In the first week of my final project, I spent the majority of the time crafting my own survey. Upon initial thought, the survey seemed like a short project, but what I found was that it was much more time consuming. Once I figured out the proper service, I had to use the software to set up the framework for my questions and survey. After coming up with the questions and proper way to organize the statements, I then tested the questions on a subject to see what his\/her reactions were and what kind of general feedback I could receive. I wanted to investigate the kind of responses and emotions that arose from my questions and if they were targeting my desired information. There is a degree of uncertainty that should be present and I should not know everything, but I needed to make sure they were not too confusing or off topic.<\/p>\n
The comments and feedback I received was positive and seems as though I am asking the right kinds of question. There were one or two questions that need to be cleaned up in order to rid them of ambiguity, but the survey is a good start moving forward and will be ready to be sent out to people in the next couple days. The other aspect of the survey that I need to address is making sure I acquire the proper sample population. If I got 20 male, athlete samples, I cannot truly say that I am studying fashion at Bowdoin. I need to make sure I have a proper sample size and that I am getting as many diverse respondents as possible. There does not have to be a certain number of what I should try and get, but I want as much data and responses as possible.<\/p>\n
As is the case with most surveys, the potential issue is getting people to actual take the survey instead of having it sit in their inbox for a few days and forget about it. My current plan is to talk to people in-person and ask them if they would take the survey. Once they agree, I will then email it to them and hope the personal touch will increase my participation rate. I am going to start by administering the survey to people I know personally and then breach out from there. Since I am using a service, the data will be quantified and displayed in an extremely organized manner, however I also need to make sure that I read the data for what it is instead of directing the data towards what I want it to be.<\/p>\n
My next step in this process is to administer the survey and to have people respond to it. I expect to send it to a specific group of people I have easy contact with, so they will be able to let me know if I need to change or alter questions or overall integrity of the survey. There will be additional steps once I have the data, but until then I need to focus on making it air tight and as effective as possible.<\/p>\n
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