Ethical Implementation and Data Management in Study Design
This comprehensive guide covers key aspects of study design implementation, including ethical review, testing, fieldwork, data preparation, and data access protocols. It emphasizes the importance of ethical considerations, pilot testing, fieldwork monitoring, data quality checks, and ensuring data accessibility for ESRC and MRC-funded studies.
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Section 3: Sweep implementation From the CLOSER Learning Hub Module: Study Design
Ethical review Purpose: to ensure sweep is carried out in an ethical manner (secondary analyses do not require additional ethical approvals) Areas of consideration: Inclusion and exclusion criteria Participation of vulnerable groups Contact and consent Risk of harm Incentives Confidentiality and access control
Testing Pilot tests to ensure questions are clear to participants Some studies use actual study participants for pilot tests, others use separate sample Understanding Society Innovation Panel
Fieldwork (data collection) Notification of participants Interviewer training Monitoring of fieldwork: coverage and response rate Issuing of incentives
Data preparation Editing: checking data quality of the data and, if possible, correcting any errors. Coding: reducing non-numeric information (e.g. open-ended question) to a numeric form using a coding frame Anonymisation: replacing names with serial numbers and removing any responses that could disclose someone s identity
Data access ESRC-funded studies: data available via the UK Data Service (www.ukdataservice.ac.uk) MRC-funded studies: apply directly to the study team More details: www.closer.ac.uk/data- resources/access-data
