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							<p>This module has covered the various aspects of planning a research project. Of course, practical experiences of planning a research project will be highly individual, depending on the nature of your research, whether there is a formal requirement to produce a plan (which would be the case if, for example, you were studying for a research degree), and the number of people you are working with.</p>
							<p>How might a plan come together when you are working as part of a small team? What will you need to prioritise first?</p>
							
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										<p>You and two colleagues have just come up with what seems to be a great idea for a new project. You are anxious to give it a try and want to get started. The three of you decide to meet to plan what you are going to do. The first question that emerges is where to start the planning process. 
										<br><br><strong>Where would you begin?</strong></p>
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									<action-link goto-panel="1"><p>Develop a research plan</p></action-link>
									<action-link goto-panel="2"><p>Check to see what governance approvals you will need</p></action-link>
									<action-link goto-panel="3"><p>Establish a research agreement</p></action-link>
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										<h3>You chose: Develop a research plan</h3>
										<p>Since you will be working with others on this project, you will need to start by sharing your research ideas in more detail with your colleagues and learning more about what they have in mind. Disagreement over who contributed what to research projects can lead to subsequent disputes about the authorship and ownership of intellectual property. Therefore, you should probably hold off from developing your research plan for now.</p>
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									<action-link goto-panel="3"><p>Instead of developing a research plan, you should establish a research agreement</p></action-link>
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										<h3>You chose: Check governance approvals</h3>
										<p>It is difficult to determine what governance approvals you will need without a research plan. The need for some approvals might seem obvious. If the project will involve humans or animals, you will probably need an ethics committee/AWERB review, but whether this will be internal or external to your university will depend on what you want to do. Until you plan your project to assess its specific needs, you probably won't be in a good position to start seeking approvals.
										<br><br><strong>What should you do instead of getting governance approval?</strong></p>
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									<action-link goto-panel="1"><p>Develop a research plan</p></action-link>
									<action-link goto-panel="3"><p>Establish a research agreement</p></action-link>
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										<h3>You chose: Establish an agreement</h3>
										<p>When you are working with others, starting with a working agreement is vitally important. For this project, this is the best place to begin. But you cannot reach a full working agreement without first thinking about what it should include.
										<br><br><strong>Which of the following should you agree on before developing your agreement?</strong></p>
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									<action-link goto-panel="4"><p>Sharing and assigning credit</p></action-link>
									<action-link goto-panel="5"><p>Where you will publish your results</p></action-link>
									<action-link goto-panel="6"><p>How much time each of you will have to devote to the project</p></action-link>
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										<h3>You chose: Sharing and assigning credit</h3>
										<p>This is a good choice. You should gain agreement on sharing and assigning credit before beginning a collaborative project.  Since you may not know in advance how the work will evolve, this agreement should be based on the principles of good research practice. Additionally, a process should be established to resolve any later disagreements.
										<br><br>Before beginning work, it would also be a good idea to specify how much time each of you will be expected to commit to working on this project, so there are no surprises later. Keep in mind that you may also need the agreement of other stakeholders (such as your supervisor).
										<br><br><strong>Once you have some initial agreement on how you will work together, where should you turn next?</strong></p>
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									<action-link goto-panel="7"><p>Check to see what governance approvals you will need</p></action-link>
									<action-link goto-panel="8"><p>Develop a research plan</p></action-link>
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										<h3>You chose: Where you will publish your results</h3>
										<p>At this stage in your research, it is premature to think about where you will publish your work since you do not know what you will discover. Instead, you should gain agreement on how you will share and assign credit. Since you may not know in advance how the work will evolve, this agreement should be based on the principles of good research practice. Additionally, a process should be established to resolve any later disagreements.
										<br><br>Before beginning work, it would also be a good idea to specify how much time each of you will be expected to commit to working on this project, so there are no surprises later. Keep in mind that you may also need the agreement of other stakeholders (such as your supervisor).
										<br><br><strong>Once you have some initial agreement on how you will work together, where should you turn next?</strong></p>
									</action-question>
									<action-link goto-panel="7"><p>Check to see what governance approvals you will need</p></action-link>
									<action-link goto-panel="8"><p>Develop a research plan</p></action-link>
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										<h3>You chose: How much time you will commit</h3>
										<p>This is a good choice. You should have an agreement setting out how much time each of you will have to commit to working on this project, so there are no unpleasant surprises later.
										<br><br>It would also be a good idea to gain agreement on how you will share and assign credit before beginning a collaborative project.  Since you may not know in advance how the work will evolve, this agreement should be based on the principles of good research practice. Additionally, a process should be established to resolve any later disagreements.
										<br><br>Keep in mind that you may also need the agreement of other stakeholders (such as your supervisor).
