Office of Educational Research

SCIENCE

 

FEASIBILITY/
RESOURCES

 

REGULATORY

 

STEP 1

DEVELOP
YOUR
      RESEACH  IDEA        

 Find a Topic of Interest

Review the Literature

Formulate Your Research Question
Consider Feasibility Complete Human Research Training – CITI

Determine If Your Project
is Human Subject Research

STEP 2

REFINE YOUR
RESEARCH IDEA

 

 Identify a Theoretical
Framework or Model

Describe Relationships
Between Concepts

Review the Literature Again 

Consider the Impact of Your Study		 Begin Thinking About Feasibility Issues

 

 

Determine Whether Your Project Requires
Preliminary Work

 

 

STEP 3

DEVELOP YOUR
RESEARCH DESIGN
AND METHODS

 		 Refine Concepts and Operationalize Variables 

Develop Measures – Units of Measure and Analysis

Select a Research Design

Define your Sampling Strategy 

Specify Hypotheses  		 Identify Potential Research Subjects

Identify Study Team Members

Develop a Timeline

Consider Budget Requirements		 Consider Risks of the Research and Appropriate Protections for Human Research Subjects

Identify Your Scientific
Review Officer (SRO)

STEP 4

COMPLETE A
COMPREHENSIVE
RESEARCH PROTOCOL

 		 Refine Measures

Refine Data Collection Tools

Develop or Select Coding Schemes

Define Analyses

Basics of Hypothesis Testing

Effect Size, Power and Sample Size

Reliability and Validity		 Meet with Research Team

Define Roles, Responsibilities, Expected Contributions and Authorship 		 Complete Your IRB Application

Submit for SRO Review

Submit for IRB Review and Approval 

STEP 5

IMPLEMENT PROTOCOL AND COLLECT DATA 

 Pretest Research Procedures

Recruit Research Subjects

Collect Data

Organize Your Data Set		   Organize and Maintain Study Documentation

Protect Research Data

Attend to IRB Post-Approval Requirements

STEP 6

DATA ANALYSIS

 		 Review and Clean Data

Conduct Data Analyses		 Consider time involved to prepare and analyze data

Consider resources needed for a statistician

Meet with Research Team
 Attend to IRB Post-
Approval Requirements

STEP 7

REPORT RESULTS

 

 Identify Appropriate Journals

Prepare an Abstract

Select Analyses for Reporting

Report Analyses

Prepare Manuscript or Research Report 		Consider time involved to prepare and analyze data

Consider resources needed for a statistician		 Attend to IRB Post-
Approval Requirements 

Contact

Julie Irish, Director
Office of Educational Research
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
617-667-3023

Contact

Anna Johansson, Assistant Director
Office of Educational Research
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
617-667-8969

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