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Step 6: The results of observation were used to inform the survey questions.
Students were surveyed until at least 60 responses collected. All the
participants of this study are selected randomly. Students were asked in
the last question of the survey to identify if they are prepared to be
involved in an in-depth interview. Following this a selection of ten students
was interviewed in depth.
Step 7: Interview. The information sheet (see Information Sheet in
Appendix C) and the interview questions were shown to the participants
before the interviews. All the interviewees had sufficient time to consider
whether they would like to be interviewed or involved in this research. The
interviewees signed the consent form and received a copy of it (see Consent
Form in Appendix D). It contains information about both this research and
contact details of the researcher. They could withdraw from the research at
any time if they intend.
The details of any participants in this research are confidential. The
participants are anonymous in this research. There are no materials that
could identify any particular participant. The interviews were all
face-to-face and were recorded by the researcher. Further information
and/or conversations during the interviews (such as the behaviour of the
interviewee) could be gathered and used in this research. The interview
lasted about 20-30 minutes.
If there were fewer than eight interview respondents, more surveys and
interview requests would be carried out.
The researcher surveyed students who have used on-campus WLANs in
UNITEC New Zealand. If the responses did not reach expected, the
research would continue the survey stage in order to have enough
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