Time flies so fast, I can’t remember what I did during Semester 4. Our requirements were to present our progress in colloquium and present and publish an article which I did them both. I drafted my Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 but have not gotten around to complete them. I initiated data collection preparation as well while waiting for my REC application to come through. Now is to follow up my data collection process which I need to execute and collect the actual data. So many parties and people involved. First I needed a system to track my progress and record all the contact details and the status of contact with relevant parties and agencies.
On data collection, what I did so far:
- Find an application and demonstration site
- Get IoT application supplier and actual farmer to get involved
- Enhanced the BM translations of my questionnaires, though not checked yet
- Getting contacts of RISDA officers statewide and Jabatan Pertanian Sabah
What needs to be done:
- Finalised my BM translations
- Create educational and awareness video for the survey
- Compile the survey presentations to be distributed towards respondents
- Follow up with agencies
- Plan my data collection trips
On writing, I gotta start writing templates of my reports and read more on methodology. For instance, get better understanding on the statistical sense why I choose my sampling method and how I came about with the quantity of the respondents. I also need to get ready my PLS-SEM model as according to my proposed framework.
To be honest, it felt a lot for one person to do all this in just a few months. But I am so excited already and really looking forward to collect all my data. I can do this. Lets begin the semester with better systems and more clarity!