Dave Provo.st
A Diary Study at NC State

Goals & Workplan

Goals

  • Work with a broad team to identify problems and questions that can be answered by a diary survey
  • Learn about development and deployment process of a diary study
  • Recruit and train a diverse participant pool
  • Assess and present data gathered through a diary study

Workplan

August

  • Work with User Experience team and possibly other departments to identify programmatic goals of survey
  • Contact Organizational Strategy department
    • Assess IRB approval needs and begin IRB process if needed
    • Identify potential population(s) for recruitment

September

  • Design study instrument in collaboration with UX team
  • Develop and refine questions
  • Develop survey instrument and procedure
  • Recruit and train diary study participants

October/November

  • Deploy survey and support participants through study period
  • Gather survey data and prepare report