LIB 110: Finalizing the Research Determination Form & Turning in Worksheets

Research Determination Form

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Project Director: Dr. Justin Rogers-Cooper
Phone:
E-mail: jrogers@lagcc.cuny.edu, (group contact email)
Mailing Address
Project Title: (Group Project Title here)
College: LaGuardia Community College
Department/School: English

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In notes, each group member should know the definition of "human subject," "intervention," "interaction," and "private information." These terms should appear in the proper context in the Research Determination Form application.

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A. Duration of Project

Groups should describe here the following (in sentences):

- the overall length of the project (this semester)
- the length of the time they will be INTERACTING with HUMAN SUBJECTS
- the length of time they expect to VIDEO with HUMAN SUBJECTS
- anything else

B. Description

Groups should produce a one page rationale (broken into unified paragraphs) that addresses:
- the reason(s) for the project
- the motivation for the project
- what questions the project hopes to answer
- how the data will be collected (specifically the dates, the persons, who in the group will collect it)
- how the data will be analyzed (who will do the analysis, and when)
- what data from living subjects is involved
- what the student's ethical policies are for approaching human subjects and interviewing them
- describe the end project (what kind of video they are making, what the video will look like, what they want audiences and viewers to learn from the video, whether the video is going into their e-portfolio)

C. Description of human subjects
- Descriptions must be specific (names, dates, locations)
- more detailed description of what data students are going to collect and how it will be analyzed

D. Recruitment plan
- exact dates and times that specific group members will recruit human subjects
- detailed description about how group members will recruit subjects

E. Comments
- anything groups want to add

Worksheet Reports

All future reports about what individuals did for the group should be as specific as possible to receive credit.

If the report says someone "typed up some information" and someone else "typed up some more information," you must report what information was typed up and for what purpose.