Feasibility & Ethics in Doctoral Research How the IRB can

Feasibility & Ethics in Doctoral Research How the IRB can help! Annabelle Goodwin, PhD Heather Miller, PhD Jenelle Dembsey, MA

Feasible and ethical research should go hand in hand in order to promote research success How long do you think it will be to access the participants or data that you want to use? How will you that? How do you ensure that it is ethical? Who do you need to talk to? How many different data collection strategies are needed for you to answer your research question? feasible ethical ethical feasible

Who are the gatekeepers?

How will you access the gatekeepers? When thinking about gatekeepers consider who they are while setting up the study. When will data be collected? Who will give permission? What do you need to do to establish a relationship? Follow processes that may exist (hospitals, schools, businesses)

What is your role? Understanding this makes a difference with your research. As a novice Researcher? You may need access: to data to people in your local setting to resources As a professional in the local setting? You may have access: to data to people to resources However, for your research you may not be able to use your ‘professional’ access.

Ethical Research Considerations What is your role as doctoral student? Are you in a position of power in your local setting? Could you unknowingly put your stakeholders at risk? What about the possibility of not knowing, but being coercive?

Welcome to our guests! Annabelle Goodwin – Inclusion – How this makes a difference in your research Jenelle Dembsey- Accessibility

It’s important to consider what you are asking and not to limit your options How can I be inclusive of gender in my data collection? Answer Gender is no longer recognized as binary. All documents involved in research that ask for gender/sex must provide inclusive options. Consider the example below: Gender: Please select your response from the options below. Woman Man Transgender Woman Transgender Man Gender Queer/Non-binary I prefer not to answer (open) I prefer to self-describe

Accessibility Consider the accessibility of your study design for disabled participants Contact Jenelle ( [email protected]) for help with: Using digital accessibility principles in online surveys, social media posts, websites, Word, or PowerPoint Providing flexible options for participation in your study

Possible Feasibility Challenges What are you asking and how are you asking it? Are you asking questions you need to know the answers to? How much time is it going to take for participants? Additional Considerations Complex Research Site Permission Data Usage Agreements and Contracts Vulnerable Populations Military or VA Research Prisoner, Parolee, Probationer Research

Be prepared and ask questions early. Please visit our IRB website and please check out the resources we have re: recorded webinars (important when it comes to recruitment and eligibility criteria). Do you need to use a company to help you recruit participants? Qualtrics & Survey monkey can recruit participants Do you have an incentive? Can your research ‘help’ your local setting so you have more buy-in?

Remember that the IRB is here to help you!