You are being asked to participate in a research survey entitled Measuring Civic Engagement and vMEMEs. The purpose of the research is to understand the predictors and development of civic engagement levels alongside the deep values systems existing among Chilean graduate student adult learners.

Please know the research activity is being conducted by the individual listed below under the supervision of Dr. Lorilee R. Sandmann, professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at the University of Georgia, and the results may be published.

Lisa R. Brown
Doctoral Candidate, Adult Education
University of Georgia
College of Education
850 College Station Road
416 River's Crossing
Athens, Georgia 30602-4811
706.542.3343
 lisab214@uga.edu 

As graduate students enrolled in university study, you are asked to complete an online questionnaire of 110 questions about your views on graduate education along with your own personal values. Your responses will be used to connect how you view your understanding of civic awareness and engagement. Additionally, the questions are designed to give a sense of your personal worldview and what you consider to be important as reflected in your deep value thinking (vMEMEs). There is no right or wrong answers. All of the statements are ordinary questions you might expect in a simple conversation. They are intended to show the differences in people and their perceptions in society. No matter how you respond to the questions, you can be sure that many people feel the same as you and share in your viewpoints.

There are no foreseen risks to you for participating and also please know that your participation is voluntary. You may refuse to participate or withdraw at any time without penalty or loss of benefits which you would otherwise be entitled to receive. Once you have submitted your results at the end of the survey, the researchers will not be able to return or destroy the information provided by you. You were selected to complete this survey as graduate student input is vital to this research.

We have formatted the survey in a way that all questions are required, as incomplete surveys cannot be properly assessed by the researcher.  Please note, if you are uncomfortable or do not want to answer any questions you are free to stop the survey and withdraw your participation. However, you are encouraged to complete the survey in it’s entirely, even if that requires two sessions for you to complete all the questions. On average the questionnaire should range between 45 minutes to 1 hour to complete in one online session. All of your responses will be confidential and will not be associated with your name or e-mail address. However, a unique identifier will be assigned to each respondent that has no meaning outside of the survey website.

Please note: Due to the limitations of the technology, internet communications are sometimes insecure; as a result there are limitations to the degree of confidentiality that can be guaranteed. Be assured that confidentiality is of the utmost importance and once the researcher receives the completed survey, standard security procedures will be followed. Additionally, no individual data will be reported, only statistically summarized data is presented. Moreover, if you feel uncomfortable with the risk to privacy with taking an Internet survey, you can open the PDF version of the survey instrument located at [http://tinyurl.com/English-PDFv-5]. Simply complete the survey by hand and then submit via fax (706-542-1262) or US mail at the address listed.

If you have questions, please contact us: principle investigator Lorilee R. Sandmann, Ph.D. , professor of adult education, at 706-542-4014 or sandmann@uga.edu or co-PI Lisa R. Brown, doctoral candidate in adult education, at 706-542-3343 or lisab214@uga.edu.

Additional questions or problems regarding your rights as a research participant should be addressed to The Chairperson, Institutional Review Board, University of Georgia, 629 Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center, Athens, Georgia 30602-7411; Telephone (706) 542-3199; E-Mail Address IRB@uga.edu.

Clicking the box is the indication of your informed consent. If you do not want to participate in this research project, simply close this window.  Please print a copy of this page for your records.