Category: Research

Last time, I continued walking you through some of the sections of the REB application and giving you tips for completing them. This week, I will go through the remaining sections in the application and give you some general tips and reminders about the REB process. Full disclosure: I am a member of the REB […]

 Last time, I began walking you through some of the sections of the REB application and giving you tips for completing them. This week, I will go through the more sections of the application. Next time I will wrap things up! Full disclosure: I am a member of the REB (2012-present). These are my personal […]

Another topic requested in the survey I sent out in December is how to fill out the REB application, so that’s the topic for today, but it’s too big a topic to approach in one post, so parts 2 and 3 will be in the next 2 editions!My first tip is to make sure you […]

In December, I asked for your feedback via a survey. One of the comments in it requested information about the types of research projects that are the quickest and easiest to produce. The short answer to that is that projects requiring no new data collection (i.e., those which collect data through secondary use approval) will […]

There are always risks when conducting research, though these are usually minimal (i.e., no greater than participants encounter in their everyday lives). Note, however, that the level of risk varies a little based on your group of participants. For example, students can expect very little danger in their daily lives, but if your participants are […]

This topic was requested in the survey I sent out in December. Note: some of the information below was included in previous editions. The first step to any research project is to complete the TCPS2 Core Certificate (https://tcps2core.ca/) if you haven’t already. But the step of the research process that stumps people the most is […]

 Before we begin, a reminder that a research question is a specific, testable question that clearly identifies the variables of interest. It identifies the scope and goal of your research project. Last time, we looked at how to develop a research question from scratch. This time, I will outline some other places you can find […]

Today, I’d like to provide some guidance about research questions. This will be a two-part feature. Part 1 will include a description of research questions and guidance to help you develop your own. For Pat 2 (in 2 weeks), I will focus on how to use other sources as inspirations for your research questions. A […]

Today, I’m continuing on the topic of journals and publishing your work in Part 2 of this blog. Part 1 was posted a couple of weeks ago and included a description of various types of publications, types of article reviews, and a brief overview of the publication process. This time, I will focus on responding […]

 Today, I’d like to provide some information about journals and publishing your work in journals. This will be a two-part feature; Part 2 will be sent in a couple of weeks. Part 1 will include a description of various types of publications, types of article reviews, and a brief overview of the publication process. Next […]