Another survey for the social scientists

robyn.owens — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:45:00 GMT

If you are a doctoral student in the social sciences and are at the stage of writing your dissertation, you might be willing to fill in another online survey regarding supervision - this one relates to another student's research on this topic. The details of her request are given below:

The central purpose of my doctoral research is to examine factors that may influence satisfaction with the doctoral research experience. My study proposes that understanding and applying concepts of supervision, communication and personality can be significant in creating quality research experiences for students in higher education. In order to learn more about what makes the doctoral research experience satisfactory, however, I need to collect data from a large number of students doing doctoral research. Your involvement in providing the requested information is therefore very important and appreciated.

Directions:

Please follow the link given at the bottom of this letter and complete the online survey.
Read the instructions to each survey section carefully.
After completion, send the survey to the indicated drop box.
Your participation in this study is voluntary and the information obtained will remain completely confidential. No one, except the researcher, will see the completed survey. You are free to withdraw from the study at any time.
There are no “right” and “wrong” answers. Please select the option corresponding to your personal perception.
Please answer ALL questions on this survey. The entire survey should not take more than 15-20 minutes.
The survey is divided in five parts:

(a) Doctoral Research Experience

(b) Communication with the Research Supervisor (Advisor)

(d) Personality

(e) General and Demographic Information

If you have any further questions regarding the study, feel free to contact nwieland@aiias.edu.

By clicking on the following link you indicate your willingness to participate in the present study and you will be directed to the survey.

https://online2.aiias.edu/limesurvey/index.php?sid=41471&lang=en

OSCAR - a survey of supervision

robyn.owens — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:57:00 GMT

All research students should recently have received a letter asking them to complete an online survey on supervision. The survey questionaire is called OSCAR - On Supervision, Candidature And Research. It only takes a few minutes to fill in, but the results will give us valuable information about where to focus our resources in order to improve things for you and for future students. Your participation is encouraged.

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Another survey for the social scientists

OSCAR - a survey of supervision