Consent forms and standardisation/randomisastion.

Question 1

what is the purpose of a consent form?

Answer 1

to gain CONSENT from each participant

(given to parents/guardians if the participant is under 16)

Question 2

what does a consent form formally explain?

Answer 2

-PURPOSE of the study
-PROCEDURE of the study

Question 3

what are the steps to creating a consent form?

Answer 3

-gaining CONSENT
-PURPOSE of study
-PROCEDURE of study
-ETHICAL considerations (right to withdraw, confidentiality, etc.)

-space for a DATE and SIGNATURE

Question 4

what is the advantages of explaining the purpose of the study?

Answer 4

-reduces D.C’s and investigator effects by STANDARDISING what is said by researcher and so, standardising the EXPERIENCE of the participants.

Question 5

what is the purpose of a debrief?

Answer 5

-deal with the ethical issues of deception
-ask any questions
-final right to withdraw data

Question 6

what is standardisation?

Answer 6

Using EXACTLY the same procedures, environment, information and instructions for ALL participants e.g. standardised instructions

Question 7

what is randomisation?

Answer 7

Use of CHANCE when designing MATERIALS and ORDER of conditions e.g. order of a word list: put all of the words into a hat and then the first 20 words will be in word list A and the rest in B