Study Saturday: Stats Woes

Welcome to my 📚work💻 station!

Crunching numbers on these 💻devices📱 with my 📔manual📙 on hand👋🏽

I now can empathize with my speech🎤 students who consider public speaking to be 😅nerve-racking, while I encourage them to step outside of their comfort zones!

For yours truly, my anxiety😱 lies with 📉stats.

Earlier this week following my final excursion, I spent my Manic Monday at this corner dealing with my raw 📊data before meeting with my 🎓dissertation📜 chair the following day.

• This tutorial helped 📈

Here’s the trick to overcome such challenges:

Add something with which you’re comfortable into the 🔬mix so it’s an easier pill💊 to swallow!

{Just like a re-run of Tia & Tamera that I caught today when new mom Tia introduced her son to new solid food ~ he loved butternut squash while she tried to get him to warm up to peas}

Now that I’ve gotten the hang of it more after going through it in my grad classes plus one-on-one tutorials, I’m actually enjoying it on both my

• laptop

and

• desktop with the much larger screen!

Bearing in mind all of the above, my PhD program has been the hardest undertaking that I’ve ever experienced, and not simply because I initially anticipated stats with dread …

During my doc degree, I’ve encountered many emotional highs and lows:

Experiences	Emotions
Preparing for my final and comprehensive exams plus my statistics	Anxiety, Nervousness
Passing my final and comprehensive exams	Accomplishment, Achievement
Failing my first stats course and having to retake (never let this happen before)	Disappointment, Failure
Getting kicked out of my first study group (never gave anyone reason to want to before)	Rejection
Celebrating my luminary and candidacy convocations	Blessed, Bliss, Happiness
Passing my concept proposal and proposal defense plus my IRB request	Relief
Working hard on my dissertation paper and data	Dedication, Devotion, ♥Love♥

Yet at this point, I still wouldn’t ever trade it for the world!

Study Saturday: Pro-Flex in So-Tex

My trip to So-Tex proved to be productive …

1. First, I spent a whole day at my school in SA ~ where I initially visited my Chapel for Stations of the †Cross† and ♥Adoration♥ before the Blessed Sacrament, followed by researching at the library

My †CHRIST† Bro, Joe, gave me this business card holder that comes in handy whenever I switch handbags!

2. Then, I got to see my fellow Ph.D. in CC for his fresh-from-the-press brand-newly released book ~ which I’ll continue to read during ♣Spring Break♣

Border Contraband by Dr. Díaz (2015)

I think that I can manage to read a chapter per day on the days when I’m off from teaching and tutoring!

This author is my inspiration!

Study Saturday: ♣Spring♣ Cleaning

The clearing of clutter continues …

Just a few books in my library

Since a book rep visited my campus, I took full advantage by bringing my slew of books from which I studied in college and grad school or taught in undergrad courses.

More books from my garage