And the results are in...

After 10 days, 3 reminder emails, and a few calls to various colleagues for help, my survey closed with 142 responses, a number I'm quite pleased with. I started glancing at the data, comparing some numbers, and planning on which numbers my analysis will be based. I have a plan, and will institute it shortly, but first I'm trying to get some of my introduction and methodology sections done for the actual paper part.

It feels great to finally get moving on this after so many months of dreading it. Now I'm just itching to fight through it and get it done.

Of course, at the same time, everything else in my life has gotten super busy. So that's wonderful.

And so it begins...

After several weeks, and a few attempts, my ethics application was finally approved. It took longer than expected, so I'm a few weeks behind where I wanted to be, but still in good shape to finish this whole thing on time. I ran everything by my boss, and got the OK that I could send it out, and fired my survey out to almost 4,000 people last night.

Realistically, I don't think 2,000+ will even read it. The nature of our newsroom would lead me to believe that most employees in our radio departments won't even know it's there, because they use the system differently. Of the 2,000 that DO read it, I doubt 1,000 will give it more than a look, meaning that roughly 1,000 people will read it and consider doing it. If 1 in 10, or 2 in 10 take it, I'll have between 100-200 reponses, which will make me happy. Any more than that, and I'll be thrilled.

The good news is that less than 16 hours in, I already have 39 responses, which pleases me. Let's hope this pace keeps up.