Thank you Dr Quek

Belated post for 1st Dec
It’s amazing what a good teacher can do. Terms like Cronbarhch etc were mentioned previously in the 1st module but made no sense in the studies because the tutor did little to help us understand. The non-mathematical students, like myself in particular, suffered because no one understood the literature we were supposed to be reviewing. I suppose we could have studied it in more depth, but what then is the teacher for?

We also had the first hand opportunity to use the SPSS which turned out to be an eye opener. For someone with zilch statistics background, it seemed relatively easy. My sis has always told me to use SPSS to provide more credible data to the surveys we used in school, but I never bothered.

Dr Quek also provided us with negative examples of Weng Fai’s work. I thought that it was a good learning experience. The explanation was clear and precise – something I hope to do in class as well since most of the time, we show exemplars of good work instead of common problems or misconceptions to help anticipate potential problems.