MONDAY, December 5th, 2011 Department of Research Business and Academic (SEISMIC) BEM Universitas Airlangga has visited the program about training research at Regional Economic Development Institute (REDI), a research institute in Surabaya. On that visitation, Department of SEISMIC has a chance to study about the world of research from the research team of REDI.
During on the spot, SEISMIC Team was accepted enthusiastic by the Director of REDI, Mr. Indra N. Fauzi and some of surveyors.
In that forum, we were explained about the history and development of REDI. “I built REDI with my friends since 2001 when Indonesia experienced an economic crisis. We thought that an economic research institute was needed. And that time, Surabaya didn't have an economic research college to solve the economic problems.”, said Mr. Indra N. Fauzi , Director of REDI and alumnus of FE Unair 1994.
Beside that, we shared about the experiences on collecting the datas. We also got the research knowledge like how to design the research, determine the population, sampling method, and make the questionnaire.
“Can you explain to us about the method to make a questionnaire?”, asked Yulia Eka Pratiwi, Deputy of Research and Business SEISMIC BEM Unair 2011.
“About the step of questionnaire making, we usually detailing research goals to be the topic reports. Then we appropriate that topic reports with our necessary to make data groups. The list of questions were made from the data groups.”, answered Mr. Indra N. Fauzi.
“Of course did not. We always do trial and error our questionnaire early by pretest and posttest.”, answered Mr. Indra N. Fauzi.
“We need 10-20 respondents to trial and error our questionnaire.”, he continued.
From this visitation, SEISMIK BEM Unair 2011 got many of knowledges and advices about the research method. This is the good beginning as the skill for doing and repairing the next research. (*er)
SEISMIC BEM Unair
took a picture with team research of REDI
