Post 1
So far I have worked with Judy Wolf and Ave Bauder, who work at the CCE centers in Tioga and Seneca Counties, respectively, to discuss our project and recruit participants who use their resources. We have been recruiting low-income parents or guardians and their children ages 4-6 years old. I have created and put out [...]
Week 3
June 20th-24th, 2011 My third week continued with work for Watershed Awareness Month and the Watershed Steward Program. I began compiling my notes and graphs into a draft report to summarize the survey data, with graphs for each question and explanations of what the graphs illustrate. I looked to Shorna’s research reports as examples for [...]
Week 2
June 13th-17th, 2011 Continuing my work from my first week, I finalized and sent my letters to both potential artist groups for rain barrel painting as well as groups for Adopt-A-Spot cleanup events. For organizations that responded about Adopt-A-Spots, I organized with them when, where, what time, and how many people, as well as sending [...]
First Week
On my first day at the Hudson Valley lab, I went over the safety logistics of the lab and I had to view a series of videos which included pesticide use with Albert Woelfersheim, the facilities coordinator. After the video sessions, I was given a tour of the whole facility and the orchard. At the [...]
Week 4: June 20th – June 24th
Now that we’re approaching the end of June, the rest of the team and I are focusing mostly on preparing to teach our newest participants, who will come to Cornell’s campus next week for CCE’s 4-H Career Exploration program. Since I am a Human Biology, Health & Society major in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, [...]
Week 1
June 6th-10th, 2011 My first day started out constructing a general To Do list of my goals and responsibilities for the summer with the two people I work with most at the Cooperative Extension in Dutchess County–Alison Chatrchyan and Carolyn Klocker. Because I was largely unfamiliar with the expectations and already completed work on the [...]
Week 3: June 13th – June 17th
This week, our team continued checking the survey responses in our database. Once all the surveys were checked, graduate student Anna Kharmats taught me how to prepare the data for statistical analyses. Using SPSS, I learned how to select cases, recode variables, replace missing data, and merge files using syntax. Then, we worked together to [...]
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Week 2: June 6th – June 11th
Every day this week, the other lab members and I went to New Roots Charter School to provide follow-up surveys for our subjects to take. It’s important for us to get follow-up surveys from our participants because it allows us to track their change in behavior over time. Our study randomly assigns participants to one [...]
Week 1: May 30th – June 3rd
Before I arrived in Ithaca to start working in Dr. Reyna’s Laboratory for Rational Decision-Making, I familiarized myself with our lab’s research protocols, such as the importance of data accuracy, prompt response times, and subject confidentiality. I also read up on background readings on Dr. Reyna’s fuzzy-trace theory. This week I read the Psychological Science [...]