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How I am when I presented

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We were instructed by the CC to use the screenomatic application to record our presentation and it was a breeze since the app provide an easy to follow tutorial. I did several trial and error attempts to get my presentation to the 5 minutes but the final one had a run time of 5 minutes and 10 seconds. I was afraid to redo it as my voice was going due to my impending sore throat and cold and I did not want to take the risk.
I got it done and uploaded my presentation. The day after, I listened to the presentations of 2 of my peers as was stated in the list by the CC and posted my commentary but I posted my comments in the wrong forum. After I realise my mistake, I redid my comments and added them to the correct forum and apologized to my peers for the late posts.
Only one of my peers as opposed to the list made by CC commented on my presentation and I responded to that posts instead of waiting on the other posts to be made by other person.

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I was placed in a group of 3 with 2 other Jamaicans, the only issue we had was the time difference as when they wanted to meet on skype was the time that I was heading to bed to wake up to study when it was quiet.
We worked well together and our topic was something new to me as I was aware of the it but I did not know the effects that it had as I have experience in working in my island.
It was an eye opener as we found the perfect article to work on and it presented another issue which businesses face, presenteeism.
I enjoyed working with my groupmates since we all gained knowledge on our topic.

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At the beginning of this course, that is, the orientation week, I was on vacation but I still read through the course guide and realized that it was going to be a very busy course, with a tonne of work to do. I did not understand the padlet submissions at first but I googled it and figured out how to use it. I understood what a summary was so it was not a problem, however with my other 2 courses, I did not update the padlet on the deadline and I am of the view that there should not have been a deadline base on the fact that we were only part time students that had to work, deal with family and work on the other courses. The deadline should have been at the end of teaching for the semester so that it would not have been so much pressure.
The Research proposal was something new for me as I had never did one before now but I gained knowledge on what I should do if ever I had the opportunity to create one. The unit was helpful with the additional readings but I did not have the required text so at some parts  I felt like I was at a disadvantage but nevertheless I used what was given and I did some investigation online to find useful resources to fill that gap of not owning or having access to the required text. I tried to get a copy of the text, I checked in the bookstores in Trinidad and I ask friends to check in Barbados as well but to no avail so I just forgot about the text and used what I had. I thought what is the point of having a site library and the required text that we need are not even available. Back to the point, I submitted my draft research proposal but the commentary was not understood as first so I asked my first group mates and they were in the same boat as me so I asked my tutor. I was late at submitting my draft research proposal as I was not finished with my editing. Then when I went to submit it at 12:30 am, the submission button was removed and I could not submit it so I emailed my CC and E-tutor and I was assured by the CC that the button was available and my E-tutor said she could not accept it that way so I sent a picture of the image without the submission button to the CC and upon her investigation, she sent me back an email stating that it was opened so I submitted. When the marks came in, I saw that I got 15 then upon a second review it was dropped to 12, I did not contact the E-tutor because I saw she said something about a 2nd marking so I left it at that to focus on the other activities and courses.
The Research report was fun to do as I was now receiving assistance from a tutor in my island and she was offering good advice as what I should do and how I should approach my questionnaire. I missed her first few sessions because I was settling into my new home but as I got settled, I sorted out what was left of the course activities. I did not report and submitted late again so I knew marks would be deducted but I rather submitted something than nothing at all.
The graded activities were insightful and aided with understanding the big project in this course, I did not do the literature review but I ensure that I did all the other graded activities. My net went out and I had to travel a distance to go by my mother's house to submit Unit 4 & 6 but nothing was making me miss those deadlines and if we inform the e-tutor, it would not make sense as we would be told that it could have been submitted earlier but you cannot do something when you have to read the entire unit to understand what you have to do in the graded activities.
All and all the course was an informative one, if I had to do it over, I would ensure that I submitted my activities on time but hopefully I would not have to do it over, as I cannot afford it.

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I was excited when I saw that we had to do a debate and prayed that my group mates were hardworking individuals. I sent messages to my groupmates and we made a what's app group to communicate better.
I did not like the group name whatsoever but my other team mate did not care for it so we moved on. The question took me off guard for a bit which it should not have as it pertains to the course. Then we had to look for resources to show that we were against the statement made. I checked my site library for sources that could assist us because I hate to lose a debate and I found a great book that could help us.
Since the instructions stated that we need to make 3 postings, we decided that each member should make a post. We did that but the opposing team did not post their last rebuttal and we won by default I assume.
The debate was informative as we used the other team's references to gather information but I felt that they did not make any effort and we could have done a bit more but still we won and it was a fun experience.

