some good stuff

i'm very proud to say that i have 48 statements that belong to 6 different categories (i've collapsed a few), that i've mixed them up, and sent them to:
21. Brita
1. Scott
2. Chris--ok
3. Jennifer
4. Tony
5. Tom--ok
6. Kanok--ok
7. Tarez
8. Shuoshao
9. Yuanyuan--ok
10. Nancy--ok
11. Dilia
12. Sue
13. Martha
14. Robert
15. Beth
16. Deb
17. Karen--ok
18. Gigi
19. Xiaoye--ok
20. Yufeng
22. Tunde--ok
23. Namrata--ok
24. Anais

i'm expecting to get about 10 back. i hope i'll get them back really quickly because i want to be done with this questionnaire and send the whole darn thing to the IRB before spring break!

i've found a translation agency that could do all the languages i need for about $200 a piece... i really want to work with professionals and with a central person who's in charge of the whole thing and not 10 different people who have different skills and who are not professionals! especially with the non-orthographic languages which i can't verify myself.

the next big thing is to find the schools. still don't know what margie could do or IF she could do anything at all to help... but i'm really unsure about writing to all those people i don't know and asking them to participate. it's a huge thing, it's complicated to explain, it'll require tons of work from everyone if they accept, it's time consuming, and well, i just don't want to make a mistake and ruin my chances of having tons of participants. i'll have to check with margie before i send the emails (btw, it's weird that i can use emails and don't have to actually write a snail letter... times change!).

while i ask for participation from all those schools, i also need to check with their IRB... that could be a real pain!

i've decided to include native speakers for sure now. it will at least double my pool of participants!!