Informed Consent

Informed Consent

Introduction

The population of the study comprises of college students of United States of America. A total of 20 respondents will be chosen based on random sampling. Researcher administered interviews will be conducted from the identified respondents.

The research approach will be qualitative, since addressing the mentioned hypotheses require detailed answers, which is not possible through quantitative research. Qualitative research explores a given phenomenon in order to provide further understanding and enhanced knowledge (Creswell, 2005). Qualitative research questions are generally broad, and the numbers of subjects in the study can be small. In qualitative methods, the researcher depends on the observations or experiences of the participants (Creswell, 2009).

The questions asked in the interview will be related to the experiences of participants. The value of this research will be based on the responses of the participants.

It is the proposed objective of qualitative studies to provide a perspective about issues and their reports well documented in the study. To analyze the data, detailed notes of the participant's responses will be taken. The gathered data will be properly coded through a classification system representing the theme for the participant's responses; thus, permitting data accumulation and analysis.

The data will be identified through collected data. Written comments and open ended questions will be asked from the participants.

Interviews will be conducted with the participants on predetermined date and time. It is the duty of the researcher to ensure the participant that his/her responses will be kept in secure locations and that their identity will not be revealed in any case. Doing so is necessary because maintaining ethical standards is amongst one of the primary objectives of the research. Confidentiality of the responses will be ensured by not mentioning the names of the participants or their departments. The research anticipates any ethical issues which may arise as a result of this study. This study will make sure that the identity of participant and their responses should be kept confidential and that the identity of participants is not revealed in any circumstances. The researchers respect the rights and values of the participants (Neuman, 2005).

Project Title

Role of Sleep Deprivation and Social Networking Websites in Poor Academic Performance

Invitation to Participate

You are invited to participate in a study of the impact of lesser sleep and Facebook on poor academic performance and on study time being conducted by PSY 432 class both face to face, as well as online. The researchers are students of Chadron State College

Basis for Participant Selection

You have been selected for participation in this study because you are a college student and you know the significance of excelling in your academic career. Good grades are always the key to good GPA(s); and, it appears that lesser hours of sleep and social networking websites, for instance, Facebook may lead to poor performance in the academic career of a student and can cause a waste of a year's hard work (Kelly et al, 2001). Since, this study only aims to observe the results of the above mentioned factors ...