Thesis – Chapter 5 Checklist

30,000 words to go! Off-duty day, working on maximising my time to write and to start training again for next competition. Drake’s Massive song blasting on repeat! I like Drake, not sure what is so appealing about him. Heard that he’s some kind of a jerk too. But let’s not go there!

Ok back to the checklist:

  • Response rate summary
  • Data normality test
  • Descriptive statistics – SPSS
  • Assessment of measurement model – PLS
  • Assessment of structural model – PLS
  • Assessment of mediation effect
  • Discussion – empirical analysis
  • Discussion – industrial analysis

Writing this chapter is so exhausting, with drawing diagrams, tables (I despise making graphics using Office tools) and I think my eyesight is getting worse with squinting a lot looking for figures and significant ones to analyse on. It’s not going to get easier. If it’s easy, everyone would do it. I am also stressed out (stressing myself out with no valid proof) that my supervisors are going to criticise hard this chapter that I worked so hard thinking, analysing and writing on. They really are not kind with their comments, nothing is spared – good thing I’m a trained thick-skin (thanks Mom and Dad). If only they knew how hard it is for me to come up to this level. Let’s just sort this out. I think I am at the last diagram already, and next is to write up on empirical and mediation analysis. Was close to be overwhelmed, I quickly did some guided meditation and feel a bit okay and could think more rationally afterwards.