Fwd: Survey Request - Women in Open Source Software
Vandana Singh <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:04:33 -0400
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--f403045e6e624b0eb4054b665b0f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, This is a request for your participation in a web-based online survey on women in open source software. This is survey is part of a research project being conducted by Vandana Singh, an Associate Professor at School of information Sciences, University of Tennessee. The objectives of this study are to explore the status of women involved in Open Source Software communities and to develop a better understanding of opportunities and challenges in this setting. You have to be above 18 years of age and involved in Open Source Software communities to participate in this survey. It should take about 30 minutes to complete this survey. Please click on the link below to begin the survey= . https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0feu9n6cDoCdJtj Your participation in this survey is 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. You will receive no direct benefits from participating in this research study. However, your responses may help us learn more about the status of women in open source software development. At the end of the survey you will be asked if you are interested in participating in an additional interview [by phone, via video conferencing or email]. If you chose to volunteer for this interview, you will provide contact information to the researcher and therefore your survey responses will no longer be anonymous to the researcher. There is a possible risk of breach of confidentiality if you chose to interview via email. The researcher has signed a confidentiality pledge to maintain your confidentiality at all stages. No names or identifying information would be included in any publications or presentations based on these data, and your responses will remain confidential. The interview will be recorded and transcribed. The transcribed interviews will be stored on OneDrive with transmission and storage encryption to ensure confidentiality. After one year, the interview tapes will be destroyed. All the identifiers from the transcribed data will be removed and data with no identifiers will be stored and used for further analysis. The recordings from the interview will be destroyed within one year of the creation of the recording. If you have questions at any time about the study or the procedures, you may contact Vandana Singh at 865-974-2785 <(865)%20974-2785> or Vandana@utk .edu If you feel you have not been treated according to the descriptions in this form, or that your rights as a participant in research have not been honored during the course of this project, or you have any questions, concerns, or complaints that you wish to address to someone other than the investigator, you may contact the University of Tennessee IRB Compliance Officer at [email protected] or (865) 974-7697. Best Regards, Vandana Singh <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> *Vandana Singh, PhD* Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 453 Communications Building, 1345 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-0341, Phone : (865) 974-2785. Email: [email protected] Website: http://scholar.cci.utk.edu/vandana-singh ILS Portal from IMLS Project =E2=80=93 http://opensource-ils.cci.utk.edu/ Women of Open Source Software: http://scholar.cci.utk.edu/woss/woss --f403045e6e624b0eb4054b665b0f Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr"><p class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">= Hi,</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8px"></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:1= 2.8px">This is a request for your participation in a web-based online surve= y on women in open source software.=C2=A0This is survey is part of a resear= ch project being conducted by Vandana Singh, an Associate Professor at Scho= ol of information Sciences, University of Tennessee.=C2=A0 =C2=A0The object= ives of this study are to explore the status of women involved in Open Sour= ce Software communities and to develop a better understanding of opportunit= ies and challenges in this setting.</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font= -size:12.8px">=C2=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Y= ou have to be above 18 years of age and involved in Open Source Software co= mmunities to participate in this survey. It should take about 30 minutes to= complete this survey. Please click on the link below to begin the survey.<= /p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><br></p><p class=3D"Ms= oNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><= font color=3D"#000000"><a href=3D"https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV= _0feu9n6cDoCdJtj" target=3D"_blank">https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/<wbr>jfe/= form/SV_0feu9n6cDoCdJtj</a></font></span><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><sp= an style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><br></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span s= tyle=3D"font-size:12.8px">Your participation in this survey is voluntary. Y= ou may refuse to take part in the research or exit the survey at any time w= ithout penalty. You are free to decline to answer any particular question y= ou do not wish to answer for any reason.