Information about Being in a Research Study Clemson University
Learning to and from Sustainable Homes Description of the Study and Your Part in It
Leidy Klotz, Julie Martin, and Frederick Paige are inviting you to take part in a research study. Frederick Paige is a student at Clemson University, running this study with the help of Clemson University Professors Dr. Leidy Klotz and Dr. Julie Martin. The purpose of this research project is to better the design process of creating sustainable housing, and to help improve the energy literacy of society.
Your part in the study will be to participate in a case study in which you will be interviewed, observed, and surveyed to share your thoughts on your understanding of energy and a sustainable home’s educational potential.
You will be observed once with the time of observation being dependent on the event being observed (approximately an hour or longer). You will be interviewed once, each interview taking approximately 45 minutes. You will be asked to take a five-minute survey once.
The observation and surveying will be conducted at the home and an interview can be scheduled for a time and location convenient for you.
Risks and Discomforts
We do not know of any risks or discomforts to you in this research study. Possible Benefits
Participating in this research may help to improve both your understanding of energy and society’s understanding of energy.
Protection of Privacy and Confidentiality
We will do everything we can to protect participant’s privacy and confidentiality. We will not tell anyone outside of the research team who was a participant in this study or what information we collected about a participant in particular. You have provided your
name but that information will not be stored with your responses. Interview transcriptions and recordings will be labeled with pseudonyms that are incomplete parts the address visited which are not sufficient to link responses to participants. Any demographic information will be general and not sufficient to link responses to participants. Photos, video, and audio recordings of study participants will be collected and used for data analysis only. The home will be photographed and photos of the home will be published with permission of the homeowner. As an added safeguard, the collected information will be stored on an encrypted external hard drive only accessible to research team members (Klotz, Martin, and Paige). The secured data will be kept indefinitely for use to defend any allegations of scientific misconduct.
Choosing to Be in the Study
You do not have to be in this study. You may choose not to take part and you may choose to stop taking part at any time. There are no repercussions if you decide not to be in the study or to stop taking part in the study.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about this study or if any problems arise, please contact Leidy Klotz at Clemson University at [email protected].
If you have any questions or concerns about your rights in this research study, please contact the Clemson University Office of Research Compliance (ORC) at 864-656-6460 or [email protected]. If you are outside of the Upstate South Carolina area, please use the ORC’s toll-free number, 866-297-3071.
Consent
I have read this form and have been allowed to ask any questions I might have. I agree to take part in this study.
Participant’s signature: ____________________________________ Date: _________________
A copy of this form will be given to you.
Information about Being in a Research Study Clemson University
Description of the Study and Your Part in It
Leidy Klotz, Julie Martin, and Frederick Paige are inviting you to take part in a research study. Frederick Paige is a student at Clemson University, running this study with the help of Clemson University Professors Dr. Leidy Klotz and Dr. Julie Martin. The purpose of this research project is to better the design process of creating sustainable housing, and to help improve the energy literacy of society.
Your role in this study will be to participate in a case study of a home in which you will be: INTERVIEWED, meaning that we will have a one on one discussion where I ask you questions that you can respond to freely; OBSERVED, meaning that I will watch your actions inside of the home and take notes on your behavior; and SURVEYED, all to allow you to share your thoughts on energy literacy and your homes educational
potential. As a part of this study you will be videotaped, capturing your appearance and voice to assist in the analysis of the data you provide. You may also be photographed, any photo containing your image will not be published and will be used strictly for data analysis purposes.
If you agree to participate in this study, you will take one, five-minute survey. You will be interviewed four times, each interview taking approximately 45 minutes. You will be observed 4 times with observation times depending on the event being observed ranging from one hour to three. By participating in this study we will require that you are willing to allow us to not only study your interaction with your home but also other people’s interaction with your home. This requires observation during an event where people in your personal network are in your home and also observation when students are in your home.
Figure A1: Case Study Research Cycle Showing Home Owner (HO) and Visitor (VT) Participation Risks and Discomforts
We do not know of any risks or discomforts to you in this research study.
Survey
HO Observe HO Interview HO
Observe HO & VT Survey VT Interview VT-‐>HO Observe
HO&VT Survey VT Interview VT-‐>HO
Observe HO&VT Survey VT Inteview VT-‐>HO
Possible Benefits
Participating in this research may help to improve both your understanding of energy and society’s understanding of energy.
Protection of Privacy and Confidentiality
We will do everything we can to protect participant’s privacy and confidentiality. We will not tell anyone outside of the research team who was a participant in this study or what information we collected about a participant in particular. You have provided your name but that information will not be stored with your responses. Interview transcriptions and recordings will be labeled with pseudonyms that are incomplete parts the address visited which are not sufficient to link responses to participants. Any demographic information will be general and not sufficient to link responses to participants. Photos, video, and audio recordings of study participants will be collected and used for data analysis only. The home will be photographed and photos of the home will be published with permission of the homeowner. As an added safeguard, the collected information will be stored on an encrypted external hard drive only accessible to research team members (Klotz, Martin, and Paige). The secured data will be kept indefinitely for use to defend any allegations of scientific misconduct.
Choosing to Be in the Study
You do not have to be in this study. You may choose not to take part and you may choose to stop taking part at any time. There are no repercussions if you decide not to be in the study or to stop taking part in the study.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about this study or if any problems arise, please contact Leidy Klotz at Clemson University at [email protected].
If you have any questions or concerns about your rights in this research study, please contact the Clemson University Office of Research Compliance (ORC) at 864-656-6460 or [email protected]. If you are outside of the Upstate South Carolina area, please use the ORC’s toll-free number, 866-297-3071.
Consent
I have read this form and have been allowed to ask any questions I might have. I agree to take part in this study.
Participant’s signature: ____________________________________ Date: _________________