JamieDoiron EDTECH505 ExerciseonPage184 1. Myprojectrepresentsevaluation.Thefirstevaluationcomponentofmyprojectinvolves understandingwhatmyclient,thedistrict,trulyneeds.Theywantalearningmanagment system,butwhy?Whatdothatwanttobeabletodoattheendoftheday?Howwillthis systemintegratewiththelearningtechnologythedistrictisalreadyusing?Iam performingresearchtounderstandthesethingsandmore.Thesecondevaluationaspect ofmyprojectinvolvesdeterminingifonepieceofsoftware,googlesites,meetstheir criteria.Thedistrictalreadyusesitinsomecapacityandthereisadesiretointegrateit moresinceitisalowcostoption.Iknowthatmyprojectisevaluationbecausethetext statesthatevaluationtriestolearnwhatisgoingoninaprogramsothattheprogram stakeholderscanusetheinformationtoimprovetheprogram.ThatiswhatIamtryingto accomplish.Conversely,researchinvolvesexpandingtheknowledgeofpeoplenot involvedintheprogrampeoplewhoarenotstakeholders.

Inmycase,Ihavenointentof myevaluationbeingsharedwithorinfluencinganyonewhoisnotemployedbythedistrict inwhichIwork. 2. Myprojectdoesnotinvolvesampling.Iamrequiredtomeetwithdistrictadministrators andtechnologypersonnel,butthereareonlyahandfulofpeople,sothereisnoneedto samplesuchasmallpopulation.Isurveyedallteachersatthehighschoollevel,where thelearningmanagementsystemwouldbeimplemented.Eventhatpopulationisaround 130individuals,andwithanelectronic,multiplechoicesurvey,thatnumberwas completelymanageable.ThesurveysoftwarethatIusedletsmeperformanalyticson thedata,sothemoredataIhave,thebetteroffIam.Lastly,Iwanttotalktoteacherswho arecurrentlyusinggooglesitesintheirclassroomsasanLMS,butthereareonlyafew currentlydoingitsothereisnoneedtosample.WhatIhavelearnedfromthischapteris thatmypopulationissmallenoughthatitmakessensetodealwiththemasawhole ratherthansample.MydatawillbemoreaccurateandIdonthavetoworryabout samplingbias. WeeklyAssignmentPart3 SamplingMethods(youtubevideo) Populationisthetotalnumberofthegroupinasurvey.Asampleisasmallergroupthat representsthelargerpopulation.Meanisanotherwaytosayaverageandwouldlikelybeusedto showresponsedata.Itdoesntalwaysmakesensetouseasample,butwhenyouhavealarge groupofpeoplethatyouwanttosurvey,itiseasiertousearepresentativesample.Inthe example,thespeakersurveyedtwoclassroomstodeterminewhatthemeanhoursoftelevision watchedperdayisforstudentsinalargeschool. SimpleRandomSamplingSummary(youtubevideo)

Simplerandomsamplesinvolvepickingasubsetofalargergroupwhereeachindividualhasan equalchanceofbeingpicked.Thisisatotallyunbaisedmethodofsampling,itiseasyto perform,andtheresultsareusuallyaccurate.Sometimestheresultsarenotrepresentativeof thelargerpopulationandtherecanoftenbealargevariancefromonerandomsampletothe next.Whenconductingasample,youcanpicknamesoutofahat,usearandomdigittable,or useacomputerorgraphiccalculatortorandomlyselectnumbersrepresentingindividuals.The lattertwomethodsaregenerallybettersinceyoudonthavetoworryaboutthehatbeingmixed well.