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

Thesis Keith Gale 2013Table 9.5: Structure of research questionnaireSection Question numbers Content1 1 to 5 inclusive Obtaining information of the participant –organisational background, profession,involvement in frameworks, involvement inconstruction projects, marking performanceindicators2 6 to 17 inclusive A pre-cursor to the main questions to ensureparticipants are introduced to the subjectmatter and introduced to the questionnaire.(McQueen & Knussen, (2002).3 18 to 39 inclusive Main body of questionnaire measuringparticipant opinions using a five point Likertscale against specific statements4 40 and 41 Question about future framework issues5 42 Offer to participate in further research6 Comments Encouragement for participant commentsQuestionnaire responses were catalogued and archived whilst keeping anonymitywith data transfer initially made into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, checked back toback to ensure the data was error free. A trial by summarising arithmetic meansoutlining results was undertaken to reliability purposes. Microsoft Excel files weretransferred into Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 witharithmetic means and missing values again checked for errors.9.7 Detailed statistical analysis of questionnaire responsesFollowing an initial series of simple statistical tests enabling accumulation of groupviews regarding specific subjects collated from questionnaire responses, a secondarystage of analysis is undertaken to examine significant sociological factors thatrepresent drivers of group views. Recognition of significant factors allowsrelationships to be explored through use of multiple regression analysis. Purpose ofthese tests is twofold:201