Cross-eyed PhD: Tip14 ..Watch ‘The PhD Movie”!
The PhD journey is a demanding one – with a lot of ups and downs! Feeling pulled down?! Take this tip!! … Continued
SS1: Reciting Pi to 1000th Digit- a new Personal Best!
A new personal best in Continuous Learning-Memory Training! This month – as a simple personal challenge – I memorized and recited the value of Pi (22/7) to 1000+ digits! I have been a voracious reader- and have evolved a commitment … Continued
12. To boldly go… where no man has gone before!
The first science-fiction that I encountered were in Classics Comics Illustrated – “The War of the World”, “The Time Machine”, ….in beautifully hand-drawn story versions of the classics that whetted my appetite. The works of HG Wells and Jules Verne … Continued
Cross-eyed PhD: Tip 12 SEM Models (Part 3)
Piled High and Deep”, www.PHDCOMICS.com, by Jorge Cham Editor’s Note: Concluding post on Structural Equation Modeling by contributing author, Sanjay Malla, Research Scholar develops the discussion on SEM with an example exploring a patron satisfaction model vs data. I really like … Continued
Cross-eyed PhD: Tip 11 SEM Modeling part 2
Piled High and Deep”, www.PHDCOMICS.com, by Jorge Cham Editor’s Note: This post by contributing author, Sanjay Malla, Research Scholar develops the discussion on SEM with a brief on the “Formative and Reflective” measurement Models. It is important for PhD Scholars to … Continued
Cross-Eyed PhD: Tip 9 Confirmatory Factor Analysis
As explained in Tip 8, exploratory factor analysis may be a practical place to conclude a field research, However, PhD process demands a lot more academic rigor. Each of the extracted factors are tested rigorously in a confirmatory factor analysis … Continued
Cross-eyed PhD: Tip 10 Rigor of a Structured Equation Model (SEM)
“Piled High and Deep”, www.PHDCOMICS.com, by Jorge Cham Editor’s Note: This post by contributing author, Sanjay Malla, Research Scholar explains the rigor of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling – a key requirement in the PhD programs of most … Continued
Cross-eyed PhD Tip 8: Mashing the data for an exploratory factor analysis!
One of the biggest challenge in handling data is extracting inferences from it. Factor analysis is a multi-variate statistical technique in which there is no distinction between the dependent and independent variables. In factor … Continued
Cross-eyed PhD: Tip 6 Research Methodology
A fun look at the research method by Jorge @ Phd Comics Research Method is a structured investigation of a specific phenomena with the objective of validating a hypothesis relating to it. It starts with a careful observation of the … Continued