Theme 3 - Reflections

This week has been quite different from the others. Instead of the Seminars we were supposed to have a lab exercise with SPSS. However the computers would not cooperate and therefore the exercise got canceled, so I did not get the chance to actually try it out. For me it was the first time I heard about SPSS, but I don’t see the benefits from it over for example Excel. I hope I will get some time over during the next week to actually try this program out and maybe I will be able to understand the benefits of it.

Now let’s talk a little about the topic of the week namely quantitative methods and mixed methods. I found the lecture by Martha interesting and it got me thinking about what a random selected group actually is. It also gave me further understanding of what mixed research is after we discussed it at the end of the lecture in smaller groups. I think this kind of exercises is great since it activates the students and gets us to discuss the topic further so we can come to a mutual understanding of the topic. Therefore I would like to see more activates like this in the future!