Monthly Archives: November 2012

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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