In a message dated 12/30/2002 7:30:51 PM Central Standard Time,
mcole@weber.ucsd.edu writes:
> But part is practical. I spend
> outrageous amounts of time in a combination of environmental desigh and
> documentation (aka re-search). Followup/longitudinal study over decades
> was not something the importance of which I understood when I started (and
> got money) and now is something for which there is a very specifiable and
> fascinating convergence of interests to extinguish ( no money, but feel
> free!).
>
Mike;
One of the solutions for this quandry is an entrance and exit survey we do
with all of the students who go through our transition program. The
beginning of the research for constructing the survey was done by phoning a
list of 500(?) graduates of the program. I was the only staff at the time who
did the calling and of those on the list I was able to get 30 students to
spend the 15 minutes it took to complete the phone survey. Of those 30
completed, ten were completed because graduates came back to the program for
assitance on taxes, SSI forms or just to visit. The survey is still in its
infancy [currently in the 2nd year] so it is way to early to tell if the
amount of time spent doing it is worth the results.
eric
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