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2.Research Process

For the purpose of gaining insights into each project partner’s current situation and describing stakeholders’ views, we decided to use a quantitative survey-based research method. Around Sport #WithoutWaste, many stakeholders could be considered to participate in the survey. Based on accessibility for all project partners, this survey covered two essential stakeholder groups: those who participate in Sport #WithoutWaste events, and those who organize them. These two target groups hold essential information which will help us understand important perspectives about the implementation of Sport #WithoutWaste events.

Research Methods

Quantification of certain details can help us accurately understand specific aspects of the world. Generally, a quantitative approach can be seen as a way to remove oneself from a specific environment and practice an objective view of the components we wish to study. Quantitative studies also allow us to easily reach larger target groups, ensuring thus a reliable result (O’Leary, 2017). Quantitative data can be statistically analysed, making this research approach less difficult to apply in projects that bring together different project partners. From quantitative results, knowledge about specific populations can be deducted. While existing data has informed this research design, its aim is to generate new primary data about our participants, which can then be compared to, differ from, or support the conclusions drawn from project partners’ first-hand experiences (O’Leary, 2017).

Data Collection

Based on this research approach, we conducted a quantitative survey. The survey was cross-sectional, as it aimed to only include a sample of the target groups which could represent them and allow us to generalize our findings (O’Leary, 2017). Questions were developed after receiving information from each partner organization. Partners were able to provide context-specific feedback. Answer options were designed as a Likert scale from 1-5. The survey included both open and closed response questions. All project partners were provided with a handbook

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