Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:55 am
Mills, thank you for responding to my post ...
I fully agree with you that it is best if surveys are complemented with in depth interviews ... the problem with me is that I do not live in Cyprus nowadays, and I am restricted to doing most of my work via the computer. So interviews are for now impossible to me personally ... if I had some research partners who are permanently in Cyprus, then they could take over the qualitative part while I continue with the surveys ... but so far I have not found anybody.
As for two-barreled questions ... yes, I am aware of the problem. But the questionnaire was very long already and I could not afford to separate questions in the way that you propose. Besides, I asked it in the way that I believe it would be realistically feasible for such schools to operate: I cannot see bicommunal schools in Cyprus operating under any other authority, except the Federal Government, since that will be the only authority co-administered by the two communities ...
As for your remarks about the Annan Plan ... yes, I am glad to hear you confirm my suspicion/conviction that the Annan Plan was deeply flawed in the issue of education ... in fact, education was not at all discussed in the plan, as if schools do not have a role in re-unifying a country.
Anyway, I hope you find someone else to give you a scholarship, because the work you want to do is important ...
Have a nice day ...
I fully agree with you that it is best if surveys are complemented with in depth interviews ... the problem with me is that I do not live in Cyprus nowadays, and I am restricted to doing most of my work via the computer. So interviews are for now impossible to me personally ... if I had some research partners who are permanently in Cyprus, then they could take over the qualitative part while I continue with the surveys ... but so far I have not found anybody.
As for two-barreled questions ... yes, I am aware of the problem. But the questionnaire was very long already and I could not afford to separate questions in the way that you propose. Besides, I asked it in the way that I believe it would be realistically feasible for such schools to operate: I cannot see bicommunal schools in Cyprus operating under any other authority, except the Federal Government, since that will be the only authority co-administered by the two communities ...
As for your remarks about the Annan Plan ... yes, I am glad to hear you confirm my suspicion/conviction that the Annan Plan was deeply flawed in the issue of education ... in fact, education was not at all discussed in the plan, as if schools do not have a role in re-unifying a country.
Anyway, I hope you find someone else to give you a scholarship, because the work you want to do is important ...
Have a nice day ...