I like the way blogs are being used as a means to reflect and summarize the things I've learnt from Statistics lectures and tutorials. Initially, I didn't see a purpose in carrying out this project of finding the relationship between height and BMI. I have the idea that if height is used to calculate BMI, why wouldn't there be a relationship? It was until my group and I started the project from scratch (Coming up with informed consent, preparing and setting up the environment, asking people to help us with the collection of data, then analyze and conclude) that I realized that my assumption is not valid.
Statistics helped me to understand and think through the relationship between 2 variables or more, rather than just relying on what I think it is. Without experiencing or testing it out myself, I would based facts or truth on just what I've seen or heard from others. Moreover, different results can be obtained in different contexts and environment (E.g. The population or place which the data was collected in our literature review does not necessarily relate or apply to the population which my group researched on.).
I've also realized that there are no such thing as a failed research or failed experiment. This is because whatever we have found, it is also a piece of information and will always be useful for future researchers, knowing that they can focus on other variables or in other contexts. :)
With the help of SPSS, my group and I could get our data analyzed and concluded very quickly. Although it's quite tedious in calculating the BMI and to type all the data in but I must acknowledge that SPSS is a very useful tool! Definitely will be a great help for my future use! ^^
Thanks!
Statistics helped me to understand and think through the relationship between 2 variables or more, rather than just relying on what I think it is. Without experiencing or testing it out myself, I would based facts or truth on just what I've seen or heard from others. Moreover, different results can be obtained in different contexts and environment (E.g. The population or place which the data was collected in our literature review does not necessarily relate or apply to the population which my group researched on.).
I've also realized that there are no such thing as a failed research or failed experiment. This is because whatever we have found, it is also a piece of information and will always be useful for future researchers, knowing that they can focus on other variables or in other contexts. :)
With the help of SPSS, my group and I could get our data analyzed and concluded very quickly. Although it's quite tedious in calculating the BMI and to type all the data in but I must acknowledge that SPSS is a very useful tool! Definitely will be a great help for my future use! ^^
Thanks!
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