[Msw] MSW Survey

[Pamela Hammond]

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Information about Being in a Research Study

Texas A&M University-Commerce

 

Factors Influencing Career Goals of Students Pursuing a Master of Social
Work Degree and Comparison to Students Pursuing a Master of Business
Administration Degree

 

Description of the Study and Your Part in It

 

Dr. Linda Openshaw and Anna Pereida are inviting you to take part in a
research study. Anna Pereida is a student at Texas A&M
University-Commerce in the Department of Social Work, running this study
with the help of Dr. Linda Openshaw. The purpose of this research is to
assist schools of social work and business administration understand the
role that personal values and professional aspirations have in the lives
of their students.

 

Your part in the study will be to complete a survey that asks for your
perspectives  on the factors that influence your career goals.

 

It will take you about 30 minutes to be in this study.

 

You may click the following link or type the following URL into your
address bar to begin the survey: 

 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MSWStudentsCareerGoals

 

Risks and Discomforts

 

There will be minimal risks, no more than that expected in daily life.  

 

Possible Benefits

 

We do not know of any way you would benefit directly from taking part in
this study. However, this research may help us to understand the
perspectives of graduate students of social work or business
administration.

 

Incentives

 

No financial or other compensation will be offered.

 

Protection of Privacy and Confidentiality

 

We will do everything we can to protect your privacy and
confidentiality. Responses are anonymous, and the survey tool and survey
software that we are using ensures that we cannot connect any specific
answers to any individual completing the survey.  We will not tell
anybody outside of the research team that you were in this study or what
information we collected about you in particular. If completing the
survey via Survey Monkey, Data will be stored in an electronic password
protected file and only the Principal Investigator (PI) will have access
to the data.  Alternatively, students who participate in the survey via
hard copy distributed in class will turn in their completed instruments
to their instructors, who will then provide the principal investigator
with completed survey instruments.  Hard copies of the data will be
stored and secured in a locked file box in the PI's home office.  Only
the PI will have access to the data.  All data will be disseminated in
the aggregate, further protecting individual participants.

 

Choosing to Be in the Study

 

You do not have to be in this study. Participation is voluntary. You may
choose not to take part and you may choose to stop taking part at any
time without penalty. You will not be punished in any way if you decide
not to be in the study or to stop taking part in the study. If you
decide not to take part or to stop taking part in this study, it will
not affect your grade in any way.

 

Contact Information

 

If you have any questions or concerns about this study or if any
problems arise, please contact the researcher at 

 

Anna R. Pereida

Department of Social Work

Texas A&M University-Commerce 

903-449-2436

apereida at leomail.tamuc.edu

 

or the advisor at

Dr. Linda Openshaw

Department of Social Work

Texas A&M University-Commerce

903-468-6095

Linda.Openshaw at tamuc.edu

 

If you have any questions or concerns about your rights in this research
study, please contact the IRB Chair at 

 

Dr. Carmen Salazar

Chair, Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Commerce, TX 75429-3011

(903) 886-5634

Carmen.Salazar at tamuc.edu <mailto:Carmen_Salazar at tamu-commerce.edu>  

 

Consent

 

If you are participating in the survey via an online survey site, by
beginning the survey you acknowledge that you are at least 18 years old,
have read this consent form, have understood the above information, and
agree to voluntarily participate in this research.

 

If you would like a copy of this form for your reference, you may print
this out.

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