PhD Final Thesis April 2013.pdf - Anglia Ruskin Research Online

Thesis Keith Gale 2013Question 2 – the participants’ professional backgroundQuestions 3 to 5 – participants’ involvement in frameworks, discreet contracts andmarking processesQuestions 6 to 17 – single choice response to questions about participant views ondiscreet verses framework procurementQuestions 18 to 39 – single choice response to questions about participant views onstatements related to frameworks and the discreet contractsQuestions 40 to 42 – views concerning future use of frameworks, incentives andfurther research.6.5 Data type C:Data stream for type C is collated from 10 ‘in-depth’ interviews arranged withparticipants to the questionnaire process designed to represent a cross section ofviews from key members of the case study organisation and its suppliers. Interviewsare structured to compliment and support responses from the questionnaire byproviding unstructured views, comments and beliefs for the following data fields:Questions 1 to 5 – confirmation of responses given to the questionnaireQuestions 6 to 17 – views about aspects of performance related to differentprocurement systems (discreet verses frameworks)Questions 18 and 19 – views about future use of frameworks and incentives6.6 Manipulation of raw data and tests to ensure accuracy of inputRaw data types A and B have been collated from sources indicated with resultsplaced into spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel version 2003. All details have beenchecked back to back using reverse input processes and results compared forconsistency. Excel files required for further processing have been transferred intoStatistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 for statistical analysisof data. Prior to use, the data has been checked again for consistency by comparingarithmetic mean output from Excel with SPSS. A further check on initial output isprovided by cross checking with published organisation outputs – for example the122