Data Collection
Several pieces of data were collected via this survey. All data were collected through an
online survey produced from Survey Monkey (2014). All completed data were then sent to the
Survey Monkey online database to be collected and analyzed. The majority of the data collected
from the survey pertained to the students’ usage of both in-print and digital texts within their
college courses. The data also provided information about the students’ attitudes towards using
each type of text. Finally, the data provided information regarding the academic success of the
students, in terms of their expected final grade for the course in which they used this textbook.