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Approval and Standards for a Survey of Students
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Student
Survey Standards
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| 1. Importance: The overall importance of the
survey. Does it provide useful information for academic
planning purposes? Does it provide useful feedback to
those providing services to students? Does it provide
the University with useful information on the experience
of students at Northwestern? Is the survey of national
importance? Are other peer institutions conducting the
survey, and will peer data be available? |
| 2. Dissemination and Use of Information Collected:
Who will have access to the information collected and
how will they use it? Will it be presented to the President,
Provost, Vice-Presidents, Deans, Directors, and other
line managers who might be better informed in making decisions
related to students as a result? |
| 3. Content and Design of Survey: Is the survey
designed well? Is the content appropriate? Does it follow
sound survey methods and practices? Is it of appropriate
length? Are the questions easily understood and interpreted? |
| 4. Population and Sampling Methodology: What
is the target population? Will the entire population be
surveyed, or a sample? If the latter, what is the sampling
methodology and is it sound? If the former, is a sample
an option that should be considered to lessen the burden
on students? |
| 5. Timing: When will the survey be conducted?
Does it overlap with other student surveys? Is it conducted
at a time during the academic year when students are likely
to respond? |
| 6. Overall Impact: What will be the impact of
the study? Will the study negatively impact the University?
Does the survey overburden students? Does the survey divert
important University resources away from other more important
projects? |
| 7. Resources: What resources at NU
will be needed in order to conduct the survey? For example,
the creation of mailing databases, designing samples,
designing the survey instrument, piloting the survey,
designing a Web application for the survey, conducting
a mail or phone survey, data entry and coding, etc. |
Materials
Needed for Decisions on Student Surveys |
| 1) General scope of the project (statement of purpose) |
| 2) Design of survey instrument/questionnaire,
and any other research methodology documentation |
| 3) Population to be studied, and sampling methodology |
| 4) Timing of data collection/survey |
| 5) NU resources/information required (mailing
labels, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, etc.) |
Institutional Review Board |
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is designated by Northwestern University (NU) to review, to approve the initiation of, and to conduct periodic review of research involving human subjects or materials obtained from human subjects. Federal law and/or NU policy mandates prior written and dated IRB approval of all such research regardless of the funding source. The Institution's Federalwide Assurance Identification number as filed with the Department of Health and Human Services is FWA 0000-1549.
http://www.research.northwestern.edu/research/OPRS/irb/ |
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