My resilience has strengthened during the EE process as after writing my first draft, I realised that only having secondary data and a small amount of primary data was not allowing me to fully explore my research question. I then had to gather additional primary data, which was challenging because the casino had strict privacy policies and did not disclose much information themselves. Therefore, I created a survey and stood outside the casino for hours each day to gather quantitative data, which strengthened the analysis and conclusions of my EE. Conducting a survey also improved my communication skills, because I had to attract numerous busy casino visitors to fill out my survey, to gain different perspectives on the issue. This involved fully explaining my investigation, and its goals and purposes to each respondent, trying to ensure they give truthful responses, as the quality of my communication would impact the accuracy and reliability of my investigation.
