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I enrolled late on January 30th. Then I couldn't get into the online classroom, so I waited and waited. I almost forgot that I was waiting to log in and got caught up with my hectic days at work.

Finally I logged  in on February 3rd, but I'm so busy. Busy at work with Mid Year Stock Taking, busy at home with renovations and busy at school; so busy that I'm still trying to catch up.

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I am finally feeling like I am overcoming the hurdles of late enrollment. I still have to post my screencastomatic before the night is over.
After reading and engaging in unit two's discussion, I pondered "what is the purpose of using surveys?" So I did my research and came across the following:
1. To provide descriptive information.
2. To explain situations.
3. To identify and solve problems.
4. To measure change.
5. To study attitudes, behaviours and habits.
6. To examine cause and effect relationships.
7. To study characteristics.
8. To formulate a hypothesis.
9. To test a hypothesis.
10. To help in decision making and drawing conclusions.

All the information from this week's readings will assist me in determining the survey design method to select to conduct my research on the "Causes and Effects of Unemployment amongst Youth between the ages of 18-35 in the Cumuto district in Trinidad.

I will also utilize an online survey in the workplace for those in my span of care, to find ways to improve my leadership. Since a survey will persuade the respondents to provide descriptive information to measure change and the data collected can be examined and analyzed before arriving at a decision.

Looking back at my response to the discussion question, I could have provided some examples. I am on a journey of continuously developing myself, I'll do better next week.
Off to unit 3....

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I posted my proposal early and thought that I would have gotten my responses in on time, but due to unforeseen circumstances I got set back again dealing with the flu.

Moving along, at least I am working on my research topic and I have formulated my questionnaire.
Earlier on today I was wondering why do we need to reflect? But after missing out a few days at work, on returning I had a training session where I also had to reflect.

The pupose of reflecting in the training session was to help me understand my life better, to believe in myself and the things that I can change and the things I cannot change. Also to put my life back into perspective and into achieving my goals by keeping in mind that it can only happen through change.

So too, reflecting in this course is similar in that when we reflect, it helps us to change the way we do things for the better and to improve on our mistakes instead of repeat them.

In a nutshell, unit three helped me to identify the research design that I want to utilize for my study since I want my results to be quantifiable so that I can demonstrate my findings of my research via tables and charts etc...

Off to unit 4...

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Both work and school is so exhausting. But I think it's because I was still recuperating from the flu. I couldn't believe that I fell asleep on myself before submitting my data collection instrument. And all I had to do was review it for grammatical errors then hit send.

I was shocked to wake up and find myself sleeping on my laptop without even logging into the forum. I definitley need some vitamins.
So while brainstorming my questions to ask my respondents I was reflecting on how to use a similar approach to using a questionnaire in the workplace to bring about change.  My thoughts are to use structured interviews with those in my span of care to come up with measures to improve efficiency in the workplace.

Off to unit

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I said to myself...how can I do this? How can I get it all done? Then I pondered... maybe I just need to stick to and follow my timetable.

So I stood up all night and read units one and ten. I attempted discussion one but I don't think I followed all the guidelines.
Looking back, I think I was supposed to use an actual research.

I'll have to repost can't wait to for this to be all over knowing that hard work pays off.

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Finally, I am posting both my discussion and reflection early with a few days to spare. Which means I now have some more time to spend on conducting my research.

Because of this unit's dicussion,  I have gain a better understanding of what representativeness of a sample means. I used to always think that in order for a sample to be representative it  had to be large enough. For example, I thought having a representative sample meant having at least 50% of a population to represent the sample in order for the research to be as accurate as possible.

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I am still unable to edit the post above by adding to it or by deleting your post...

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I am still unable to edit the post above by adding to it or by deleting your post...

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This past week was really good at work. I am now also conducting a research on succession planning for critical business roles within the organization with which I am employed. I have just submitted draft one and it feels good.
I am currently waiting on feedback from my advisor.

Off to unit 6.

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This has been a productive week, both with work and school. I have completed my discussion for this week and researched the information for the debate as well as worked on my research project. I sent out my questionnaires today and hope to collect them by tomorrow.

