Three of Five

Just finished up three of five chapters...only the literature review and the conclusions remain.

As soon as I clean up my Methodology and Results chapters, I'm going to send the three on to Dr. Z for his review.  While waiting for him, I'll try to crank out that lit review - the current bane of my existence.

Getting close!

Am I into this or what?

It's only 8:00 a.m., and I'm already thinking about what I want for lunch.

More on the Literature Review

I recently found this lecture on the literature review from Texas A&M.  Wish I had seen this a year ago - it would have saved me countless hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1hG99HUaOk

It's by Candace Schaefer at Texas A&M's Writing Center.  She cites a very good literature review for business that is also helpful:

Allen, R. C. (1996). Socioeconomic Conditions and Property Crime: A Comprehensive Review and Test of the Professional Literature. American Journal Of Economics & Sociology, 55(3), 293.

Still here, plodding along...

Missed my self-imposed December 15th deadline, but I'm still here.  To the right is a selfie.

Output of Research

Just a note to show the followers of this blog that I'm truly making progress.  Click on this link to see an interactive map of my research.

Link:  Losses and Risk Exposure

Isn't that cool?!

Breakthrough with the Numbers Today

I've been hunched over the computer for days now, but I finally got my numbers to work.  It's not only been a refresher in statistics,  I've learned an incredible amount about formulas and formats in Excel in the process.

I can see the finish line!

Scooped!

In August 2014, an article was published in Applied Financial Economics, stating that this is the first study to "empirically examine the influences of uncertainty avoidance on corporate valuation."  DAMN!  That's one of the things I'm doing and thought I was the first to do it.  I was just beaten to the punch!

HOWEVER!  It blazes a trail very nicely, and I can certainly build on it.  I sent the article to my thesis adviser who simply said, "Use it, and use it well!"

Amen!