The Study of Students Perceptions of On-campus ... - Research Bank

(Creswell, 2003, p.186). In this study, literature review, observations,
surveys and interviews were decided on. The data gathered for this study is
qualitative data.
Step 3: The researcher kept a journal notes during the research study, and
established a schedule for recording reflections in the research journal to
help ensure that quality, quantity and data types were consistent.
Step 4: Literature review. Wireless, campus, students were the main
keywords used for searching literature related to this study. Each
publication has been reviewed by the researcher and presented separately
in the Literature Review chapter. All literature was sorted by year of
publication from 1995 to the present. The literature used in this study was
from many different sources, including books, journals, conferences and
websites.
Step 5: The observational notes were made, recording the locations and
durations of students using on-campus WLANs. The observations were
conducted for one hour each day for four weeks. The first observation began
at 8:00am, the next were one hour later and so on. The observations of the
first and second weeks were at Mt. Albert Campus and the third and fourth
weeks at Waikatere Campus. The observation at Waikatere Campus began
from 8:00 am in the third week. This is in order to collect data at different
times and in different places.
While the researcher was doing the surveys, a secondary observation took
place as well. The secondary observation was used to confirm the analysis
result from the first observation.
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