From Study to Work: Methodological Challenges of a Graduate Destination Survey in the Western Cape, South Africa

Autor/inn/en	du Toit, Jacques; Kraak, Andre; Favish, Judy; Fletcher, Lizelle
Titel	From Study to Work: Methodological Challenges of a Graduate Destination Survey in the Western Cape, South Africa
Quelle	In: Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 39 (2014) 7, S.853-864 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-2938
DOI	10.1080/02602938.2013.875118
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Telephone Surveys; Response Rates (Questionnaires); Education Work Relationship; Information Sources; College Graduates; Online Surveys; Comparative Analysis; Statistical Analysis; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Antwortkontrolle; Information source; Informationsquelle; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Statistische Analyse; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Current literature proposes several strategies for improving response rates to student evaluation surveys. Graduate destination surveys pose the difficulty of tracing graduates years later when their contact details may have changed. This article discusses the methodology of one such a survey to maximise response rates. Compiling a sample frame with reliable contact details was most important, but may require using additional sources of information other than university records. In hindsight, graduates should have been contacted prior to the survey to introduce it and stress its importance, while email and postal reminders appeared to have a limited effect on non-respondents. Due to varying response rates between participating universities, online responses were augmented with a call centre administering the survey telephonically to non-respondents. Although overall differences between online and telephonic responses appeared to be small, certain question items may need to be treated with caution when conducting telephonic surveys. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10