This is going to be a short post.\u00a0 My biggest learning for this week is the importance of returning to the literature, relentlessly.\u00a0 This is essential\u00a0because as research progresses understanding of\u00a0the data and overall topic deepens and this creates an\u00a0expanded ability to understand, and evaluate, literature that has been previously explored.\u00a0 Also, methodology or findings that seemed unimportant previously may now be of utmost importance. \u00a0\u00a0I am also struck by the range of rules that exist in theory but may have different interpretations depending on the field of study.\u00a0 Again, this highlights the importance of understanding the literature in your field of study.<\/p>\n
A good example of this is the concept of unit of analysis, which I understood to be either individual or group level, but not both.\u00a0 After rereading several papers this morning, I am learning that the very nature of my topic is multi-level.\u00a0 Of course, I knew this practically but was struggling with how to address this reality statistically.\u00a0 This may mean that I am not as constrained by my 22 cases of financial results as I thought.\u00a0 I am looking forward to exploring further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is going to be a short post.\u00a0 My biggest learning for this week is the importance of returning to the literature, relentlessly.\u00a0 This is essential\u00a0because as research progresses understanding of\u00a0the data and overall topic deepens and this creates an\u00a0expanded … Continue reading