Reflection 1
As with all projects, my study has not gone as well as I had hoped. After reflecting lately about what I would do differently if I could go back and do it again, I have come up with a list.
1. Understand my resources better
2. Have a longer timeline
3. Have more wiggle room in my budget
What I mean by #1 is that a lot of the resources that I originally thought I could use ended up falling through. Although I went and talked to the Non-traditional student center about helping me get the word out about my study before I started, they did not end up helping. They did let me put up one of my flyers in their center, but they didn't send out an email with the information like I requested and they agreed to do.
Another resource that fell through was using my library prints to help me print out materials. I didn't realize just how many prints I needed. It was a ton and I ended up using up all of my print money before I was done getting all of my materials.
My last resource that fell through was using the SUU research participant portal to recruit participants. I hardly got any from this at all, which was a total bummer.
In regards to #2, I wish that I could have had a bit more time to complete this project. I think that I would have been able to recruit a lot more participants and I wouldn't have been in such a rush to analyze my data.
Like I mentioned in #1, I ran out of my free prints at the library for making materials. For that reason, I wish that I would have had more wiggle room in my budget in order to allow for the extra costs of adding more printing money to my account.
Overall, the project went well. However, going through the process has definitely helped me to see some of the kinks I can work out in the future.
1. Understand my resources better
2. Have a longer timeline
3. Have more wiggle room in my budget
What I mean by #1 is that a lot of the resources that I originally thought I could use ended up falling through. Although I went and talked to the Non-traditional student center about helping me get the word out about my study before I started, they did not end up helping. They did let me put up one of my flyers in their center, but they didn't send out an email with the information like I requested and they agreed to do.
Another resource that fell through was using my library prints to help me print out materials. I didn't realize just how many prints I needed. It was a ton and I ended up using up all of my print money before I was done getting all of my materials.
My last resource that fell through was using the SUU research participant portal to recruit participants. I hardly got any from this at all, which was a total bummer.
In regards to #2, I wish that I could have had a bit more time to complete this project. I think that I would have been able to recruit a lot more participants and I wouldn't have been in such a rush to analyze my data.
Like I mentioned in #1, I ran out of my free prints at the library for making materials. For that reason, I wish that I would have had more wiggle room in my budget in order to allow for the extra costs of adding more printing money to my account.
Overall, the project went well. However, going through the process has definitely helped me to see some of the kinks I can work out in the future.
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