</span><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNorma= l" style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"fon= t-size:12.8px">You will receive no direct benefits from participating in th= is research study.=C2=A0However, your responses may help us learn more abou= t the status of women in open source software development.</p><p class=3D"M= soNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"font-size:12.8px">At the end of the survey you will be asked if you are= interested in participating in an additional interview [by phone, via vide= o conferencing or email]. If you chose to volunteer for this interview, you= will provide contact information to the researcher and therefore your surv= ey responses will no longer be anonymous to the researcher. There is a poss= ible risk of breach of confidentiality if you chose to interview via email.= The researcher has signed a confidentiality pledge to maintain your confid= entiality at all stages. No names or identifying information would be inclu= ded in any publications or presentations based on these data, and your resp= onses will remain confidential. The interview will be recorded and transcri= bed. The transcribed interviews will be stored on OneDrive with transmissio= n and storage encryption to ensure confidentiality. After one year, the int= erview tapes will be destroyed.=C2=A0 All the identifiers from the transcri= bed data will be removed and data with no identifiers will be stored and us= ed for further analysis. The recordings from the interview will be destroye= d within one year of the creation of the recording.</p><p class=3D"MsoNorma= l" style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"fon= t-size:12.8px">If you have questions at any time about the study or the pro= cedures, you may contact Vandana Singh at=C2=A0<a href=3D"tel:(865)%20974-2= 785" value=3D"+18659742785" target=3D"_blank">865-974-2785</a>=C2=A0or=C2= =A0<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">Vandana@utk<wbr>.ed= u</a></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><br>If you feel = you have not been treated according to the descriptions in this form, or th= at your rights as a participant in research have not been honored during th= e course of this project, or you have any questions, concerns, or complaint= s that you wish to address to someone other than the investigator, you may = contact the University of Tennessee IRB Compliance Officer at=C2=A0<a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>=C2=A0or=C2= =A0<a href=3D"tel:(865)%20974-7697" value=3D"+18659747697" target=3D"_blank= ">(865) 974-7697</a>.</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px">= <br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Best Regards,</p>= <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Vandana Singh</p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" st= yle=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span lang=3D"IT" style=3D"font-family:"times= new roman",serif"><<>><<>><<>><= ;<>><<>><<>><<>><<<wbr>&= gt;><<>><<>><<>><<>><= <>>=C2=A0</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8= px"><b><span lang=3D"IT" style=3D"font-family:"times new roman",s= erif">Vandana Singh, PhD</span></b><span lang=3D"IT" style=3D"font-family:&= quot;times new roman",serif"></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"font-size:12.8px"><span lang=3D"IT" style=3D"font-family:"times ne= w roman",serif">Associate Professor,</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-family:"times new roman= ",serif">School of Information Sciences,</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNorm= al" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-family:"times new r= oman",serif">University of Tennessee, Knoxville,</span></p><p class=3D= "MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-family:"tim= es new roman",serif">453 Communications Building,</span></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-family:"= times new roman",serif">1345 Circle Park Drive,</span></p><p class=3D"= MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-family:"time= s new roman",serif">Knoxville, TN 37996-0341,</span></p><p class=3D"Ms= oNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-family:"times = new roman",serif">Phone :=C2=A0<a href=3D"tel:(865)%20974-2785" value= =3D"+18659742785" target=3D"_blank">(865) 974-2785</a>.</span></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-family:"= times new roman",serif">Email:=C2=A0<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"= target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:rgb(5,99,193)">[email protected]</spa= n></a></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span st= yle=3D"font-family:"times new roman",serif">Website:=C2=A0<a href= =3D"http://scholar.cci.utk.edu/vandana-singh" target=3D"_blank"><span style= =3D"color:rgb(5,99,193)">http://scholar.cci.ut<wbr>k.edu/vandana-singh</spa= n></a></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span st= yle=3D"font-family:"times new roman",serif">ILS Portal from IMLS = Project =E2=80=93=C2=A0<span style=3D"color:rgb(5,99,193)"><a href=3D"http:= //opensource-ils.cci.utk.edu/" target=3D"_blank">http://opensource-ils.cci.= ut<wbr>k.edu/</a></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-siz= e:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-family:"times new roman",serif">Wom= en of Open Source Software:=C2=A0</span><font face=3D"times new roman, seri= f"><a href=3D"http://scholar.cci.utk.edu/woss/woss" target=3D"_blank">http:= //scholar.cci.u<wbr>tk.edu/woss/woss</a></font></p></div> </div><br></div> --f403045e6e624b0eb4054b665b0f--