At first glance, the project seemed relatively easy to carry out. But as we were to find out as we journeyed on, the path was speckled with obstacles here and there.
The journey can be divided into two halves. The collection of data and the analysis of data.
The first half, the collection of data, was fun and enjoyable. We had no problem deciding which was the dependent and independent variables, and was planning so enthusiastically on how to carry out the measurements needed for our little study. We learned that teamwork was particularly important to ensure a smooth process during data collection.
Then the second half of the journey commenced! No more fun and frolic, but time to sit down and rack our brains on how to analyze our data correctly. There were many things to consider, such as the level of measurement of our variables, which statistical test to use, how to interpret the results and so on. Things weren't as easy as it was perceived to be and we realised that statistics is NOT a magic show where we can click a few times here, click a few times there and voila!, everything is done! No, not at all! A lot of planning, understanding and application of knowledge was required, and we are so thankful for the wonderful lectures and tutorials that really aided us in this project!
Well, here we are, at the end of our journey. There are so many people we want to thank, and no one we would want to hate, of course! We all cherish every single up and down moment that we experienced and who would dare deny that we had much much more "up" moments than "down" moments.
All in all, this journey opened up our eyes to the wonderful world of statistics and we bring home nothing but sweet memories and better-filled brains. Oh, and not to mention, we all learnt how to blog!
Have a happy day!
love,
the Beautiful People.
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