Week #7

This week we worked on revising our surveys, interviews, and the information sheets we are going to provide for our participants. The changes JFK L3GS made were mostly to do with language; clarifying what we are trying to get across to those who take our surveys or those we interview. We discovered it was best to provide options in lieu of open answered questions, especially in situations where we knew exactly what sort of answers we wanted. In some ways this will limit variation of answers but overall it will make our research easier to compile, comprehend, and draw a conclusion from. If we can't draw a solid conclusion then there is really no point to the project.
We also had to revise our information sheet. We previously approached this document as a way to draw potential participants into the project, spark their interest and make them feel at ease with the whole process. We tried to accomplish through humor and lighthearted language but were instructed that this might cause the opposite effect and make our possible participants not take the surveys or interviews seriously enough. In lieu of humor we turned to clear, simple, but not degrading language that will explain to those who have had no previous knowledge of our research project what exactly we are trying to accomplish. Hopefully this will motivate them to join us!