After finishing the final assignment of Unit 3, I wrote up some of my thoughts on the entire writing process for each section.
Formal Draft Primary Research
My primary data came from two different sources: an interview with a staff member at SYL, and an anonymous online survey. While writing and submitting the survey online was a fairly straightforward process, designing interview questions was something that was a bit challenging. As I was writing up interview questions, I realized that the questions had to be worded in a manner for which information could be understood by the layman, who had no previous knowledge of SYL. Additionally, the questions would have to be widespread enough to give context to further questions. Thankfully, my interviewee was helpful and understanding when I was busy thinking up questions mid-interview.
Formal Draft Secondary Research and Writing
Once I had gathered the primary data, I began looking for further information to help explain results gathered, as well as look for important bits of background information that could help give context to data gathered. Once I had all the research done, writing the report was a fairly straightforward process. The most difficult part of writing the report, was organizing all the data into a manner where one could clearly see the logical progression. Generating diagrams and figures was straightforward, thanks to the tools provided by Google Forms.
Peer Review Process
This unit’s peer review process was quite interesting. I reviewed Alanna’s formal report draft, and learned quite a bit of the topic. I found this peer review significantly more challenging than the previous assignments, due to that formal reports go significantly in-depth into topics that I may not necessarily understand. Looking into the references provided in the paper helped me gain additional background knowledge, which allowed me to review the proposal in a more helpful manner.
I have attached my Formal Report Draft to this link: