One of the main challenges I encountered during my research was determining my final research question and formulating a clear plan for my presentation. I had numerous ideas and questions, but some were too broad or not feasible to address within the limited timeframe of 8 weeks. As a newcomer to research, I found myself…

One of the things that so far has gone wrong is my estimation on how long it takes to actually extract data and find reliable sources. For each incident, I have to go through multiple sources in English and Persian to confirm the exact amount of fatalities and injuries, as different sources have given different…

Up until this point, the most troubling part of my project was gathering contract details, especially ones from the 1970’s and 1980’s.  I thought the data would be readily available and all contained in one place.  However, I was mistaken.  Baseball Reference, the site that I was expecting to find the details on, was inconsistent. …

Going into the project I thought it was going to be pretty straightforward. Do a lit review, compare campaigns, and map the effectiveness of each distribution. However, I very quickly learned that it was a lot more complicated than that. First of all, during the lit review I realized that there was not a lot…