While searching for articles for our group's literature review, I realised that I need to do a lot of cross-referencing to the articles that have been printed for us. For example, I have to read through articles by Gloria, Barry Fraser, Scott and Huang again. In fact, this time round, I tried to read specific parts such as rationale of study, research methods, literature review etc. instead of reading each article as a whole. This help me to stay focused for better understanding.
One area that I'm particularly weak in is results analysis and interpretation. Being trained in the area of business studies, I'm somehow more familiar with business statistics than social research statistics. Hence, I tried my best to read up in this area. After all, I need this knowledge and understanding to understand the articles I'm reading and completing the projects, both current and future ones in this course. As an educator, it's definitely important to understand these as I will be engaged in educational research, at least to a certain extent for this course.
Online readings help a lot too! I'll just 'google' on terms that I'm not quite clear or confuse me totally. In fact, some weblinks that my coursemate, Gina, has recommended are pretty useful for referencing. There's one particular site that I like very much because of its extensive and clear explanation. It's found in:
http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html?stbasic.html&1
http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html?stbasic.html&1
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