2021

This week, I had no new participants. I was required to make an account with The University of Florida and get trained with their IRB, but I am waiting to hear back. Other than that, I started coding the data for one of my tasks. Although the data coding is somewhat...

To those that are reading, I realized that my last two blog posts didn’t post. I think I accidentally was saving them as a draft and not clicking publish. Trial and error. As for my update, right now I am at a standstill. I haven’t had any new participants, but I am...

Last week was another successful week, however, I am having a lot of trouble with cancellations and time zones. In my emails to schedule, I always clarify that we are running the trials in the EST time zone. My participants are from different locations and sometimes...

Last week was a great week for my research! I ran four participants and scheduled more for this week. There were a few mix-ups about time zones and schedules, but nothing that a few emails couldn't overcome. I also had a few issues with my research computer, but I...

This week was way more eventful than the previous ones and I am so excited for it! My study and survey have successfully reached a group of people and I am moving on to testing my participants this week.  I was able to communicate and schedule over ten participants...

Currently, I still am in the recruitment process for my project. However, this is providing to be a challenge. Since my corpus is so specific, it is hard to find participants and I believe that Zoom fatigue is playing a role in that. No one wants to stare at their...

Weeks one and two have been so exciting as I am preparing for my first participants! I have had many practice sessions and time to prepare for the real deal. Since I have been working in the lab since my first semester, it is crazy that the time is finally here for my...