Participation criteria for survey completion Sample Clauses

Participation criteria for survey completion. Participants for the survey were intentionally selected for convenience due to the limitations of time and funding. Convenience sampling—i.e., “whoever will stand still long enough to answer your questions” (Xxxxxxx 2006, 191)—was a major source of respondents. The survey was originally intended to be conducted in a higher number of provinces, but due to time constraints and geographic distance, the provinces where surveys were administered included those with collections open to the public and archaeological sites, as well as the main site of research for the Nexus 1492 project. The researcher worked with the assumption that people would be more willing to answer survey questions or participate in an interview if they were within a locality that had a known Indigenous heritage collection or archaeological site. The study is considered a first step toward establishing connections with members of the educational, heritage, governmental, and local communities, and the Indigenous heritage collection in their geographical area, to make of these collections more inclusive cultural meeting points. Instead of a stakeholder analysis, the survey sought to identify how respondents use collections and how they think connections can be made. Public school teachers participating in the Universidad Autónoma de Xxxxx Xxxxxxx’x Certificate Program on Art and Folklore at the La Romana Campus were surveyed, in an effort coordinated by the anthropology class instructor and the campus director. Tourism students from the Cap Cana Campus of the Universidad Iberoamericana in La Altagracia province were also able to complete the survey through the coordinated efforts of the campus’s executive director. Art students from Xxxxxx’s School of Design in La Romana Province filled out the survey with the permission of the Vice-Xxxxxx of the School and the Xxxx of Students. Students enrolled in different areas of study at the Universidad Católica de Santo Xxxxxxx who participated in a special tour of the Altos de Chavón Regional Museum of Archaeology for an anthropology class completed the survey thanks to the coordination of the university instructors who accompanied the students on the museum field trip. Responses were obtained from a few local archaeologists, members of the local press, artists, art teachers, and university professors. Cooperation of some participants were secure by circulating the printed survey at professional meetings regularly attended regarding museum collaborati...