After the first field visit, during which Shreya, Sachet, and Rupal conducted in-person recruitment, resulting in 11 valuable responses. This blog post delves into the challenges we faced and the valuable lessons we've learned.
Out of the 10 respondents we initially recruited, 5 successfully completed our survey. To ensure their rewards, they provided their completion codes to Alice, allowing her to promptly arrange their survey incentives. Capitalizing on this opportunity, Alice encouraged these respondents to extend the survey link to their fellow college students. Regrettably, our proactive outreach also elicited some unexpected and unanticipated responses.
After reaching out to Alice's phone number, we received not only responses from potential survey takers but also inquiries about the phone recharge procedure. Consequently, some of the additional survey responses lacked the quality we desired.
We now have a total of 11 responses, but upon closer examination, we found that 3 respondents finished the survey in less than 10 minutes. This raised concerns about the quality of their responses. Consequently, we decided to exclude these three responses, leaving us with a more focused sample of 8 participants, comprised of 5 women and 3 men.
We noted that the average time taken to complete our survey was 25 minutes, which is considerably lengthy and might exceed the attention span of our participants. Recognizing that quality is paramount, we have decided to trim down the survey length before the broader rollout.
Among our respondents, five have been in a romantic relationship, while only three have ever held hands. Additionally, two respondents have kissed, and one has engaged in pre-marital sex. It is intriguing to note that approximately 60% of both men and women within their college environment express interest in romantic relationships. However, when it comes to sexual relationships, only 40% of women are inclined towards them, compared to 60% of men. These preliminary results shed light on two key points:
a) A societal norm favoring women's chastity seems to exist.
b) We must streamline our survey and rephrase certain questions to enhance clarity.
With Rupal gearing up for the next round of in-person recruitment, we need to make these changes promptly!
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