is anyone here?

@AIQ Yeah>

Oh hey

How's it going?

Eddieeeeeeee

I am really swamped these days

You?

Glad to see CowperKettle's back

I am good ... just drank lots of ginger ale

@AIQ Canada Dry?

I like ginger ale too

yeah

Eddie Kal, I have a question

OK, so my professors did a field research. I was their research assistant and worked on the completed survey questionnaires. I found some problems with the questions and I told them that they needed to fix them for the next field research (on the same topic but different location). I want to say that not only did I suggest revising some things, I told them how to do it. I rephrased some of the questions, and then sent them my edited version of the questions. How to I reflect this?

> I showed excellent judgment and attention to detail by pointing out specific problems with certain questions and several inconsistencies in the recorded information. For the next field research, which is planned to happen soon and at a larger scale, I suggested revision of certain questions and response choices to improve clarity and data accuracy.

@EddieKal

Cover Letter

Oh I see.

When I say "I suggested revision" what is the first that comes to your mind?

"Revisions" would sound better to me

Also "field research project"

I think your passage works great. I'd probably shorten the second sentence

relative clauses don't work really well in CVs and cover letters

IMO

I am a fan of accuracy when it comes to CV writing.

So I wonder if you could further clarify "certain questions and several inconsistencies"

@EddieKal oh wait wait ... are you saying "I suggested revisions" indicate I edited the questions and not just "Oye prof you need to rethink your stuff"?

@AIQ That's not what you meant? Oh I see

I want to indicate that I did both - told them what the problems were and then edited the material to resolve the problems

But if it is just a minor suggestion, I am not sure it should go in a cover letter

@EddieKal I see thanks!

Oh, also I prefer on a larger scale

@EddieKal My cover letter is already getting too big ... I don't want to expand on that ...

I think "at" may also be used by some people. But usually it's "on", I think

So what I am doing is addressing each competency/skill listed in the requirements section ... and showing how I have those skills instead of just saying I have them ..

@EddieKal Oh right on..

@AIQ Okay, I'd say be as accurate and informative as possible. Give as much information as you can in as few words as you can

@EddieKal right, I took out "which is planned to happen soon and at a larger scale," and wrote "For the second field research project"

Sounds good to me

Thanks so much Eddie

NP

@AIQ Ha, I found something interesting

What's that?

I decided to confirm my intuition about the prespositions with empirical data

See the accepted answer, which accords with what I was saying

But then I changed it from singular to plural

Hmm... Strange

I mean does the plural occur in some collocations or contexts where the singluar doesn't? I can't think of any though

hmm interesting ...

you hear it a lot in physics

but on a scale is fixed phrase so I guess can't go wrong with that

@user85795 Maybe cite an example? I am not really well read in physics

It really depends on the context of the situation.

To me, "on a scale" means you put the thing of interest in a space and you observe it at that level. "at a scale" would mean the thing itself is at that level and it is an intrinsic property

Feynman talks about how the laws of physics are not invariant to changes in scale.

So he's taking about it in the plural as you showed above.

At different scales there are different laws.

@user85795 Makes sense

@CowperKettle Surprised the guy doesn't get kicked out and told to go to philosophy

lol