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2012 PROCEEDINGS - Public Relations Society of America

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Table 1<br />

Data Collection Procedures<br />

Theme Participants Objective Activity<br />

Theme finding<br />

Question<br />

refinement<br />

Instrument<br />

refinement<br />

Pilot tests<br />

<strong>Public</strong> relations<br />

practitioners<br />

<strong>Public</strong> relations<br />

practitioners<br />

<strong>Public</strong> relations<br />

practitioners<br />

Former clients <strong>of</strong><br />

COMM140 and<br />

other applied<br />

courses/student-run<br />

firms<br />

Find the themes/categories<br />

that should be included in a<br />

survey on outputs <strong>of</strong><br />

student-run public relations<br />

firms and applied courses<br />

Refine the questions based<br />

on the themes and<br />

establish/refine question<br />

categories<br />

Refine the instrument,<br />

including instructions,<br />

packaging, and question<br />

improvement<br />

To ensure usability <strong>of</strong> the<br />

instrument in different<br />

situations and to continue<br />

instrument refinement<br />

Focus groups,<br />

memoing, observation,<br />

tape review, coding<br />

Focus groups,<br />

memoing, observation,<br />

tape review, coding<br />

Focus groups, use <strong>of</strong><br />

AEA instrument,<br />

memoing, observation,<br />

tape review, coding<br />

Interviews, use <strong>of</strong><br />

AEA instrument,<br />

memoing, observation,<br />

tape review, coding<br />

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