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This unit highlighted qualitative and quantitative data analyis and the 2 branches of statistics, that is, descriptive and inferential. Qualitative is study of categorical data while quantitative is study of numerical data.
This unit also focused on several charts and graphs such as the frequency table, bar chart, histogram, pie chart, line graph and stem and leaf display.
A graded activity was offered in this unit and we had to create a frequency table and a histogram. I did my frequency table as the data was presented, that is, ungrouped but my histogram was actually a bar chart and I realised that from the comment of my peer so that is something I must improve on.
I learnt a lot of relevant things in this unit, some I knew from statistics so it added to my knowledge.

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This unit showed me how to edit data and the importance of editing the data collected for research purposes. This is to avoid inconsistencies in the data so that the research report will be as accurate as possible. Coding data assisted with recordal of the data collected and using the software program SPSS. Using the SPSS software was a bit difficult until I read this unit as the readings helped with the understanding of the program and what was required for the Research report.
Data entry, cleaning and modification was all used in the Research report to make charts and tables which visualise the collected data to help the reader see the numbers clearing.

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This unit spoke about Research design and the 3 types of research designs, that is, qualitative, quantitatie and mixed method. This unit also assited with the Research proposal and essentially the research report as it showed you what type of research design will be applicable to your research.
The graded learning activity was to show your understanding of probability and non-probability sampling designs. In order to obtain a representative sample from the population, probability sampling designs is best suited for this.

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Questionnaires are generally used for the collection of data. The design of the questionnaire and how it is administered is important as it would gather useful data for the Researcher. The questionnaire design can contain opened and closed questions.
Errors may occur due to the design and administration of the questionnaire. The errors are interviewer error and respondent error. Both errors can be minimise by proper questionnaire design.

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Research and the different types of research which are causal, descriptive and exploratory. The main reason why business conduct research is to collect data so that Management can make better informed decisions or find solutions to problems that the business might be experiencing.
The second session dealt with Research  methods, where it touched on the Research approach, strategy. In research, there are 3 main strategies, they are qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods. Qualitative deals with descriptive data and quantitative deals with numerical data and mixed methods contains both qualitative and quantitative data.
The last session dealt with the issues that can arise while doing research such as ethical misconduct and the use of technology.

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Primary and Secondary data are used widely in research, primary data is where the researcher take notes of his/her findings while secondary data is data that was recorded from a previous researcher.
The benefits of collecting primary data are that the data may be proprietary and may not be shared with other organizations and the researcher is able to collect data first hand instead of relying on another researcher's findings. The downfall is that the collection of primary data is time consuming and costly.
Secondary data helps the researcher understand the problem and it is cheaper and takes less time when compared to primary data. However, the data can be outdated and be incomplete.
A researcher must know which data is valuable to be used in their research findings and the value of data can be determined by quality, relevance, timeliness and completeness.
Data must be collected by either primary and secondary data collection methods, primary data is collected first hand while secondary data is collected by third parties.
Lastly, fieldworker must be trained to conduct proper interviews, surveys on behalf of a researcher.

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The different between writing a business research proposal and academic research is that the proposal for the business is not as strict as the researcher only have to follow the guidelines as set out by the Manager or Head of the company. The business proposal is primarily for the review and improvement of the company as a whole or sections.
Whereas, academic research is something that a student is required to do, this is to show their lecturers that they have an understanding of the concepts and theories that were taught in a particular course.
The structure of the academic research and the business research proposal contains differences as well. The student must include an introduction, thesis statement, body as it is based on the outline that the lecturer made. On the other hand, the business research proposal contains a table of content, research on the findings which was outlined by the Managers or Head of the company.

The Similarities for a business research proposal and academic research are that both contains research and references to documents and other writing in relation to their research topic.

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I learnt about Research Proposal as it is a method used by researchers to decipher information and data for decision makers, learnt the 6 stage process that are needed for research proposal.
The first stage, problem definition was discussed and there is 6 steps in the problem definition.
after the problem has been define, the researcher must prepare the literature review; which is when a summary is done of written work and it must be on information that was reserched. The reveiw must contain the important points of the literature. There are steps to following when conduction a literature review