help writing theses proposal for ethics approval

[MattSmith]

Hi, I am registered in a Masters program and my thesis topic is the effectiveness of character education for children living with autism.

I am writing my application for ethics approval and am unsure of my methodology.

I plan to have students watch videos of social lessons and then track if their behaviour improved.

Is this the right venue to ask for a little guidance?

Tx

 

[rising_star]

The right people to ask are your advisor and any professors you've had for research methods. You should read articles which have used an pre-test/post-test or intervention a approach (e.g., showing videos and then seeing if there's been an effect) and read up on the methodology they use. You'll likely need to incorporate some level of baseline (pre-test) in order to know if watching videos had any effect. Given that these are minors and students with an intellectual disability, you'll need additional ethics approval and the approval of their parents for their participation. I hope this gives you a starting point.