The study was quantitative and the data were obtained from a questionnaire survey, conducted by a workgroup about dropouts at the University of Akureyri (UNAK) and submitted to the students in April 2011.
Rannsóknin var megindleg og voru fengin gögn úr spurningalistakönnun, sem unnin var af starfshópi um brottfall í Háskólanum á Akureyri (HA) og lögð fyrir nemendur HA í apríl 2011.