1. When Good Research Goes Bad
RPC Brownbag – April 18, 2018

2. Research Without Regret! From Decision Advancer
Missing information.
We already know that!
You came to that conclusion?
Wrong process!

3. Challenges of International Research
Carefully considered the questions to ask.
Conferred with Survey Research Lab
Translation double-checked in U.S.
Sent off and waited, and waited, and waited.

4. No results
Finally in-country discovered the following image was what people were looking at…

5. Lesson Learned
Always have a person in-country test your survey for content, format and more.
Drop and pick survey method may work best, but give yourself plenty of time.

6. Mileage May Vary – Don’t Make Assumptions
Make sure your method meets the needs of your subjects
Make sure your partnerships understand how sponsored projects work
Make sure you are working through the correct agency
Be prepared for disappearing partners and changing plans
Be aware of the possibility for pre-funding disasters.
When writing IRBs, “weasel words” help, especially with interview questions.
Semi-structured interviews with possible questions are a good idea.
“This survey may take 30 minutes or less to complete.”
Non-exempt projects require extra time for approval
Leave enough time for interviews (even if some are really, really short).

7. Some suggested tools
Basic Search Tools for Information Sciences Research
Research Methodology for the Social Sciences and Health
Common Research Methods in IS
Survey Research Lab/ Scholarly Commons
Savvy Researcher
Center for Writing Studies
Conferring with colleagues – This links to the Research Consultation Scheduler

8. Thanks for coming and sharing today!!!!!
Research and Publication Committee Members: Lynne Rudasill (Chair) – Merinda Hensley - Shuyong Jiang - David Morris - Carissa Phillips - Angela Waarala -