surveys, data, reviews

This week has been more productive than last week; I have managed to get a lot done already (and it's only Wednesday!). I am still trucking along with the literature review (word count now exceeds the research paper limit, by the way) and I have added in the necessary extra sections my supervisor wanted me to include. I have also finished summarising the raw data from the survey conducted by the council. The results were interesting to say the least. One such question asked about the effects of climate change, with a considerable percentage of people surveyed saying that they don't believe that global climate change exists!!! Thankfully the majority of people acknowledge it as a problem in our society. Interesting to say the least...

I have also tried to get in contact with the Aboriginal elders my supervisor wants me to interview. She warned me they might be hard to track down as they often have a different perception of time; she even suggested that sometimes you just have to 'rock up' and try your luck with who's there! I don't know if I'm keen to sit in a car for four hours for the chance I might interview someone... Emailing and liaising will suffice for now!

I have knocked off more hours as well, which is good. I'm now down to the '75 hours to go' mark. I aim to have all my hours down hopefully in the next three to four weeks, to coincide with the end of semester. One thing is for sure, I don't want to carry the hours over to an August graduation. Until I hear back from the Wiradjuri men, at least I can utilise my 'free' time to work on the research paper.