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PROJECT : Effects of social media on Academic Performance for College Students

Instructions

There are two distinct tasks for this assignment.

1. You will use the Qualtrics software to program the research materials (i.e., surveys) that you will give to participants. It is important to program your materials exactly how you want students to see them. Remember to register for your SNHU Qualtrics account by following the instructions on the 

Getting Started with Qualtrics
 website prior to beginning work on this milestone.
Be sure to incorporate the feedback that you received on your materials from your instructor on Milestone Two. Refer to the Qualtrics website and the instructional video for assistance. Please make sure to check the option to “Anonymize Responses” under Survey Options when creating your survey.

2. Compose an introductory message to your study participants, which you will use in the Collect Data From Participants task in this module. Refer to the 

Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubrics PDF

 document for specific instructions.

 

https://snhu.qualtrics.com

user:

laporscha.terrell@snhu.edu

password : GramFamily1901@

Step 1: Go to 
https://snhu.qualtrics.com and log into Qualtrics using your SNHU credentials.

Step 2: The first time you log into Qualtrics you will be prompted to agree to the Qualtrics Terms of services.

Step 3: After that, you will see this screen. To begin, click the blue box “Create new project” in the center of the screen.

If you have accessed Qualtrics before, please follow the next steps.

Step 1: You will land on “My Project” page. Click on the blue button “Create Project” at the right side of your screen to create a new survey.

Step 2: Click on Survey on the Catalog page that pops up.

Step 3: Then select the Get Started button on the menu that appears on the right.

Step 4: Give your survey a name and then decide how you would like your survey to be formatted.

Folders

You can sort your projects in folders, so you can find them much easier.

Starring Projects

You can star projects to mark them as important.

Question Types

The question types are at the left of the survey creation screen, near the top and the first one on the list.

Selecting the box will bring down a drop down menu of all the different question types that you can apply to surveys.

For now, we will only go over the first three: Multiple Choice, Text Entry, and Text / Graphic

Multiple Choice looks like this:

To add the question or edit, click into the text boxes marked Question or answers

Text Entry looks like this:

This questions allows you to give the participant freedom in answering. To add the question or edit, click into the text boxes marked Question.

Text / Graphic use this question for creating the introduction paragraph for the survey, adding a graphic or an image. To do this, you go to the menu on the left.  Here is an example of adding a graphic:

Go to Content Type and select the drop down menu to either edit Text, add a graphic, or to add a file.

To ensure a survey recipient completes the survey, go to 
Response Requirements.

Then turn on 
Add Requirements and make sure 
Force Response is selected.

Any changes require to your survey to be published. To test the survey for user experience, click preview.

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PSY 520 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubrics

Note that you are required to use Southern New Hampshire University students as research participants by using the PSY 510/520 Lounge in SNHUConnect
(link is located in the left-hand navigation menu). You are strictly prohibited from using individuals outside of Southern New Hampshire University as
research participants.

There are two distinct tasks for this assignment.

1. You will use the Qualtrics software to program the research materials (i.e., surveys) that you will give to participants. It is important to program your
materials exactly how you want students to see them.

Be sure to incorporate the feedback that you received on your materials from your instructor on Milestone Two. Refer to the Qualtrics website and the
instructional video for assistance. Please make sure to check the option to “Anonymize Responses” under Survey Options when creating your survey.

2. Compose an introductory message to your study participants, which you will use in the Collect Data From Participants task in Module Four. Use the
following guidelines to compose your message:

 Include a greeting and an introduction.

 Write a brief description of the survey to include:
“The survey is very brief and will only take about X minutes to complete. Please click this link [add URL] to go to the survey website, or copy and
paste the link into your internet browser.”

 Confidential and voluntary information required to be included prominently when students see surveys:
“Your participation in this survey is completely voluntary. You may refuse to take part in the research or exit the survey at any time without
penalty. You are free to decline to answer any particular question you do not wish to answer for any reason. All of your responses will be kept
confidential. No one will be able to identify you or your answers, and no one will know whether or not you participated in the study.”

 Include a motivational message encouraging participation:
“As a university student, you are part of an organization with a mission to create and increase knowledge. Research is the best strategy for
obtaining complete, unbiased answers to all sorts of important questions. You are also likely to have many opportunities in your life after SNHU
to participate in research or to make decisions about research participation for your family members. Therefore, we hope that you will take
advantage of participation in university research to contribute to new knowledge and gain some basic understanding of how research is done.”

 Reducing the Potential for Students to Experience Coercion
In the rare instances in which recruiting from one’s own class is permissible, researchers are expected to minimize the potential for students to
feel pressured to participate. There are various strategies for minimizing the potential pressure to participate. One way that researchers have
reduced the potential for perceived coercion is to design the study so that the instructor is blind to the identity of the participants (at least until
after the grades have been assigned). For example, a research collaborator can run the study and keep any identifying information from the
instructor. If a researcher designs a study in this way, two points are crucial:

 BEFORE being asked to participate, potential subjects should be informed that the instructor will not know who did and who did not
participate (at least until after final grades have been assigned).

 The research should be designed so that the instructor cannot infer who participated through indirect means (e.g., by seeing who walks
into a laboratory, by getting a list of who earned credit for participating in the study).

Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Submit your survey link and notification in a single Word document. Due by Thursday of Module Four at 11:59 p.m. of your local time
zone.

Note that you will want to revise items as advised by your instructor before contacting your participants.

Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Use of Qualtrics
Question Types

Question types utilized are all
appropriate to the item content
(100%)

Most question types utilized are
appropriate to the item content
(70%)

Question types are not
appropriate to the item content
(0%)

25

Qualtrics Items Spelling and grammar, word
usage, and punctuation are
impeccable. Items are
professional and polished
(100%)

No spelling, grammar, or
punctuation errors; word usage
may not be universal
(90%)

Some errors in spelling,
grammar, punctuation, and/or
word usage
(70%)

Errors in spelling, grammar,
punctuation, and/or word
usage interfere with
understanding
(0%)

25

Participant
Notification

Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
message is motivational. No
grammar errors
(100%)

Notification includes all
components of a complete
notification. No spelling errors.
Message is clear and easy to
understand. Step-by-step
instructions are easy to follow
(90%)

One element may be missing
and/or there are minor spelling
and grammar errors. Message
needs rereading or clarification
to understand
(70%)

Poor composition to the point
that the message is unclear and
difficult to understand.
Instructions are missing or
difficult to follow
(0%)

50

Earned Total 100%

PSY 520 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubrics

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