Week 11: Advancing Research Methods Knowledge

Question 1

What initial steps should you take?

Answer 1

• define your idea/problem
• research topic
• what do you know already
• what are the gaps in the literature/research

Question 2

What are the next steps?

Answer 2

• define your question, PICO
• set your aims and objectives
• consider your methodology and design

Question 3

What is a research design?

Answer 3

How the research project is set up (quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods)

Question 4

What are other key parts to plan when advancing research methods?

Answer 4

• the sample
• data collection
• data storage
• data analysis
• timeline
• ethics

Question 5

What are key documents within research?

Answer 5

• research protocol
• participant information sheet
• informed consent form
• templates of surveys, interviews, other methodology design documents

Question 6

Define research protocol

Answer 6

A document that is essentially the instructions for the research project, containing introduction aims, objectives, research questions, methods and ethics

Question 7

Define what a participation information sheet contains

Answer 7

• invitation
• summary
• further details
• style

Question 8

What is informed consent?

Answer 8

A consent form should normally be used to record the consent process and a participant’s agreement to take part in research study, with initial box after each consent points