Mississippi State University Online Consent Form for Participation in Research


Title of Research Study: Job Seeking Skills Instruments

Study Site: The project will be conducted from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision.

Researchers: Dr. Michele McDonnall

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to have you complete an online survey about your career decision self-efficacy in order to assess the psychometric properties of an instrument.

Procedures: If you participate in this project, you will be asked to complete a survey. It will require approximately 10 minutes of your time.

Risks or Discomforts: No physical risk or discomfort is anticipated because of participation in this project.

Benefits: The information gained from the survey you will complete will help the researchers in evaluating the reliability and validity of the instrument.

Incentive to participate: There will be no financial benefits for your participation in this project.

Confidentiality: The information you provide in the survey you will complete will only be available to the researchers at the RRTC. We are not requesting your name so your responses will be anonymous.

Questions? If you have any questions about this research project, please feel free to contact Dr. Michele McDonnall at 662-325-2001.

For additional information regarding your rights as a research participant, please feel free to contact the MSU Regulatory Compliance Office at 662-325-3994.

Voluntary Participation: Please understand that your participation is voluntary. Your refusal to participate will involve no penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. You may discontinue your participation at any time without penalty or loss of benefits.

Please take all the time you need to read this document and decide whether you would like to participate in this research study. If you decide to participate, you may click on the following link to indicate your agreement to participate in this program.

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Do you agree to participate in the research study.

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