Adhd Scores and Dyslexia Scores Impact on Academic Performance
An investigation into the relationship between ADHD, Dyslexia and academic performance in undergraduate students
Researcher: Kerry Woolvine
Supervisor: Judith Smith
From: Psychology Ethics
Sent: 07 November 2012 09:34
To: Smith, Judi
Subject: RE: PSYC-1213-002-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptomology in a normal population and its links with a variety of behaviours/traits e.g. fatty acid intake, learning styles, dyslexia, academic performance, recreational drug use, persona
Dear Judi Your Ethics Application has been approved (with no need for changes) by the Institute of Psychology, Health and Society 's Ethics Committee:
Reference: PSYC-1213-002 Principal Investigator: Judith Smith Project Title: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptomology in a normal population and its links with a variety of behaviours/traits e.g. fatty acid intake, learning styles, dyslexia, academic performance, recreational drug use, personality etc First Reviewer: John Downes Second Reviewer: Stacie Conchie As the principal investigator (PI), it is your responsibility to keep the final, approved version of your Ethics Application form for this project and to provide it to any students or other collaborators who also work on this project *before* they begin work on the project. All undergraduate and taught masters students will need to bind a hard copy of this Ethics Application approval email *and* a copy of your final, approved Ethics Application form into any work that they submit based on this project (e.g., third year projects and Master 's dissertation projects). They will also need to bind into their work hard copies of any participant information sheets, consent forms, and debriefing forms used during the project. Yours sincerely
John Downes
Chair, Ethics Committee
COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH ETHICS
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF A PROJECT INVOLVING
HUMAN PARTICIPANTS, HUMAN DATA, OR HUMAN MATERIAL
Researcher: Kerry Woolvine
Supervisor: Judith Smith
From: Psychology Ethics
Sent: 07 November 2012 09:34
To: Smith, Judi
Subject: RE: PSYC-1213-002-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptomology in a normal population and its links with a variety of behaviours/traits e.g. fatty acid intake, learning styles, dyslexia, academic performance, recreational drug use, persona
Dear Judi Your Ethics Application has been approved (with no need for changes) by the Institute of Psychology, Health and Society 's Ethics Committee:
Reference: PSYC-1213-002 Principal Investigator: Judith Smith Project Title: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptomology in a normal population and its links with a variety of behaviours/traits e.g. fatty acid intake, learning styles, dyslexia, academic performance, recreational drug use, personality etc First Reviewer: John Downes Second Reviewer: Stacie Conchie As the principal investigator (PI), it is your responsibility to keep the final, approved version of your Ethics Application form for this project and to provide it to any students or other collaborators who also work on this project *before* they begin work on the project. All undergraduate and taught masters students will need to bind a hard copy of this Ethics Application approval email *and* a copy of your final, approved Ethics Application form into any work that they submit based on this project (e.g., third year projects and Master 's dissertation projects). They will also need to bind into their work hard copies of any participant information sheets, consent forms, and debriefing forms used during the project. Yours sincerely
John Downes
Chair, Ethics Committee
COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH ETHICS
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF A PROJECT INVOLVING
HUMAN PARTICIPANTS, HUMAN DATA, OR HUMAN MATERIAL
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