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Monday, September 27, 2010

540- Week 2

This week's class and assignments brought about much more understanding for me. Although, I am still finishing up the Descriptive Report, being able to go through the process of analyzing actual data has been interesting. It's kind of like solving a puzzle. Statistical information can, not only, be used to prove a theory or support an cause, but it can be used as a set of clues to help guide research and other inquiries.

I am so impressed with the Capterra tool that I have sent word of it to everyone I know who might have a use for it. My husband's family is humongous, making communication and preparation for the yearly reunion difficult and time consuming. I suggested to the family advisers that we use Capterra to find a suitable software tool for any family data collection and management needs.

Finally, the Two Terms activity was difficult for me. I am familiar with all of the terms in general. However, some of the reading got a little technical for me. I ended up doing a lot of reading and re-reading!

2 comments:

  1. Erin,

    Using Capterra as a way to plan a family reunion is a great idea! I have thought about using it as a way to gauge student opinions on the topics we have in class.

    I agree that some of the terms can be difficult. I feel that I have a grasp on them but can sometimes have a hard time explaining them in my own words if that makes sense.

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  2. It's great that you found a person use for the software Captera has to offer. I took the easy road with the Two Terms assignment and went directly to Wikipedia. I figured that would be my best bet for easy to understand language but I found their info to be rather technical. Re-reading was the key for me as well.

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