meeting 3
i forgot to ask margie about B's ideas... it'll be important when i do my review of lit, which i will do last, so it's not that important now. during that meeting, though, i realized that A. would really be good on my committee because i am not sure anyone else is good with statistics and such. margie said i had to explain things as if no one knew what the hell that was... and that it was quite new to her... which is not so good. i guess most people in esl so far have done qualitative studies. so i'm going to have to make an effort and go ask A.
other than that, we just discussed about the specifics of the study, how when where who why. i have to give more details, that's about all i need to do. it's not hard, it's just long. it looks like i will be able to do what i want, so far, so that's good. as someone said, you're in control, now, your dissertation should be about what YOU want to do and you should be the one in control of how things go. advisors, yes, but not teachers anymore.
i've worked on the thing every single day except sundays. i think i'll change that and not write on tuesdays, because tuesdays are annoyingly long and crazy. and sundays are boring. i am tired, actually... not too tired mentally yet, which is good, it feels like i'm recovering a little from this summer, but very tired physically. i hurt a lot, constantly, and it's sometimes hard to concentrate on things.
ok... time to do some phonetics for my intro to linguistics class!
posted by Lucie @ 10:50 PM
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Things to rememberA few points to be made about dissertation committees:
1) you already asked four people who said yes. Do you really want to either have five or to kick someone off and hurt their feelings?
2) Pick April if you want, but it's important to have a committee that can work well together. You don't want any friction.
3) Whatever happens, you are in charge of this whole thing. Fire someone if they don't do enough work.
4) If you want advice about statistics, then fill out an form to get a person from the statistical consulting service . They can give you more advice than Margie or April would.
5) If you do 4 then do it right away. They could help you design your surveys with analysis in mind.
Things to Remember1. You are in charge of the committee. Fire someone if they don't work out. But you are taking a risk if you want to recruit April now; what will you do -- kick someone off? have 5 members?
2. Think about how your committee should work well together. If they don't they are wasting your time.
3. Fill out an app at the scs to make sure you get advice before you even start designing surveys.
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