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Selection
of Interview Respondents
In seeking interview participants, we were interested in finding individuals who had not completed high school or the GED and were not currently attending an adult education program. Almost 2/3rds of our interview participants had participated in an adult education program at some point, although often for no more than two or three visits. In fact, despite the reported lack of participation in adult education programs across the state, we found it difficult to locate individuals who had never had any experience with adult education services. In selecting interview participants, we also wanted to locate both men and women of diverse ages, occupations, and educational experiences. This purposeful sampling technique resulted in 84 interviews, with approximately 10-17 interviews in each site.
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