Thursday, February 16, 2012

Stats and Survey Sites

This week we spent some time taking a look at various sites to do surveys, polls, or questionnaires.  There are some that go well beyond my budget and what I would need from them.  Others are free and meet the basic needs I would have for creating a survey.  What is really impressive is that it is so easy to get a survey completed/created, and have the results in a manageable/professional way.  It actually is the part of Stats that I have been looking forward to.  I like to see what people have to say and think about the topic I am studying.
I am a bit worried again as I listen to the class recording from last week with all of the terms that I do not know.  I have taken to getting pen and paper, writing the term down and hitting pause button.  I then have time to check it out one Wikipedia for a quick reference, then head back to the class to continue.  I know that this information will be needed later in the course and probably program, but I am fearful that I am not getting it all due to my lack of vocabulary knowledge.  As of now I am keeping up and am assuming that with coming classes I will find myself using this same Wiki technique to keep up as to not get lost!

1 comment:

  1. Hang in there - if nothing else this experience may make you have greater empathy for your students!

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