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13 CHAPTER 2. RESEARCH APPROACH 2.1 Introduction Successfully achieving a research objective requires a rigorous research framework.
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15 Construction, AASHTO Committee on Pavement and Materials, and AASHTO Committee on Knowledge Management. For the consultant survey, contacts were established by inquiring with STAs to gather contact information for qualified training and certification organizations and thirdparty construction inspection firms.
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18 outlines the responses collected for the consultant survey. Company names have been removed for the anonymity of the respondents.
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21 2.5 Interview Methodology The objective of the follow-up interviews with survey participants was to confirm questionnaire results and obtain additional information beyond the questionnaire where appropriate. The research team conducted both STA and consultant interviews, as summarized below.
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22 2.5.2 Consultant Interviews The consultant interviews aimed to examine the perspectives of third-party consultant firms that provide inspection services for transportation infrastructure projects regarding the training and certification, career development, lessons learned, and future challenges for construction inspectors. An interview protocol focusing on the consultant firms was developed based on the literature review, consultant survey questionnaire responses data, and internal discussions with the project team.
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23 2.6 Conclusions The research team used various research methods to execute this study, including a comprehensive literature review, two questionnaire surveys (STAs and consultants) , focus groups, and interviews (STAs and consultants)
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