Work has been going well, I am near the finish line with mid year stock counts which will be completed on March 27th, then I'll be moving one warehouse from March 30th to April1st before I can go on vacation.

The topic that I found most interesting this week was in the Etutor presentation "Precision vs Accuracy".  Now I am wondering if it is necesary to calculate standard error and precision for the research project. How can this be used in the real world?

I am also wondering if we will be given certain topics to learn for the final exam and if the practice quizes will be unlocked. I don't know why they are locked anyway. I hope I am on the right track with this project because I got feedback from one of my peers that the sample design that I described is not simple random but systematic. Maybe I need to re-look this. Can't wait for it to be over.
Off to the debate...

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This is my 7th reflection and I am beginning to feel tired. I know this course is a lot of work, but it did not seem as if it would have been excessive. I am thinking to myself that this amout of required course work should not also require a final exam

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This is my 7th reflection and I am beginning to feel tired. I know this course is a lot of work, but it did not seem as if it would have been excessive. I am thinking to myself that this amout of required course work should not also require a final exam

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Anyway, I will continue to try my best as I look forward to completing it. I have been faced with the challenge of not having electricity for four days this week. The challenge is real as I am nearing the finish line but I will not give up.
I know I have to put in a lot more work into my research but my time is restricted until April 1st. The debate was fun, being able to stand firm with my position regarding the census.
Moving on to the next unit.

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In this week's unit (7), the advantages of the quantitative method was examined. According to the E-Tutor presentation I learned that it

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In this week's unit (7), the advantages of the quantitative method was examined. According to the E-Tutor presentation I learned that it

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>Provides estimates of large population.

>Indicates the extensiveness of attitudes held by people.

>Provides results which can be considered to statistics.

>Allows for statistical comparison between various groups (Pearson’s Correlation Analysis).

>Has precision, is definitive and standardized.

>Measures level of occurrence, actions, trends, etc.

>Can answer questions as (how many & how often.
In my research, I utilized the quantitative method since the questionnaire was usedto collect data.
I had previously utilized this method to conduct a research on pollution in my community for my (SBA) school based assessment for Social Studies. Also, being able to conduct research and surveys is required in the working environment. Therefore, understanding the different methods and being able to apply it to the workplace is useful.
Looking back at Sherwin's comments based on my contribution to the discussion, I am wondering if I should have done face to face interviews with the respondents.
I hope I am on the right track.
Moving on to unit 8.

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What a week! It has really been hectic. A lot of up an down since my mom got both a heart attack and stroke and was hospitalized for the past week. I almost thought that I would have had to submit my research paper half completed.

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What a week! It has really been hectic. A lot of up an down since my mom got both a heart attack and stroke and was hospitalized for the past week. I almost thought that I would have had to submit my research paper half completed.

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But I didn't, I pushed on nonetheless and now it's over with. Two more units to complete before exams. To recap unit 8 and also the activities that I engaged in for the research are, double checking the questionnaire, editing, coding, classifying and tabulating to graphically represent the data.
Completing this unit and the research paper was tough, I wish I could have completed it sooner.
Will try harder next week.
Off to unit 9 & 10.

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This week was interesting as I discussed the type of data that I used for my research paper, which was bivariate as it deals with two variables and the two variables I used for my research paper were unemployment and cime.
This unit also dealt with analysing the data so that others reading the data can easily understand the information being conveyed and this is done by means of tables and charts for example. Then the results are interpreted and  a conclusion is made based on the findings. Therefore, data analysis is an important part of the research report or any other report since it is required to interpret the results and offer recommendations or draw conclusions.
I use data analysis at work for variance reports to compare the previous period to the current period, and this shows whether there were improvements and also identifies areas which we can improve on. After this analysis, then recommendations are made on how highlighted areas can further be improved.
After reviewing my discussion post I realized that I selected both univariate and bivariate as the type of data that I used for my research, however what I meant to select was bivariate data.
Moving on to posting unit 10 discussion.