My Preparation for Thesis Defense 2020

 Alhamdulillah, 

I have completed my study in Japan for two years. Time passed quickly,  I arrived in Japan in December 2018 and I returned to Indonesia in December 2020. 

I also want to say Happy New Year 2021.  I hope you are safe and sound. 

In the beginning of the new year 2021, I want to share with you about my preparation for my Thesis Defense in last October 2020. My Thesis is a quantitative research and I used the secondary data. I needed to prepare well for my thesis defense because it was the first time I learned about statistics, econometric and also Stata application.  I worked so hard to complete my thesis. 

I am so grateful that finally I could graduate from my thesis defense last year. I realized that I am still far away from the perfect but I love to learn something new. 

Here, I share my preparation for my Thesis defense last year. 

I read the Book " Naked Statistics "

The first time I knew the book is from my campus "Monday Talk". Our library hosted the book talk on Mondays. One of the speaker introduced about the book. When I saw the book,  I insisted to buy it by using my RSA (research support allowance). I ordered the book with the help of JJPO (in charge with my scholarship). Finally, the book came exactly before the day of my thesis defense. When I received the book, I found out the book was understandable and it was suitable for me to learn and to prepare my thesis defense. The first chapter that I read was very interesting. That made me continuing to read the whole chapter.      

I wrote a note/cheat sheet contained of the important points from the Book 

When I finished reading the book, an idea came up. I thought it would be better for me to write a note (cheat sheet) or resume about the important points of the book. So, I could use the note to help me prepare and get ready for my thesis defense. 

The Note is just like this: 

This cheat sheet helped me a lot to understand about quantitative research, about the terms in our research and so on. I used this cheat sheet/note to learn and prepare my thesis defense. It is easier and practical. 

Actually, I feel the need to master deeply about the quantitative research. I want to continue my study to PhD. What I have learned in IUJ, of course as the beginning of my journey. I am grateful for that. 

There are still a lot things to share here. But, my focus is about the book to that can help you understand more about quantitative research. 

I hope my blog is helpful for you who are about to face thesis defense. Good luck.