After a short brief was given to us by our tutor, we soon decided on a letter format written by the three members of another group who acted as soon-to-be Media students at LJMU.
We told our peers to act as if they were very curious about the ins and outs of the course eg. how much of the course will be based on practical? , how many hours will i spend at university? what is the success rate of the course? As the questions were open-ended, we were able to gather a lot of information about what exactly the existing students wished they would have asked the university so they knew more about the course and whether they made the right choice.
Compared to quantitative data, I found the results of qualitative data much more useful in terms of detail, as i was able to analyse the data and get a clearer idea of what specific questions the students wanted to ask LJMU before they came to university. In response to the question at the beginning of the post, i can answer the question with answers such as more people wanted to know how long they'll be in uni for, how much time is recommended for direct study, if they'll be meeting new people and many more. The method of the letter worked very well for us as a group and i can guarantee it will for future group/individual data collection projects. I was happy collecting as much data as possible as too much data is better than too little data.
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