Study #08-12890

Indiana University- Bloomington

Study Information Sheet

Just Be Opinion Survey

You are invited to participate in an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Just Be presentation given by the Women In Computing group of Indiana University.

Information

This study is comprised of two surveys asking questions about 1) Your background 2) The meaning of 'diversity' 3) How 'diversity' may influence the field of computing. Each survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete (for a total of approximately 20 minutes). The first survey will be available from noon on February 27th to noon March 3, 2008. This should be completed before you go to your A110 lecture section on March 3. The second survey will be available from noon on March 3 to noon on March 5, 2008. The second survey should be completed after seeing the Just Be presentation on March 3. We anticipate approximately 200 students will participate in these optional surveys.

Benefits

The study will help inform the Women In Computing group (and the Just Be committee more particularly) if their presentation meets its goals. These results will be used guide future updates to the Just Be program.

Each survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Confidentiality

The Women in Computing group will receive copies of the survey responses with all personally identifying information (e.g. usernames) removed. The personally identifying information provided by this survey will be given to Prof. Pope to award extra credit points. It will not be generally distributed in the Women in Computing group. The personally identifying information will only be available with the survey responses until the pre- and post-surveys have been matched up. It will never be released in a publicly available manner.

Compensation

Students who participate will be awarded five extra credit points by Prof. Pope towards their final grade. Participation is not mandatory, and you may elect to write a 120 word essay on a topic specified by Prof. Pope instead of taking these surveys to receive the same five points. You may not do both. Deciding not to paricipate in the survey will not negatively affect your grade.

Contact

If you have any questions at any time about the study or procedures, you may contact the principal researcher:

Suzanne Menzel
Department Computer Science
School of Informatics
150 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Indiana University 
Bloomington, IN  47405-7104
Phone: 812-855-0778
E-mail: menzel@cs.indiana.edu

If you feel you have not been treated according to the descriptions in this form, or your rights as a participant in research have not been honored during the course of this project, you may contact the office for the Indiana University Bloomington Human Subjects Committee, Carmichael Center L03, 530 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47408, 812/855-3067, or by e-mail at iub_hsc@indiana.edu.

Participation

Your participation in this study is voluntary; you may refuse to participate without penalty. If you decide to participate, you may withdraw from the study at anytime without penalty and without loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. To withdraw from this survey, do not press the 'submit' button on the survey. If you withdraw there will be no record of your participation.

By clicking on the link below I am indicating that I have read this information form, and agree to take part in this study.

Information sheet date:  February 26, 2007

Take the Pre-Survey (Available February 27th to March 3rd)
Take the Post-Survey(Available March 3rd to March 5th)


IRB Approved
Approval Date: February 27, 2008
Expires: March 28, 2010