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University student looking for help for research project.

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Hello,

I am a 21 year old female, going onto my third year at university studying psychology.

I am about to start my own research project on autism. I have recently come back from working at a special needs camp in America, where I worked with children who were up and down the autism spectrum.  I have a high interest in autism and it is something I want to dedicate to my research.

I want to look at how having a child who has autism can affect a parents relationship with one another.

I was wondering if any parents on this forum would be willing to help me? Maybe conduct an interview with me, or fill in a questionnaire? All this will be done privately; no one else apart from my self will see this information.

If people are willing to, please let me know so I can have a rough idea of numbers.

Once I have decided if I will do a questionnaire base or interview based, I will let you know.

 

Any help would be very appreciated.

Parvana Huseinova.  

 

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  • It isn't good research ethics to do this sort of thing - consult your university/college research ethics committee.

    Collecting data in this way, being uncontrolled - you cannot accurately define the test population - can skew your results. Poorly controlled data is a reason you can fail.

    Also you cannot guarantee confidentiality. Even if you give your subjects false names or numbers, information disclosed may reveal identities or services. You cannot properly control confidentiality at undergraduate level.

    Thirdly, for obvious reasons, there are strict controls on collecting data about children. You could be thrown off your degree and even prosecuted for breach of codes protecting minors. There are proper procedures and safeguards for collecting data about minors or vulnerable adults. It can be done on an undergraduate dissertation, using the procedures - this isn't one of them.

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  • It isn't good research ethics to do this sort of thing - consult your university/college research ethics committee.

    Collecting data in this way, being uncontrolled - you cannot accurately define the test population - can skew your results. Poorly controlled data is a reason you can fail.

    Also you cannot guarantee confidentiality. Even if you give your subjects false names or numbers, information disclosed may reveal identities or services. You cannot properly control confidentiality at undergraduate level.

    Thirdly, for obvious reasons, there are strict controls on collecting data about children. You could be thrown off your degree and even prosecuted for breach of codes protecting minors. There are proper procedures and safeguards for collecting data about minors or vulnerable adults. It can be done on an undergraduate dissertation, using the procedures - this isn't one of them.

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