Coding, coding, recoding, analyzing, recoding, analyzing, recoding, analyzing, recoding….
Tomorrow I have a mini-presentation on what I’ve been up to all quarter. It’s 15 minutes, and everyone is feeling vastly confused and underprepared for what’s going on. I hate the idea that my job tomorrow is to stand up, blather for 15 minutes, prove I’ve been clicking on stuff, and fail to draw any useful conclusions. But I guess that’s what this experimental business is about. When you’ve only got a few weeks to whip something up, and your data is perpetually preliminary, there’s just not that much you can get all excited about.
The one thing I am pretty excited about? Last presentation tomorrow. Then it’s papers, papers, papers.