Are you researching child protection in sport?
Have you ...
- identified a clear research question that interests you?
- chosen a good tutor with appropriate professional skills to help guide you through this topic?
- developed a research plan that is practical and feasible?
- access to the right type and number of participants?
- searched for relevant literature within and beyond sport? Have you found enough books, articles and reports?
- used clear working / operational definitions of what it is you wish to measure?
- accounted for both males and females in any samples?
- considered using quantitative and qualitative methods?
- maximised response rates?
- maximised validity through careful construction, pilot testing and subsequent editing/modification of questions?
- secured written, voluntary, informed consent from all participants?
- guaranteed confidentiality to all participants?
- used appropriate statistical or qualitative analysis methods?
- compared results from people in a range of different sport roles?
- got a budget to cover expenditure on travel, tapes, printing, postage, etc?
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