Data analysis
Returned questionnaires were separated from envelopes and
assigned an identification number by the author (LT) with
little knowledge of the Australian research community. Data
from the closed questions were entered into spreadsheets.
Data from open questions were coded using the open
coding method of grounded theory (Strauss and Corbin
1991), with line by line examination of responses and the
development of a coding tree that represented the discrete
ideas underlying each sentence or word. These data were
independently coded by two examiners and any discrepancy
was resolved by consultation.