Category Archives: Surviving the DBA

Super Productive Day!

Posted on January 5, 2013 by alexk

This is the first post for 2013 and I am very happy to report that the day has been super productive!  I have been remiss with my posts for the last few weeks because I was using all of my … Continue reading →

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Still Here

Posted on December 9, 2012 by alexk

It is 8pm and I am still at the library –yikes!!!  I have worked diligently all day and have  only completed about 60% of the executive summary document for leaders.  It has morphed from a “2 pager” to 5 pages, so … Continue reading →

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Super Duper!

Posted on December 1, 2012 by alexk

This is another very short post because it has been a long and highly productive day.  I reviewed all of my analysis to date and then created a new file with organizational variables.  I was able to complete some preliminary analysis … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Outliers

Posted on November 24, 2012 by alexk

I finally addressed some of my outlier issues today.  This has resulted in a few meaningful results and a reversal of the direction of a previous finding –not insignificant!!  Overall, I have had a very full and focused day at … Continue reading →

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SPSS Struggle Yields Dividends

Posted on November 18, 2012 by alexk

This is going to be very short post.  I am slowly getting my bearings after being in a qualitative mindset.  I managed to do some interesting quantitative analysis today, but it took me a good deal of time to determine how … Continue reading →

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Data Collection COMPLETE!!!

Posted on November 10, 2012 by alexk

Last week I was in Vancouver to complete my second, and final, stage of data collection.  I conducted six interviews with CEOs and CPOs.  They all went very well.  It was useful to have completed the two interviews in Toronto the … Continue reading →

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First Things First

Posted on October 27, 2012 by alexk

I have another “abridged” day for research.  We have some car issues to grapple with today, so I need to depart early so we can see our mechanic.  Increasingly these shortened days are becoming the norm!  It is a challenge, … Continue reading →

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Prepping for Qualitative Data Collection

Posted on October 20, 2012 by alexk

I have just spent the entire day finalizing my interview schedule for the qualitative component of my study.  I had already completed some preliminary questions, but true to form it took much longer than anticipated.  I am looking forward to … Continue reading →

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Knee Deep in Statistics!

Posted on October 13, 2012 by alexk

I have been working very diligently in my new favourite coffee shop for about 5 hours. I have been very focused on statistical analysis of my data and  I am really enjoy this phase of research.   I still need to validate some of the … Continue reading →

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Positive and Confident

Posted on September 30, 2012 by alexk

I have spent the past few weeks leveraging  learnings from SPSS courses and have finally scrubbed all of my data using best practices.  Phew!!!  It took a good deal of time and was somewhat annoying to duplicate some previous efforts, but … Continue reading →

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