TUTOR: Hello,Sandy.How have you been getting onwith your dissertation?
SANDY: Fine,and I've been working hard on thevarious action points we agreed on our last tutorial.
TUTOR: Do you want to talk me through whatyou've done?
SANDY: Yeah,sure.Well,we agreed on three maintargets for me to aim for.The first one was to findout about suitable data analysis software.
TUTOR: Yes.
SANDY: And what I decided to do wasto look through catalogues specialising in IT.
TUTOR: That's a good idea.What did you come up with?
SANDY: I found the names of two promising ones.
TUTOR: Right.
SANDY: But I also thought it'd be worthwhile talking to a lecturer.
TUTOR: Oh right.Who did you see?
SANDY: Jane Prince.Do you know her?She's in the Computer Centre.
TUTOR: Yes,of course,she's the new Head.
SANDY: Yes.Well,she was very helpful.
TUTOR: Oh,that's good.Did she suggest anything in particular?
SANDY: Yeah.She recommended software called Vivat and said I should book up for a couple ofpractice sessions using Vivat.
TUTOR: Great.I'm sure you'll find them useful.
SANDY: And,of course,the second target was to draw up a survey checklist which I...
TUTOR: Yes,you emailed me it last week.