Aviation Safety Field Research

Aviation Safety Field Research

• You will be conducting your field research on a safety-related topic.  It can consist of gathering survey responses AND interviewing.  Briefly describe a possible field study topic you may pursue for this assignment, and provide a few examples of survey questions that you might include in your field research.  If possible, make it aviation-related.
• How interviewing fits into this field study.  Provide a few examples of interview questions you would ask the participants in your study.  Describe some of the challenges you think you would face if you conducted an interview field study.
• Briefly describe the nature of your field study; the purpose, participants, procedure, etc
• What issues or problems did you face in conducting your field study?  What would you have done differently now that you are nearing completion?  That is, what lessons learned did you gain from your experience in conducting this study?
• Summarize the results of your field study…were you surprised by your findings?

Findings of the Field Study should be presented in an easily assimilated format using appropriate statistical procedures, when necessary, and graphic presentation of data results that fully capture the essence of the findings