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beginning data analysis – orienting yourself
This post is a response to a question about how to begin data analysis. When you were little, I bet you played sorting games. You might have organised pencils into colours, or blocks into various shapes. Later on, you may … Continue reading
Posted in data, data analysis, orienting questions, qualitative data, Uncategorized
Tagged categorisation, data, data analysis, orienting data questions, Pat Thomson
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play with your data
Data analysis can be pretty scary. That moment when you realise that making sense of the stuff you’ve so painstakingly generated comes down to you – just you. Well, relax. It’s not just you that has to leap into the … Continue reading
Posted in data, data analysis, play, qualitative data, Uncategorized
Tagged data, data analysis, data play, Pat Thomson
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a thesis writing-feedback calendar
How does a thesis get written? What do I as a supervisor do to help? How does feedback work best? A set of inter-related questions that keep many of us mildly, or a lot, worried. Well, I have an ‘ideal … Continue reading
Posted in calendar, feedback, thesis, thesis abstract, thesis revision
Tagged calendar, feedback, Pat Thomson, thesis, thesis completion
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social media? sometimes it’s just nasty as ****
Like many of you I’m sure, I’ve been watching the extremely ugly and misogynist twitter assault on Mary Beard over the last week or so. Like many of you I’m sure, this has made me angry, sad and more … Continue reading
#holidayreading – the forgotten tribe, scientists as writers
Over my “holiday”, actually not holiday I’m working, I’m catching up on research about writing. In fact, I’ve just been reading about the writing practices of scientists. Lisa Emerson interviewed 106 scientists – distributed across four countries and multiple science … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, Lisa Emerson, science writing
Tagged academic writing, Lisa Emerson, science writing
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that bleeding thesis…
No. I’m not cussing. Let me explain why. My colleague Brigitte Nerlich sent me an email the other day. She said: I was talking to a PhD student (not one of mine) and this student repeatedly used a metaphor which … Continue reading
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#holidayreading – air & light & time & space
I read a lot of books about writing and research. That’s not surprising, as I write them too and I always want to see what others are writing. And today… Helen Sword has followed up Stylish academic writing with a … Continue reading
