Role in the research project | Number | Percent | Mean perceived skill level | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-project | Post-project | |||
Searching literature | 4 | 57 | 3.50 | 3.50 |
Critiquing literature | 4 | 57 | 3.50 | 3.50 |
Writing the background literature | 4 | 57 | 3.25 | 3.75 |
Developing the research question | 4 | 57 | 3.00 | 3.50 |
Sourcing data collection tool | 4 | 57 | 3.75 | 4.00 |
Developing data collection tool | 3 | 43 | 4.00 | 4.33 |
Data collection | 4 | 57 | 3.50 | 3.75 |
Data cleaning | 2 | 29 | 2.50 | 4.00 |
Setting up database | 1 | 14 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
Cleaned data | 1 | 14 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
Data analysis | 2 | 29 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
Data interpretation | 4 | 57 | 3.50 | 4.25 |
Writing background of paper | 2 | 29 | 2.50 | 3.50 |
Writing methodology | 3 | 43 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
Writing discussion | 1 | 14 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
Writing report | 3 | 43 | 4.00 | 4.67 |
Writing abstract | 6 | 86 | 3.83 | 4.33 |
Reviewing drafts of paper | 5 | 71 | 3.20 | 4.20 |
Creating tables | 1 | 14 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
Creating diagrams | 1 | 14 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
Preparing poster | 4 | 57 | 3.50 | 4.25 |
Preparing PowerPoint presentation | 2 | 29 | 4.50 | 4.50 |
Presenting at an internal conference | 3 | 43 | 4.33 | 4.33 |
Presenting at an external conference | 2 | 29 | 3.00 | 4.00 |