The quantitative research was in the form of a questionnaire on the web, consisting of 48 questions into the background of the participants, such as education, work-experience and form of hiring, arrangement and evaluation of home base contact, communication with supervisors and the home base contact persons experience of their work.
Megindlega rannsóknin var í formi spurningalistakönnunar á vefnum. Um var að ræða 48 spurningar þar sem spurt var um bakgrunn tilsjónarmanna, svo sem menntun og reynslu, ásamt ráðningarformi, tilhögun tilsjónar, mati á tilsjón, samstarfi við yfirmenn og upplifun tilsjónarmanna af starfi sínu.