Survey

=Comment Key= Kent, Kenny, Katie =Survey= Construct a survey in the College of Education's [|online] survey tool. You will need to have 20 respondents for the survey analysis assignment, but they need not be from your actual study population. We will also need to write a one-page paper explaining what population we will survey (ideal and for the purpose of this class), what we hope to learn from the survey (the big-picture questions that will be answered), our thoughts on the reliability and validity of our survey, and what we learned from the process of constructing a survey.
 * I propose we write/collaborate on the survey and paper using this wiki.**

Introduction
Thank you for responding to our team's request. We are interested in determining if a military member's personal social media use can be used to predict a willingness to participate in Government-to-Citizen communication. The 17-question survey is short and should take approximately five to ten minutes to complete. Your personal information and responses will remain anonymous, and the data collected will not be used in any official government capacity. //What do we want to know about the respondents?// Demographics. Are they contributors to social media? How do members use social media for personal use (This question is addressed by numbers 6, 7, and 8)? I propose they be replaced with blue 6, 7, 8, and 9. What is the quality of the information on their military branch? What are some questions that could be answered via social media? || (Active, Reserve, Retired, Civilian) || (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Public Health Service) || (E1-E7, O1-O10, Civilian ) || (M, F) || ( 17-20, 21-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+ ) || (Y, N) || (Note: This question will divide the respondents into active and non-active internet users. ) || LIST (Daily, Every Other Day, Weekly, Monthly, Rarely) || (Y, N) || (Y, N) || (Daily, Every Other Day, Weekly, Monthly, Rarely, Never-I only read information ) || (Read a blog, Created a blog, Commented on a Blog, Uploaded photo(s), Uploaded Video(s), Watched video clips. Listened to radio online, Created a social network profile, Actively managed a social network profile, Visited a friend's social network page) || // Should we just give a list here and leave an option for Other with a fill in line? // || (Y, N) || // Should we just give a list here and leave an option for Other with a fill in line? // || (Y, N) || // Should we just give a list here and leave an option for Other with a fill in line? // || //What do we want to know about the respondents' attitudes towards social media?// ||
 * ==**Demographic Questions** (at least 5)==
 * **Question** || **Response Type** ||
 * 1. What is your current military status? || MULTIPLE LIST
 * 2. What is your service component? || SINGLE LIST
 * 3. What is your current rank/ grade? || SINGLE LIST
 * 4. What is your sex? || SINGLE LIST
 * 5. What is your age? || SINGLE LIST
 * 6. Do you view social media sites when in an off-duty status? || SINGLE LIST
 * 6. On average, how often do you use the internet for any purpose?
 * 7. Have you ever visited any social media sites (some examples being Facebook, MySpace, Wikipedia, Blogosphere, Flickr, Linkedin, Twitter, and YouTube) || LIST
 * 8. Do you currently have any active accounts on social media sites? || LIST
 * --If yes. On average, how often do you post information to your active social media accounts? || LIST
 * 9. Which of the following have you ever done using social media on the internet? (Select all that apply) || SELECTABLE LIST
 * ====== --If so, which do you visit? ====== || FREE TEXT
 * ====== 7. Do you view military social media sites while off-duty? ====== || SINGLE LIST
 * ====== --If so, which do you visit? ====== || FREE TEXT
 * ====== 8. Do you contribute to social media sites while off-duty? ====== || SINGLE LIST
 * ====== --If so, to which do you contribute? ====== || FREE TEXT
 * Note: If possible, the above questions should use conditional logic so that only applicable questions display. In other words: contributing is dependent upon viewing, “if so” questions are dependent upon the parent question, which device(s) used is dependent upon viewing, etc. ||
 * ==**Likert Questions** (at least 10)==
 * **Question** || **Response Type** ||
 * ====== 1. How likely are you to subscribe to an RSS feed from military sites? ====== || //Not at all likely, a little likely, moderately likely, very likely, extremely likely, don't know// ||
 * ====== 2. How likely are you to subscribe to an audio podcast from military sites? ====== || //Not at all likely, a little likely, moderately likely, very likely, extremely likely, don't know// ||
 * ====== 3. How likely are you to subscribe to a video podcast from military sites? ====== || //Not at all likely, a little likely, moderately likely, very likely, extremely likely, don't know// ||
 * ====== 4. If you read a blog post about a military service, which you believe contained incorrect information, h ow likely are you to post a comment stating your beliefs? ====== || //Not at all likely, a little likely, moderately likely, very likely, extremely likely, don't know// ||
 * ====== 5. How likely are you to post a blog covering military issues or concerns? ====== || ====== //Not at all likely, a little likely, moderately likely, very likely, extremely likely, don't know// ====== ||
 * ====== 6. How likely are you to upload a military video of some military service that you feel promotes the your military service in a positive light? ====== || ====== //Not at all likely, a little likely, moderately likely, very likely, extremely likely, don't know// ====== ||
 * ======7. How likely are you to use social media as a tool to communicate with other service members? ======

|| ====== Not at all likely, a little likely, moderately likely, very likely, extremely likely, don't know ====== ||
 * ======8. How likely are you to communicate with the public, in an official capacity, using social media? ======

|| ====== Not at all likely, a little likely, moderately likely, very likely, extremely likely, don't know ====== || //What additional information do we want from the respondents?// ||
 * ======9. How likely are you to refer other service members to military social media sites?====== || ====== Not at all likely, a little likely, moderately likely, very likely, extremely likely, don't know ====== ||
 * ======10. How likely are you to refer non-service members to military social media sites?====== || ====== Not at all likely, a little likely, moderately likely, very likely, extremely likely, don't know ====== ||
 * ==**Open-ended Questions** (at least 2)==
 * **Question** || **Response Type** ||
 * ====== 1. What information about the military have you gathered from social media sites? ====== || FREE TEXT ||
 * ====== 2. What information would you like to see the military place on social media sites? ====== || FREE TEXT ||

Ideal Population
1.5 Million active duty military members serving in the United States Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard. The individuals will be nominally segregated into active internet users, defined as using the internet daily or every other day, and non-active internet users. Active internet users will be nominally segregated into consumers and non-consumers of social media. Consumers will be nominally segregated into contributors and non-contributors.

Ideally, handpicking a representative sample from a population size of 1.5 million active duty military members would require a sample size of 384, which would provide a confidence interval of 5% and a confidence level of 95%. Determined using Sample Size Calculator at []

Actual Population
Actual survey respondents will be limited to the total number of military personnel accessible to the group. The minimum sample size is 20, while the predicted sample size is 40.

What we hope to learn
We hope to generalize the research conducted by J Cummings, AP Massey, and V Ramesh to military members. Their research centered around the hypothesis that members of an organization who actively consume and contribute to social media in their personal lives, will be more likely to communicate using social media organizationally. This survey is an attempt to compare military members who contribute to social media, with those who do not, and their willingness to participate in military social media initiatives.