Lecture Five Flashcards
Research Objective & Background
IRB Research Protocol
Used to submit a proposed study for IRB consideration
Describes various aspects of the study:
- Purpose, background, and research objectives
- Design (design type, sampling methods, vulnerable populations, approvals)
- Participant considerations (confidentiality, withdrawal, benefits/risks, compensation, approvals)
Class Discussion & Group Work -> Assignments -> Protocol
Components of IRB Research Protocol
- Objectives: study purpose, aims
- Background: literature review, rationale, and significance of the research; citations
- Design (e.g., ethnographic, experimental, interventional; use of control group, etc.)
- Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
- Vulnerable populations
- Recruitment methods (sampling)
- Research procedures
- Research settings
- Resources and Qualifications
- Other Approvals (IRB only)
- Provisions to Protect the Privacy Interests of Participants: privacy, informed consent
- Confidentiality: data storage, management
- Withdrawal of Participants: circumstances, procedures (simple if survey)
- Risks to subjects
- Potential Benefits to Participants
- Economic Burden to Participants
- Compensation for Participation
- Informed Consent
- Waiver or Alteration of Consent Process
- Drugs and Devices
- Sharing of Results with Participants
- Collaboration
Part 1: Objectives
Describe the purpose, specific aims, or objectives of this research. Specifically, explain why it is important to do the study.
1. State the problem in broad terms
a.) Announces your topic
b.) Establishes importance by describing impact, consequences
c.) Includes citations if possible
2.) Describe the purpose of your study
a.) Includes the broad constructs and design type (e.g., survey)
Part 1: Objectives Continued
Problem:
“Statistics anxiety is highly prevalent among graduate college students, and may contribute to poor performance and delayed enrollment in statistics and research courses, as well as procrastination on course assignments (Onwuegbuzie, 2004). This is an increasing problem, as the need for statistics knowledge is increasing among professions, especially the social sciences, which has led to expanding numbers of students enrolling in statistics courses (Bradstreet, 1996). Statistics anxiety has been linked to serious negative psychological outcomes including depression, anger, negative emotionality as well as physiological problems and procrastination (Onwuegbuzie et al., 1997).”
Purpose:
“The purpose of this study is to conduct a short, online survey exploring whether a relationship exists between statistics anxiety and perfectionism among a cohort of college students.”
Research Question
Similar to the problem and purpose, the research question identifies the constructs (variables) and type of relationship being investigated, as well as the population.
- What is the relationship between screen time and language fluency for elementary school-aged children?
- How satisfied are parents of high school students with Autism Spectrum Disorder with their children’s transition services?
- How do perceptions of support for ASHA’s professional practice domains vary among clinicians from different demographic groups?
Reminder: Formulating the Research Question
A research question should identify several of your study’s key components:
- Who are you going to be evaluating (students, family, professors)?
- What specific construct are you researching (operational definition)?
- Where will you conduct this study (campus, work, online)?
- When will you conduct the study, and how long will it take (including preparation)?
The “why” of the study should be clarified by your interest and prior research.
The “how” comes later (design)…
Formulating the Research Question Continued
Use the W/H questions to add details to a topic…
- Effects of stigma on the use of hearing aids
- How work setting impact SLPs’ mental health
- Services and technologies available for deaf and hard of hearing students
- The role parental beliefs play in acquiring intervention services
…and make it a research question.
- How do adults perceive children with visible hearing aids?
- What work environmental factors impact SLP mental health?
- What services and technologies to support DHH patients are used in Stony Brook Medicine?
- What is the relationship between parental attitudes and acquisition of SLP services?
The FINER criteria are basic principles for a good research question:
- Feasible (ample participants, time, $)
- Interesting
- Novel (confirms/refutes/extends previous findings, or finds something new)
- Ethical
- Relevant (research, clinical)
Part 2: Background
Provide the scientific or scholarly background, rationale, and significance of the research based on the existing literature and how it will contribute/fill in gaps to existing knowledge.
- Defines key constructs and terms based on prior studies
- Describes existing research and outlines the current study’s place
- Identifies gaps/challenges in the existing research
Narrows the paper’s focus towards the current study
Include complete citations or references: Bibliography in APA format
Part 2.1: Completing the Literature Review
The foundation of this section is a search and review of the existing literature. Using the Library EBSCO search, you must locate, read, and summarize dozens of studies to help narrow down your topic and describe the research that precedes your own.
When collecting and summarizing research articles, you should seek to answer (and take notes on) several key questions:
- What was the purpose of the study?
- What specific variable(s) did they measure?
- Who were the participants?
- How was the study conducted?
- What did they find?
- What do their results mean for the future?
To complete this review, you must search, read, and summarize relevant studies:
- 1-2 sentences to define the purpose and each key construct/variable
- 1-3 sentences per study, describing the constructs, design, and results
- Rinse and repeat for each relevant article
- Group articles according to the variables explored, methods used, findings, chronology, etc. - introduce with topic sentences
