I am seeking volunteer participants to complete a short survey. This study is being performed as part of my Ph.D. dissertation research through the Department of Science and Technology in Society at Virginia Tech. The research seeks to examine the sociological and technological implications of distributed work. I plan to examine this with a focus on globalization. The purpose of the interviews is to use ethnographical information to support or refute conclusions that are generally accepted within the distributed work discourse. All information obtained will be kept confidential. Participation is voluntary. Participants may discontinue at any time and skip questions without penalty.

I will need to obtain completed surveys from at least 25 Americans and 25 Indians who work in a location remote to their central office. While I recognize that everyone may not fit this description, perhaps you know people who do. I would very much appreciate any help in recruiting participants! Please feel free to forward this request. Please find a link below to the recruitment flyer and interview questions. If you are interested in volunteering, simply download and complete the interview questions, and email it back to me at hewarren@vt.edu. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to also contact me.

The interview questions are available at: http://heather.strayprocess.com/dissertation/

Also, if you would prefer to complete the survey online, you may do so at: https://survey.vt.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id=1242225315167

Thanks so much!
Heather

6/9/2009 10:55:54 PM

why are you on an ncsu messageboard

6/9/2009 10:58:14 PM

I'm alumni. I graduated from NC State several years ago with my Masters, and went on to Virginia Tech to do my Ph.D. program.

6/9/2009 11:09:22 PM

so ncsu wasn't good enough for a ph.d.?

6/9/2009 11:16:11 PM

NC State didn't offer the program at that level at that time.

6/9/2009 11:21:12 PM

not only that, its considered less prestigious to get your doctorate from the same department you received previous degrees.

6/10/2009 12:05:27 AM

troll alert

6/10/2009 12:27:37 AM

I'm pretty sure this isn't chit chat.

6/10/2009 7:35:51 AM

^

yes, how bout y'all stop being dickheads and either be helpful or crawl back under your rocks.

6/10/2009 7:38:33 AM

Some of those questions were poorly worded

6/10/2009 8:27:54 AM

Dots or feathers?

6/10/2009 8:31:26 AM

I am looking for people working remotely in the U.S. and India. The answers can be related to a job they are currently performing, or one they have previously performed.

6/10/2009 9:41:25 AM

Please tell me that your sample size is going to be 50 surveys total.

6/10/2009 2:20:36 PM

Yes, my sample size is going to be 50 (25 from the U.S. and 25 from India).

6/10/2009 5:08:17 PM

do you expect to be able to draw any usable/useful conclusions from open ended responses from only 50 people?

6/10/2009 5:31:14 PM

Someone framing their research from a globilization perspective should realize the problem in saying "American" participants to refer to people only in the U.S. If you want U.S. participants, you should be clear about that. Data elicited from a self-administered survey is not ethnographic data.

6/10/2009 6:08:11 PM

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"Someone framing their research from a globilization perspective should realize the problem in saying "American" participants to refer to people only in the U.S."

Yeah, you would think that. Makes me wonder how good this doctorate program is at Virginia Tech

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"do you expect to be able to draw any usable/useful conclusions from open ended responses from only 50 people?"

I seriously hope they do not.

6/10/2009 7:15:02 PM

warrenhl, please do some research on the effect of sample size on the uncertainty of correlation and regression analysis. With the sample size you're talking about you variance is going to have a magnitude similar to your means. At least look at: http://www.surveysystem.com/sscalc.htm

6/10/2009 9:58:14 PM

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"so ncsu wasn't good enough for a ph.d.?"

im sure as hell glad i didn't get my phd at ncsu.

good luck with your research!

6/10/2009 10:01:14 PM

^why?

6/10/2009 10:41:08 PM