FERMIN, STEFANIE ASHLEY ROSE A.

BSA - IV

1. Explain the obligation of the respondents in research data gathering.

- Completely read the consent form and ask the researchers any questions you may
have. You should understand what will happen to you during the study before you
agree to participate.
- Know the dates when your study participation starts and ends.
- Carefully weigh the possible benefits (if any) and risks of being in the study.
- Talk to the lead researcher if you want to stop being part of the research study.
- Contact the researchers with complaints or concerns about your participation in the
study.
- Report to the lead researcher immediately any and all problems you may be having
with the study drug/procedure/device.
- Fulfill the responsibilities of participation as described on the consent forms unless
you are stopping your participation in the study.
- Tell the lead researcher or the person you are working with on the study when you
have received the compensation you were promised for participating in the study.
- Ask for the results of the study, if you want them.
- Keep a copy of the consent form for your records.

2. Discuss researcher’s responsibilities to the respondent in the conduct of research.

- Researchers are employed to advance knowledge. You have a responsibility to

develop the capacity for “independent, honest and critical thought” throughout your
career
- Researchers have a responsibility to communicate their research, to collaborate with
others where appropriate and to transfer and exploit knowledge for the benefit of
your employer, the economy and society as a whole
- Researchers have a responsibility to behave honestly and ethically in the course of
their research. More detailed guidance on research ethics is available
- The ultimate responsibility for the personal and professional development of
researchers lies with the individual researcher.

3. Identify some problems that you foresee in the conduct of your research. What possible
strategies will you employ to prevent or minimize these problems?

1. Financial crunch

Researchers face perpetual struggle to secure and sustain funding. The researchers
tend to opt for short-term projects, which can sometimes be insufficient to study complex
research questions. This means researchers make choices based on what would keep the
funding bodies and their institutions happy. However, the consequences of these choices are
an increasing number of published papers with substandard quality and low research
impact.

2. Poor study design in published papers

 Poorly designed studies have become a major concern for schools. One of the
primary reasons behind this problem is that statistical flaws in published research often go
undetected. Since breakthrough results are valued the most, researchers feel compelled to
hype their results in order to get published. Moreover, they tend to focus on particular
patterns in data and manipulate their study designs to make the results more attractive for
the journals.

3. Lack of replication studies

The inability to reproduce and replicate results is a major problem plaguing research.
Inherent problems in studies also hinder replication, such as inadequate data and
complicated study design. . Most journals prefer publishing original and groundbreaking
results because replication studies lack novelty. Researchers and funding bodies are
reluctant to invest their resources in replication studies on similar grounds.

4. Lack of adequate and accurate communication

Researchers are partly responsible for this because they lack time or sometimes the
inclination to engage with the public about their research work. Therefore, the public is
largely dependent on the media, which is often blamed for misconstruing facts. The
competitive nature of academic research is also responsible for poor communication of
research. In an attempt to grab attention, sometimes researchers, universities, and even
journals mislead the public by hyping the results or promoting only positive results.
However, the researchers should take the responsibility of projecting an accurate picture of
research to the public so that they can become cognizant of issues and have a say in the way
their tax money is invested in research.

4. Interview at least two people who have conducted research. Inquire from them about
problems encountered in the data gathering stage and how these problems were solved.
Share your findings with your teammates.

> “The problem that we encountered during data gathering was that the company
we interviewed had a code of confidentiality and were therefore unable to give us the
complete data that we needed. Even if we swore to keep it confidential and said it was
required for our thesis, they still refused to give us the data. The only way that me and my
partner worked around it, is to ignore the missing data and build our thesis based on the
data we have already gathered.”

Orrigin James A. Vergara

San beda College Alabang

BSBA Financial Management Graduate Year 2019

> “Misinformation ng tao, syempre di naman lahat ng tao my idea sa research na

ginagawa natin. Yung naging solution don is giving time para magbigay ng brief knowledge
about sa ginagawang research and para may idea rin sila sa magiging purpose nito.”
 “Human information, of course not everyone has an idea of the research that we are
conducting. The solution that we have made is to give time to provide brief knowledge
about the research being done and for them to have an idea of its purpose and significance.”

Carl Andrei D. Bulawan

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

BS Mechanical Engineering 2nd Year Student

5. Discuss how you will motivate respondents to participate in your research.

- Provide an Incentive

Incentives are extrinsic motivators and generally increase response rates to surveys
in all modes, including phone-based, mailing, Internet, and panel studies. Monetary
incentives tend to increase response rates more than gifts, and prepaid incentives increase
response rates more than lotteries or promised incentives delivered upon survey
completion. Unsurprisingly, increasing the amount of the incentive also increases
participation rates.

- Appeal to Intrinsic Motivation

Some participants can be motivated to take your study if they feel their responses will make
a difference. To attract these participants, be sure to include the benefits or impact
participants’ responses will have in the study invitation.

- Provide Personalized Feedback

Many people participate in research studies to learn something, whether about

themselves or the study being conducted. If you can provide respondents with either
immediate or delayed information on their responses, response rates will likely increase.

For example, when respondents received personalized feedback about their scores
on the Big Five personality inventory, they were more likely to rate the survey as interesting
and fun. Like providing incentives, the quality of the data in this study didn’t differ
significantly between participants who received personalized feedback and those who
didn’t.

- Share the Findings

When possible and if it makes sense, offer to share the results of the findings with
respondents. For example, Consumer Reports regularly surveys its millions of members to
answer reliability data about their cars. In return, Consumer Reports provides an aggregated
set of responses to participants.