The protection of participants from any potential risk is, in many ways, the core goal of the IRB and its approval. Luckily, we’ve been through this process with many doctoral candidates, so we can ensure that your IRB application is filled out completely and correctly, including all necessary information to ensure the safety, anonymity, and confidentiality of your participants. We can also provide dissertation assistance with your qualitative or quantitative methodology to develop clear protocols for you so that, should anything arise in the process of your data collection, you can respond appropriately and in the most ethical manner.

In addition to assisting you with the IRB application itself and developing those protocols, we can also help you draft informed consent forms that are specific to your data collection methods and any other supplemental materials in order to receive approval and begin your research–and the qualitative or statistical analysis to follow–sooner.

• Our comprehensive support to develop your IRB application often begins with a full methodological review (many of our clients come to us for dissertation help during the topic development or prospectus process, and so we can help you to avoid a methodology overhaul later if this is the case for you). We review your topic, the purpose of your study, and your current plans regarding how to conduct the research. We then work with you to hone your research design, specify your research questions and hypotheses, if needed, review your instrumentation, discuss validity and reliability, and select the most appropriate analytic method.
• For clients who have an approved proposal and need dissertation help with the IRB application only, we complete the same review of your methodology, and then move right into ensuring your study will meet the rigorous standards of your university’s IRB. We discuss with you your access and timeline for data collection, your plans for confidentiality and minimal risk, and any specific requirements from your university, before beginning the drafting process for your IRB application and supplementary materials.
• We provide dissertation help, including IRB assistance, for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies across nearly every field. Our staff is comprised of specialist researchers with PhDs in their respective fields, including in our core research areas (psychology, nursing, business, and education). QandQ Consulting’s comprehensive dissertation consulting services ensure your research methods and IRB application will be approved so you can complete data collection as soon as you might like!