Seven out of the ten women who had been asked to evaluate the questionnaire preferred the second format as the questionnaire though longer than the first was easier to complete with minimum writing required.
Each African university was visited and, prior to the visit, key staff were asked to complete a detailed needs mapping questionnaire, though, like the emailed questionnaire, this was not well completed by most universities and was not subsequently analysed for this paper.
A Microsoft spokeswoman, Jennifer Crider, declined to comment on the European Commission questionnaire, though she said the company had already received antitrust clearance in the United States and Canada and was working with other global authorities on similar approval.
The questionnaire, though pre-tested, was not validated.
De Lange et al. [59] provide a detailed, worked example of how to develop a network questionnaire, though it should be noted that the exact type of questions asked and their informativeness is likely to depend on the nature of the group being considered.
A total of 1312 people (response rate 44%) answered the questionnaire, though only 80 answered via the Internet.
In this questionnaire though, it would be impractical to set longer answering scales because the respondents might get confused.
