Minority Scholars

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Statistics COMPLETE

OK, I lied, I didn't go to sleep....officially at 10:48 PM, I have completed all of the required statistics. Great news for me, finally I feel a sense of accomplishment. I think I'll go to sleep and wake up when my body wants to wake up.

Tomorrow I will review the T-Test Results, Oneway Anova and how the t-ratio, DF, and two tailed probability actually plays into my results.

JMP Woes

OK, so I downloaded JMP 9 a month ago and created my dataset using that information. Well, JMP is only for 30 days and with the holidays and procrastinating...I lost my "privileges. 4 hours of trial and error, attempts at breaking it down to plain text or binary and I've been able to finally get it working, but it's 10PM, I'm tired and my brain needs a rest. I was supposed to have a margarita tonight. these are the sacrifices..  Let's shoot for 3 AM to get back at it.

Afternoon Start - Mentor

I'm not currently "registered" for class, so I'm unable to get assistance from the staff. That sucks, no problem though. It's mid day and I want to take advantage of this white space. Just like the gym, half the battle is getting there. Lets see if I can get this thing going.

Trying to play classical music before and during studies...establish a mental bridge between music and study.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Due Outs

Below is my 2AM notes/to do/areas of focus...still working too tired to think.
  • Check format of statistics when 0.XX is relevant
  • Check Present and past tense "being"
  • Research and alter reasoning for study
  • Develop concrete metod for quan/qual analysis and reasoning
  • Align RQ with hypotheses
  • Determine the corectness of the null hypothesis theory
  • Delete reference of null vs experimental hypothesis
  • Organize research questions
  • Statistical notation in Abstract
  • Look up stylistic errors for APA
  • Look for complementing sentences
  • Clear up which research question goes with the hypothesis
  • There should be one null and one experimental hypothesis stated
  • Remove null vs experimental hypotheses




    CH 1 - Introduction

    Redefine purpose of study



    CH 2 - Literature Review

    Work on synthesis of information

    Avoid blandness of text

    Remove/avoid number of subjects



    CH 3 - Research Method

    Stat notations incorrect

    Organize the presentation of the results by RQ and keep this separate from the Evaluation of Findings.


    Exand section (meth ass, limit, and delim)

    CH 4 - Findings


    Provide more open-ended infoformation

    Eval of finding should be in context with literature

    Correct statistical notations

    Statistical notation not correct APA

    Open ended qualtitative results need to be expanded



    CH 5 - Implications, Recommentations, Conclusions


     
  • Check for complementing sentences
  • Look for "scholarly tone"





     

Changing focus

This will be my journal for the pursuit of my PhD

Sunday, November 27, 2011

**Beware** www.Freesounds.com and Adware

Just sending out a redflag. For those using www.freesounds.com, there is a virus on the website upon download called AdwarW32/Hotbar. Make sure you scan all your files prior to download

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

MOTM (Music of the Moment) Curren$y feat Fiend - Televised

Prior member of the No Limit Posse Fiend is one of the best in the Industry. He has teamed up with Curren$y one of the new artists to the underground scene. That cool mellow, methodical sounds just makes you feel good all over. Always delivering quality music.  These are the only 2 I've been listening to for the last 2 weeks....

This song right here....This song right here...is so Marquis. 
Hit me up if you want the link to the free download Weekend at Burnie's. Check it out on youtube below:



Pack of 4 Apple USB Sync cables for under $10.00


 Amazon has a great deal on the iPOD/iPAD/iPhone I ordered them about 2 months ago and they are still going strong, can't tell the difference between the originals. These puppies sell for about $20.00 at some local stores. Click Link Below for info:
 

4 iPOD cables for under $10.00

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Project 365 - iPhone App (Take a pic everyday)

Not sure if anyone has seen this/heard of it. You take a photo-a-day ...everyday...like for a year... I mean 365 days. I tried it but always failed. I have a new App called Project 365. I think it could really be advantageous with some modifications. the greatest part about it is the ability to set a daily reminder to take a pic, so far, so good! More details at the link  Project 365 Photo

Monday, November 14, 2011

The Beginning

Just started this up, not sure exactly what this will become or where it will go. Stay tuned!