Part One

Thinking about the research information and methods that we have covered, what are your general thoughts? What are some things you like about specific methods? What are some things you dislike? If you could design your own project on something that interests you, how do you think you would collect the data based on our material so far?

Part Two

We have not covered Reddit in too much depth just yet, but you should think about what you might like to collect data on for your final project. We will cover more specifics about how to work with the data, but what are you currently considering for the final paper? What draws you to this potential topic? What do you think might be the most interesting thing to analyze?

You should organize your paper to avoid extra spaces and orphan/widow control. This will be important for all following assignments that use Word! 

Discuss something that you are comfortable with sharing in the format of a paper. You can consider how often you do something, record meals through your day, record the distance you typically walk. It's important to have some kind of personal data to build on for this. You will see my overall video game playing habits in this video, for example. 

This is a relatively open assignment, but it should be 1-2 pages (double spaced, 12-point Times New Roman or Calibri font) and should include the following: 

A description/background of what you have selected, your experiences with it, why you chose it

At least one chart made in Excel and placed into Word (you can use Google, as long as you can convert them to the appropriate submission format) showing the behavior/collection/activity

An explanation of the data/data visualization

Optional: Possible explanations for variation, if there is inconsistency 

Some kind of conclusion about your data/behaviors