Herb Heskeths Weblog

Had a meeting with Mary today @ 2pm to discuss my progress on the project. She made a few suggestions:

- Research methods will be the discussion of the survey, such as why I am using a web-based survey, not a random sample but a planned sample. Aim at least 100 businesses to get 10 results back. The number of results is not important as long as the process is carried through.

- I can use some of the questions from the security survey by otago university but have to acknowledge the fact that the survey is based on questions from the otago survey.

- Start the literature review of the report, report on the research of the data security technologies. I will have to analyse what I have, and get the data security technologies from that.

- Write in the report on each of the data security technologies.

- For the meeting on 27th of Wednesday @ 2pm, bring the plan of the survey design including, why I am using a survey instead of other research methods, a list of businesses I will be sending the survey to (including manager names, and e-mail address). How I will be conducting the survey, other possible sites to host the survey, how will I get the the results back.

- In conjunction with the survey design research for this week, I should be working on the literature review as well. 25 questions is fine for a survey as long as the questions are simple. Bring a sample of example questions to the meeting on Wednesday.

- Read the Questionnaire Design paper which Mary gave to me.

Thats all I can think of at this stage,

You will hear from me soon,

Cheers,

Herb