LCI Informed Consent (CD5)

Background Information

This class, the Lean Canvas for Invention (LCI) is being developed as part of an NSF grant. We hope to pilot, test, and validate the effectiveness and feasibility of the LCI framework that includes mentoring, technical skill development, and career components.

In this assignment, you will have an opportunity to consent to your data being used (in aggregate form) to compare your end-of semester outcomes to a sample of electrical engineering students who did not participate in the class.  For example, one research question we have is, "Do students who have taken the LCI course have greater confidence in their ability to conduct research than those who did not take the LCI course?"  Know that when we aggregate data, we remove any identifying information, so your confidentiality is protected. 

We hope that you will allow us to use your aggregated pre and post survey data (as well as other survey data we collect) to evaluate the effectiveness of this course. Although completion of the assessment tools within the course is a required component of the course, you can  agree to have your data aggregated and used for research purposes or decline to have your data used for research purposes.

Know that you are free to withdraw your consent at any time without reason or penalty.  Declining to have your data used for research will not impact your grade in any way.

Instructions

Please review the LCI Informed Consent Form:  Informed Consent Document Download Informed Consent Document 

After reviewing the form, decide if you consent to having your data used for research purposes. 

Provide us with your consent (YES/NO) by copying and pasting one of the following sentences in the online submission portal:

YES, I consent to having my data used for research purposes as explained in the informed consent document.

NO, I do not consent to having my data used for research purposes.