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Category Archives: Time Management
DBA Year 1 Challenges and Successes
It has been a wonderful Christmas. Lots of fun and frolic with my family. Plan to have a few “do nothing days” until I return to work on Wednesday -yippee!! Finally completed my “Challenges and Successes Year 1 Recap”, I … Continue reading
Getting Close –Woohoo!
I think I am over the hump. Just spent a full day at the library and have a very solid draft of my quantitative assignment. Reran a good deal of the analysis, reread many of the handouts from the November workshop and … Continue reading
Always Estimate and Then Double Your Estimate!!
I have had three full days focused on my quantitative assignment, and finally have a complete rough draft. I am amazed by how much time it has taken! I thought taking two vacation days from work would have put me ahead … Continue reading
SPSS for Dummies…My New BFF!
I just finished 5.5 hours focused on my Quantitative Techniques Assignment and am thrilled with the outcome because I was able to complete all of the analysis. With the exception of two areas I feel fairly confident that the analysis is … Continue reading
Triangulation to the Rescue
Tomorrow is the “big day”. I start my 6 day workshop on Quantitative Methods which will culminate in an assignment due in mid-December. Generally I adhered to this week’s plan and have focused on text book reading and reviewing papers … Continue reading
Gaining Momentum and Leveraging Mind Mapping
I am still not where I want to be, with respect to milestones, but I am feeling better about my progress for a few reasons. First, I had a very good meeting with my mentor which helped address some of … Continue reading
On becoming a DBA
During the first week of the DBA program a professor spoke to us about how to think about our research. I don’t remember exactly how she expressed it but the sentiment was not to think of our research as “it”, an object … Continue reading
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