508 - Enemy at the Gates

After several months and several drafts, I've finally received the go-ahead from my advisor, and am currently awaiting the results of my ethics application. Considering the banal nature of my survey, I don't expect ethics to take too long, and imagine that I should get that one back within a few days. As soon as that happens, however, the actual study must begin... as soon as I return from Las Vegas. Actually, I'll hopefully send out the survey BEFORE I leave, and have some results by the time I return.

Over the few drafts, the study has evolved slightly. Before it was essentially asking if young people and old people have different comfort levels with technology. While the answer to that would likely prove to be an obvious "yes," we dont' really learn much other than what we already know. Instead, I'm looking at what factors actually influence the different levels of technology acceptance in different age groups. What I expect to find is that other factors are more influential than age... many of them just happen to correlate to age.

Anyway, I'm excited to get started. But also dreading the mountain of work at awaits.

So... it's almost time to put my head down and start hammering. But first... VEGAS!