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<h1>10 Apr 2017</h1>
<p>Worked on Lisa's spreadsheet to convert it into a series of scripts to make the analysis job a bit easier to cross-check.</p>
<p>I produced not very many scripts yet, as I am still parsing her work and making a plan.</p>
<p>Also spent a couple of hours on extra-Isaac admin chores.</p>
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<h1>11 Apr 2017</h1>
<p>Opening a 10 MB XLSX file in LibreOffice proved a challenge. I managed to convert it to an ODS and it's a bit more manageable.</p>
<p>After a day of deep diving into Lisa's analysis, I resorted to ask for her help to understand some parts of it. It isn't that I don't understand what she wanted to see, it's just I can't get the same numbers she has, and the formulas in the spreadsheet as so all over the place that it takes a long time to follow the steps, as the spreadsheet is so heavy that sometimes I have to wait a whole minute just to switch tabs. Hopefully we can meet before Easter.</p>
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<h1>12 Apr 2017</h1>
<p>Had a chat with Lisa on her DfE analysis, clarified a number of things that didn't quite sound right in my attempts at replicating her spreadsheet. Discussed possible ways of testing for significance.</p>
<p>Lisa contacted HESA to see if they can provide student-level performance data for AS and A2 so we can look at individual trajectories of students that engaged with IP.</p>
<p>Started having a look at the Masterclass data. If anything, it looks like we might be able to reject out initial hypothesis in at least one group. Yay…?</p>
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<h1>13 Apr 2017</h1>
<p>Worked on TOCHI paper from PhD thesis. It's really hard not to use the word "education" when in fact you need to use it.</p>
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