S-STEM/TRAIN Scholar Irvin Hernandez' Blog

This week has been exciting so far! I finally got a chance to speak with Matt some more about the bat data, and I asked if I could start recording some data on the bats. Yesterday, Tuesday, I went out to Encanto park and walked nearly all of it. Luckily I had a lot of results, and Matt was able to use a program to identify some of the unrecognized sounds. I plan on going out tomorrow to check Rio Salado and see what types of bats there are there. After I gather the data, Matt advised me to set up a t-test and compare both areas.  This is the Echo Meter that records and identifies the different types of bats. It plugs into your phone, and it works with an app to record.   Heres some of how the app looks like while it measures and records the bat data, as you can see in the box under the red, a bat was recorded but unidentified. 

This week has been extremely informative for me. I've been practicing and studying all week trying to get down different types of tests. T-test and Anovas are both new to me, so I've had a bit of a struggle learning them. I'm hoping to practice some more over the weekend so by next week I'll be able to run a test on both of them. I've also met more people and familiarized myself with more with everyone here, its good to finally connect names and faces. Everyone has been kind and made me feel welcomed! I hope to meet the rest of you soon!    I took data from the book and tried to run an ANOVA test. It's still a little rough but I'm getting more used to it I just need more practice. 

I hope everyone has been having a great week so far!  This week has gone much more smoothly than last week.  I can finally begin to complete my hours every week and get started on my project.  Currently, Matt has provided me with two books, both having to do with statistics, I'm expected to learn and memorize different types of stats; t-test, ANOVA, linear regression and much more as well as how to create a project.  Once I finish reading all the books, I'll have a quick quiz to test my knowledge and preparedness for the project.  I'm not 100% sure what I will be working on as soon as I finish, but I do recall Matt mentioning something to do with bats; my main focus currently is to learn and study the books. I've also been invited to compete in a mathematics competition, part of the Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges.  I'm not too familiar with those, but if anyone else has heard of them, some tips would be much appreciated :)! 

Blog Post Week 2 Hello, how is everyone doing? I hope you all had a great, fun second week. Unfortunately for me, I have not been having the best week so far, it's somewhat stressful, and I've haad to make some tough decisions. Sadly I haven't yet started my lab; we ran into some issue while looking for the hours I would be working. Like me, I bet a lot of you are also broke, tired college students, trying to pass classes and get by with expenses. Fortunately, we were all lucky enough to receive this incredible scholarship to help us get through. This is my first year at phoenix college, and so I was, and I'm still not entirely sure how this will go, but so far, I love reading all your blogs and posts! Anyways while I was trying to see what hours I could work on, I found that I was only going to be able to work at a maximum of 6 hours on the lab, which is unacceptable since we are required at least 9 hours a week. After I found that out, I figured I had to make some