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completed were generally complete or near-complete. The removal of incomplete
surveys was important to ensure that these results did not bias the survey, whilst at
the same time it was important not to exclude those who may have missed a few
questions, especially given that the reason may have been due to a vision
impairment. As such, several questions feature less than 369 responses in the survey
data. In many cases notes were supplied with the invalid written responses. These
notes explained that many of the invalid responses were due to an unwillingness to
participate in the survey or a fear that confidentiality would be breached.
Valid
Format of Completed Survey
Website
Print
Braille
Telephone Interview
Total
Frequency Percent
73 19.8
272 73.7
3 .8
21 5.7
369 100.0
Format of Completed Survey
Website
Print
Braille
Telephone
Interview
Figure 7.2 Table and pie graph of the format of completed surveys
Of the 369 valid responses, the print responses represented a fraction over
73% of respondents with 272 returned surveys. As noted in Figure 7.2, the online
responses represented nearly 20% of respondents. The telephone interview and
Braille respondents combined represented a little under 6% of the total responses
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