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theoretical review question
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I knew someone would ask me this lol, not really sure....

I basically have an intro, which is "there is a problem, here are some stats to prove there is a problem"

Lit review which is "here's what peple have initially suggested - but its all rubbish"

and methods - which, because I'm using a certain group of participants, I think I need to discuss the various ways (e.g. social identity theory) this can be done and has been done throughout the literature - what stances these methods take (e.g. positivist) and eventually what I'm doing (I have no idea yet - I'm hoping I'll work this out as I write it!)

theoretical review question
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for all those doing a theoretical review, where have you put it?

I *think* I need to do one, and was going to put it in my methods chapter - is this totally wrong?

Attaching papers in Endnote X4
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I'd like to know the answer to this too. I think it may have something to do with how you copy the library i.e. whether you just copy and paste it, or whether you go into endnote and ask to make a copy???

Still haven;t worked it out though!

The One Goal Thread
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bad bad start, not done anything yet.

Goal 1: print out paper to look at
GOal 2: look through MY paper to see similarities/differences and how I can change it.

I submitted
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wow congrats! I'll show my hubby this post as he's demoralised, working full time and in his 5th year of PhD, with NO supervisory support :-(

Dealing with Test Anxiety
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I don't think bach's rescue remedy is just for women, I think its just marketed that way, I don't think there's anything hormonal or otherwise in it that would be harmful for a man? I give it to my dog for long car journeys :-)

I'd go back to your GP, they could either presribe something better, and/or refer you to some kind of counselling or to someone who can help with stress/anxiety reduction.

Dealing with Test Anxiety
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have you tried bach's rescue remedy? If you think its anxiety beyond 'normal anxiety' you may want to see your gp about it.

Weight! How to lose weight gained during phd.
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I lost 3 stone in my 1-2nd year, because I was getting married. I did that by eating about 800 kcals a day, being starving, headachey and making sure I did at least 50 mins of cardio a day.

Then I got married and as i walked out of my reception I just started eating lol. So I've put back on most of that weight.

I'm now trying to lose it again, but slower. I'm just trying to eat less sweets, less cheese (this is a real issue for me!) and exercise more.

don't know about the rest of you but...
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ah, you need to put boiling water in it. I know I know, you're not supposed to, but if you check it regularly to make sure the seals aren't wearing and there's no leaks they seem to be fine! You just have to wrap a towel around it for the first 2 hours otherwise its too hot!

The One Goal Thread
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right, I've done the weekly shop, been for a long dog walk, spent about an hour putting all the weekly shop stuff into little sections in the freezer and I've had lunch. FINALLY I'm at my desk.

Goal 1: to look through paper and highlight areas for change.

don't know about the rest of you but...
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my mum said Lidl recently had heated booty slippers, maybe I should have got some.

cut off value for correlation
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The stats bloke at my uni says, when looking for multicollinearity in regression anything >.6 you need to be thinking about it being 'highly correlated', but generally I'd say .7 is high.

don't know about the rest of you but...
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ooh my dog has a flashing collar too, its luminous yellow and has flashing red lights :-) I also one year got her a christmas flashing thing - but it looked more like a strobe light and I was scared that it might make her have a fit or something :p

Hot water bottle for me - I find electric blankets go cold once your in the bed and then I wake up cold in the night.

I've resorted to putting the heating on, but no one seems to have notified my feet :-(

Criticism in viva re: writing
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If you've provided definitions, then I'd just point the examiners to that. Being examiners, they should really have their heads around the terminology I would imagine, as they'll be closer to your field of research than others who have read through (?)

Microsoft 2007 Problems
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I've had this, I think I usually go to the line spacing option on the ribbon, get the drop down menu and it has two opetions at the bottom, which say add/remove space before (and after). If you play around with these options you should be able to get it eventually!