										<br><br><strong>Once you have some initial agreement on how you will work together, where should you turn next?</strong></p>
									</action-question>
									<action-link goto-panel="7"><p>Check to see what governance approvals you will need</p></action-link>
									<action-link goto-panel="8"><p>Develop a research plan</p></action-link>
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										<h3>You chose: Check governance approvals</h3>
										<p>It will be difficult to get advice on what you will need approval on unless you at least have a preliminary plan.</p>
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									<action-link goto-panel="8"><p>Instead of checking governance approvals at this stage, you should develop a research plan</p></action-link>
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										<h3>You chose: Develop a research plan</h3>
										<p>The research plan sets out in detail what you intend to do. It is possible when conducting research to waste time 're-inventing the wheel' (i.e. spending time on tasks that have already been done); a well-thought-out research plan can help you to avoid this.
										<br><br>When you begin to work on your research plan, there are two obvious pathways.  
										<br><br><strong>Which would you take?</strong></p>
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									<action-link goto-panel="9"><p>Start by sketching out what you would like to do and then begin conducting a literature review to discover what has been done previously</p></action-link>
									<action-link goto-panel="9"><p>Agree to spend some time doing a literature review and then regroup to develop a plan once you have a better understanding of the work that was done previously</p></action-link>
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										<p>The question of what to do first &ndash; conduct a literature review or develop a research plan &ndash; is basically a 'chicken or egg' dilemma. Without a plan, it is difficult to know what prior literature to review. However, unless you have some understanding of the work done previously, you risk creating a plan for research that has already been carried out, wasting your time and resources.
										<br><br>These two crucial aspects of planning need to be carried out together, with the literature review and the plan informing each other organically. Both will need to be updated as your planning progresses, and priorities will have to be adjusted as things develop. 
										<br><br>A similar dilemma exists in relation to getting governance approvals.
										<br><br><strong>Which of these options would make the best starting point?</strong></p>
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									<action-link goto-panel="10"><p>Contact your research support office early to find out what governance approvals you will need to get</p></action-link>
									<action-link goto-panel="10"><p>Hold off getting in touch with your research support office until you know exactly what you are planning to do</p></action-link>
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										<p>As a rule, it is never too early to check with your research support office or a research administrator to find out what governance approvals you might need. However, do not reach any conclusions about approvals until you have a full plan in place. The advice you get early in the planning process might change as your plans develop. You might need more space than you initially anticipated, or find you require access to equipment that you did not realise you would need in the first stages of planning. The requirement for human participants research approval could change as your plan develops.
										<br><br>Get in touch early, but keep in mind that approvals must be based on the final plan you intend to follow.</p>
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									<action-link goto-panel="11"><p>As the team finalises its plans, you find that your potential partners are not on the same page when it comes to the strategy. What happens now?</p></action-link>
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										<p>Everyone is excited about the project and is anxious to see it succeed. However, there is some disagreement about how best to present the project to ensure its success.
										<br><br><strong>Which course of action would you choose from the three below?</strong></p>
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									<action-link goto-panel="12"><p>Focus on the ground-breaking, innovative aspects of the research rather than presenting a balanced description of its strengths and weaknesses</p></action-link>
									<action-link goto-panel="13"><p>Without explicitly saying so, include some research in your plan that one of you has already completed to improve confidence in your success</p></action-link>
									<action-link goto-panel="14"><p>Present a cautious estimate of the importance of the work, along with an honest assessment of potential problems and limitations</p></action-link>
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										<h3>You chose: Focus on the ground-breaking aspects of your research</h3>
										<p>You should not ignore or minimise potential weaknesses in your research plan for the sake of hyping it up. Additionally, you should not include research that has already been completed in your research plan without explicitly indicating that this is the case. Researchers sometimes engage in both of these practices, but both of them are dishonest &ndash; either practice could have adverse consequences for your career, as well as wasting research funds and time.
										<br><br>Instead, the best course of action is to provide a cautious, balanced assessment of the importance, strengths and weaknesses of your project; this is also what should guide the development of your research plan. You can be enthusiastic and optimistic during the planning process, but you should take care to avoid giving others an inaccurate or biased view of what you intend to do.</p>
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									<action-link goto-panel="15"><p>Finally, what about those last-minute checks before you move on to conducting your research?</p></action-link>
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										<h3>You chose: Refer to research that has already been completed</h3>
										<p>You should not include research that has already been completed in your research plan without explicitly indicating that this is the case. Additionally, you should not ignore or minimise potential weaknesses in your research plan for the sake of hyping up your research. Researchers sometimes engage in both of these practices, but both of them are dishonest &ndash; either practice could have adverse consequences for your career, as well as wasting research funds and time.
