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In other e-mail based surveys , the questions are posted to newsgroups , which then require the users to extract the message and proceed as above . As one part of that study they are launching a web based survey for individual teachers , instructors and researchers using or producing OER . For the RIA , which is measuring total effects , we believe the establishment based surveys provide a more reliable count . The Board 's studies , usually government-wide in scope , are conducted through a variety of research methods , including mail and telephone based survey research , on-site systems reviews , written interrogatories , formal discussions with subject matter experts , computer-based data analysis , and reviews of secondary source materials . Traditional e-mail based surveys require the user to perform text entry , usually by placing X 's in boxes or typing numbers , then sending the message off to the surveyors . During the first week of the course , you will learn ecological techniques , including field based surveys , sampling , and monitoring of ecosystem processes and laboratory based analysis of data using basic statistics and geographic / remote sensing techniques to describe ecological processes and patterns .