Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Going into Chapter 4
For this chapter, I will analyze threaded discussions data from five months, August to December. Each month, a section, will end with a mathematical discourse model. Data from the second month on, will be used to revise the previous month's model. That's why the first month is so important! Besides, it will give me an idea of how much time it can take to complete the whole chapter, a more accurate time line until the end of the dissertation.
I just started analyzing August’s data, the first section of Chapter 4. It is good I had some work done, because I can concentrate on the analysis, instead of organizing the data, which takes some time. The steps I had presented in Chapter 3 guide my work and the data questions guide my analysis. It all fits together and helps me move ahead.
I remember how hard it was to differentiate between the types of questions you have in a study: the research questions are general in scope, the data questions are specific, more like sub-questions that will help answer the research questions. It took me a while to identify these, more specific questions!!! But now, they really help in working with the data.
I just started analyzing August’s data, the first section of Chapter 4. It is good I had some work done, because I can concentrate on the analysis, instead of organizing the data, which takes some time. The steps I had presented in Chapter 3 guide my work and the data questions guide my analysis. It all fits together and helps me move ahead.
I remember how hard it was to differentiate between the types of questions you have in a study: the research questions are general in scope, the data questions are specific, more like sub-questions that will help answer the research questions. It took me a while to identify these, more specific questions!!! But now, they really help in working with the data.
Labels: data analysis, data questions, research questions
