Subject: [Tweeters] Birding Survey Remnider & Thank you!
Date: Apr 14 11:53:39 2009
From: Amy M. Hartell - ahartell at uoregon.edu
Dear Tweeters,
Thank you for your response to the survey. It has been terrific! If you haven't completed the survey there are only two days left to complete the survey. Please consider taking the time if you have not already. It only takes 20-30 minutes and your responses are very important to my research. The survey will close at midnight on Wednesday APRIL 15, 2009. Following is the background information and links necessary to participate. Thank you all again for your time.
Dear Birding Enthusiast,
My name is Amy Hartell and I am a student in the Department of Landscape
Architecture at the University of Oregon. This survey is part of my unfunded
Master?s Project about how to better design birding trails and tour routes for
everyone including people with disabilities. My research needs your
perceptions. I am interested in how people?s knowledge, skill, motivation and
future expectations shape their birding experience.
Data collected from this survey will be used to identify preferred birding
experiences and how they may be provided for all kinds of birders and design
for habitat conservation education. I am also seeking information on an
important subgroup of birders, those with disabilities. The results of this
survey will help me develop better design guidelines for locating and building
birding trails and tours.
Leaders of your birding organization(s) have agreed to give you the
opportunity to participate in this survey either by emailing the survey for me
to their membership or by providing access the survey through a birding
listserve, electronic newsletter, or website.
Completion and submission of the survey is voluntary. Completing and returning
the questionnaire constitutes your consent to participate. The survey does not
ask for any personally identifying information such as names, addresses, and
phone numbers. If you do not wish to participate, simply discard the
questionnaire. Responses will be completely anonymous; do not put your name
anywhere on the survey. The survey is intended for anyone age 18 or older and
considers themselves a birder. Completion of the survey will take 20-30
minutes. The survey may be taken through Survey Monkey (a secure online survey
service) or by completing a writable pdf form and returning it as an
attachment to ahartell at uoregon.edu. You can find the writable pdf on the
Portland Audubon website: http://www.audubonportland.org/local-birding/survey
You may keep this letter for your records. If you have any questions regarding
the research, contact Robert Ribe (faculty advisor), department of Landscape
Architecture, (541) 346-3648, 230 Lawrence Hall University of Oregon Eugene,
OR 97403-5234. If you have any questions regarding your rights as a research
subject, please contact the Office for Protection of Human Subjects at the
University of Oregon, (541) 346-2510. This Office oversees the review of the
research to protect your rights and is not involved with this study.
LINK TO SURVEY THROUGH SURVEY MONKEY:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cxlublFiM6992fty1mYbKg_3d_3d
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey to help with my
studies. THE SURVEY CLOSES APRIL15, 2009.
Sincerely,
Amy Hartell
ahartell at uoregon.edu
541-892-0680