Survey

=Survey= // Questioning the Potential Users //

Click [|HERE] to download a copy of our survey. Or come [|HERE] to take the survey online!

The **survey** participants were selected from each member's **Facebook** accounts, or people they were in contact with. Participants were told to click the **link** and just //answer// the questions. **No** //prior information was given//. Then after completing the survey, participants were told if they wanted more information about our project to come visit this **wikispace**.


 * The TechNation survey was created using [|PollDaddy].


 * Our team focused on **qualitative** questions.


 * We had to rephrase many questions because we did **not** want to focus on **leading/hypothetical questions**. For example: If you had an old iPod, would you donate it to a third world country? Yes/No


 * We did not want the participants of the survey to feel like the **questions** touched them on an **emotional** basis or for a **charity** cause.


 * We focused the questions on c**ell phones** and **laptops** because we are targeting **university** students. We did not feel the need to ask about televisions and music devices because we did //not// want the questions to become **repetitive** and **boring**, thus //distract// people from finishing the survey. (How many do you own, why did you buy another one? etc...) Cell phones and laptops are key communication tools amongst all cultures. They are mobile devices and portable which allow people to communicate and/or use the Internet to eliminate geographical boundaries and distance.


 * 10 questions was the **maximum** that could be created using [|PollDaddy], but that worked out for us because it encouraged us to keep the survey **precise** and **straight** to the //point//.


 * Our team would **observe** which age range uses the most technological devices and the reasons **why** they dispose of them in whatever time frame.


 * We want to see if those who took the survey are **aware** of thrid world technological problems and in what ways could the third world nation be technologicalyl enhanced, **without** asking //straight-up// "would you donate your technology to third-world nations?"