I am not a very statistical type person, especially based on the genre of work I do at my firm. I am mainly a designer- pretty good if I should say, but I am pretty weak construction wise. I am more fascinated with aesthetics and the quality of the product versus cost and construction. Through my job I am learning both, and know the limitations of the implementing a design under those constraints. In architecture school, budget and construction were theoretical so I was able to go all out in my design, but at work I must meet the client's needs.
My research topic is manly qualitative for PTC 604 as that is my comfort zone. Bernard stated that a research topic should be something the researcher is interested in and thus this is why I chose to write about Futurism in the Digital Age. However, after performing the statistical portion of the class, I found out that I actually enjoyed doing this type of research. I am pretty good at math and recognizing patterns, so this type of data came relatively easily. I have never taken a statistics course, so I am pretty new to this entire genre. My only comparable class I took was during my undergraduate- economics. This class was by far the most difficult class I had ever taken during my undergraduate, yet I was able to get an A for my final grade. I was not very sure how, but I was always able to get the answer without really knowing how or why, but somehow it was the correct answer.
I have had similar occurrences when I use to study science in high school, I did not really know the proper way to do something, yet I did very well because I recognized patterns which led me to the answer even though I did not really understand the formulas or the theory.
For a qualitative researcher, I find it is important to date your theories, as quality is based on the time period it is referring, and quantitative may exist in both time and law.
My research topic is manly qualitative for PTC 604 as that is my comfort zone. Bernard stated that a research topic should be something the researcher is interested in and thus this is why I chose to write about Futurism in the Digital Age. However, after performing the statistical portion of the class, I found out that I actually enjoyed doing this type of research. I am pretty good at math and recognizing patterns, so this type of data came relatively easily. I have never taken a statistics course, so I am pretty new to this entire genre. My only comparable class I took was during my undergraduate- economics. This class was by far the most difficult class I had ever taken during my undergraduate, yet I was able to get an A for my final grade. I was not very sure how, but I was always able to get the answer without really knowing how or why, but somehow it was the correct answer.
I have had similar occurrences when I use to study science in high school, I did not really know the proper way to do something, yet I did very well because I recognized patterns which led me to the answer even though I did not really understand the formulas or the theory.
For a qualitative researcher, I find it is important to date your theories, as quality is based on the time period it is referring, and quantitative may exist in both time and law.
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