YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT
HOW & WHERE TO START?
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First stages
1. Turn your idea into a
suggestions?
research question
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Other issues to consider
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Where do I start?
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Libraries: contacts
2. Review the literature
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Links to useful websites
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Systematic Reviews
Participant Involvement
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Survey Design
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3. Design the study and
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Sampling
develop your method(s)
Statistical issues
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Qualitative and Quantitative Research
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Collaboration
Intellectual property
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Starting your research proposal
4. Writing your
Peer Review
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research proposal
Sponsor Issues
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Further help
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Advice about funding
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Costings checklist
5. Issues about funding
Salaries
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Paying consumers involved in research
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Why Ethics are so Important?
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Know your Ethics Committee
6. Obtain ethical and
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Contact your Trust R&D Office/RDSU
Trust approval
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Prepare your information sheets and
consent forms
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Research Governance