July 4, 2014 by
In addition to my research project, I have been helping proctor an experiment in the SNaPP Lab. Proctoring an experiment with real live participants, and real time data has been a welcome change of pace and scenery!
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
July 3, 2014 by
After finishing cleaning all of my data, I have gotten a draft of my literature review! I found reading the literature and writing the lit review to be one of my favorite parts of my project so far. It was nice to read literature from a wide variety of fields; from more dense papers about the benefits and limitations of qualitative research methods, to some very interesting studies about newspaper endorsements of candidates in elections. I tried to write the draft of my lit review in a more general style, making sure to cover all of my bases. As my project moves forward and my research question becomes more refined and defined, I will go back to narrow my lit review down to provide an in depth more focused look at the specific issues raised in the literature about my research question.
Cleaning Data: the end of an era
June 10, 2014 by
Summer Research is in full swing! My project is starting to take shape and I am finally done cleaning my data!
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