Consent Form and Interview Protocol

  • Whether you plan to get IRB approval or not, Consent Form and Interview protocol are necessary for your data collection.
  • Assignment:
    • You are required to submit three sets of documents: (1) consent form, (2) Interview Protocol, and (3) RQ & IQ match form
    • No page limit.

Content

Criteria for grading

Points possible

Your points

Consent Form for Interview

  • If your participants are adults, use the consent form.
  • If your participants are under age 12, use the assent form under age 12.
  • If your participants are over ag 12, use the assent form over age 12.
  • Use the template as it is – Only change the red-colored sentences. Do not mix with other forms.
  • Information in the consent form should be specific enough, so that participants can fully understand what will happen during the interview process.

Interview Protocol

  • Your interview questions should be matched with your research questions.
  • Your interview questions also should be matched with the interview type (unstructured interview, semi-structured interview, or structured interview).
  • Your interview questions also should be matched with your research design.
  • For general qual, ethnography, case study, and grounded theory research, you will prepare approximately 10 – 15 main questions. Include possible probing questions as much/little as you see fit.
  • For phenomenological study and narrative inquiry, you will prepare approximately 2-3 main questions. Include at least 10 possible probing questions.
  • Include a way to follow up with them as well as them with you.
  • It should have three sections; (1) introduction including your research topic and research purpose/questions, (2) actual interview questions, and (3) closing paragraph.
  • Use “Interview Protocol Template” as a guideline.
  • Once you finish your interview, you cannot go back. Think hard to generate the best set of interview questions, which can help you to answer your research questions.

RQ & IQ match form

  • You accurately identified the connection between your research questions and interview questions.
  • Write out your RQs, but only list numbers for IQs.