										<br><br>Instead, the best course of action is to provide a cautious, balanced assessment of the importance, strengths and weaknesses of your project; this is also what should guide the development of your research plan. You can be enthusiastic and optimistic during the planning process, but you should take care to avoid giving others an inaccurate or biased view of what you intend to do.</p>
									</action-question>
									<action-link goto-panel="15"><p>Finally, what about those last-minute checks before you move on to conducting your research?</p></action-link>
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										<h3>You chose: Provide an honest assessment</h3>
										<p>This is the best course of action. You should provide a cautious, balanced assessment of the importance, strengths and weaknesses of your project; this should also guide the development of your research plan. You can be enthusiastic and optimistic during the planning process, but you should take care to avoid giving others an inaccurate or biased view of what you intend to do.
										<br><br>The other options you could have chosen represent unwise approaches to promoting your project. You should not include research that has already been completed in your research plan without explicitly indicating that this is the case. Additionally, you should not ignore or minimise potential weaknesses in your research plan for the sake of hyping up your research. Researchers sometimes engage in both of these practices, but both of them are dishonest &ndash; either practice could have adverse consequences for your career, as well as wasting research funds and time.</p>
									</action-question>
									<action-link goto-panel="15"><p>Finally, what about those last-minute checks before you move on to conducting your research? </p></action-link>
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										<h3>Final checks</h3>
										<p>Before finalising your research plan, check to make sure you have considered the following questions:</p>
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											<li>Have you revisited your initial agreement to make sure nothing has changed?</li>
											<li>Are the team responsibilities and terms for assigning credit clearly defined?</li>
											<li>Is your plan complete enough to allow someone else to use it to undertake the same project?</li>
											<li>Have all necessary governance and ethics permissions been gained/planned for?</li>
										</ul>
										<p>If you can confidently say you have tackled all of these questions, you are ready to start your research.</p>
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								<h4>Question 1:</h4>
								<p>You and two colleagues have just come up with what seems to be a great idea for a new project. You are anxious to give it a try and want to get started. The three of you decide to meet to plan what you are going to do. The first question that emerges is where to start the planning process. </p>
								<p><strong>Where would you begin?</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Develop a research plan <strong>[Proceed to Question 2]</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 2: </strong>Check to see what governance approvals you will need <strong>[Proceed to Question 3]</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 3: </strong>Establish a research agreement <strong>[Proceed to Question 4]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 2:</h4>
								<p><strong>You chose: Develop a research plan</strong></p>
								<p>Since you will be working with others on this project, you will need to start by sharing your research ideas in more detail with your colleagues and learning more about what they have in mind. Disagreement over who contributed what to research projects can lead to subsequent disputes about the authorship and ownership of intellectual property. Therefore, you should probably hold off from developing your research plan for now.</p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Instead of developing a research plan, you should establish a research agreement <strong>[Proceed to Question 4]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 3:</h4>
								<p><strong>You chose: Check governance approvals</strong></p>
								<p>It is difficult to determine what governance approvals you will need without a research plan. The need for some approvals might seem obvious. If the project will involve humans or animals, you will probably need an ethics committee/AWERB review, but whether this will be internal or external to your university will depend on what you want to do. Until you plan your project to assess its specific needs, you probably won't be in a good position to start seeking approvals.</p>
								<p><strong>What should you do instead of getting governance approval?</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Develop a research plan <strong>[Proceed to Question 2]</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 2: </strong>Establish a research agreement <strong>[Proceed to Question 4]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 4:</h4>
								<p><strong>You chose: Establish an agreement</strong></p>
								<p>When you are working with others, starting with a working agreement is vitally important. For this project, this is the best place to begin. But you cannot reach a full working agreement without first thinking about what it should include.  </p>
								<p><strong>Which of the following should you agree on before developing your agreement?</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Sharing and assigning credit <strong>[Proceed to Question 5]</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 2: </strong>Where you will publish your results <strong>[Proceed to Question 6]</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 3: </strong>How much time each of you will have to devote to the project <strong>[Proceed to Question 7]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 5:</h4>
								<p><strong>You chose: Sharing and assigning credit</strong></p>
								<p>This is a good choice. You should gain agreement on sharing and assigning credit before beginning a collaborative project. Since you may not know in advance how the work will evolve, this agreement should be based on the principles of good research practice. Additionally, a process should be established to resolve any later disagreements.</p>
								<p>Before beginning work, it would also be a good idea to specify how much time each of you will be expected to commit to working on this project, so there are no surprises later. Keep in mind that you may also need the agreement of other stakeholders (such as your supervisor).</p>
								<p><strong>Once you have some initial agreement on how you will work together, where should you turn next?</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Check to see what governance approvals you will need <strong>[Proceed to Question 8]</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 2: </strong>Develop a research plan <strong>[Proceed to Question 9]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 6:</h4>
								<p><strong>You chose: Where you will publish your results</strong></p>
								<p>At this stage in your research, it is premature to think about where you will publish your work since you do not know what you will discover. Instead, you should gain agreement on how you will share and assign credit. Since you may not know in advance how the work will evolve, this agreement should be based on the principles of good research practice. Additionally, a process should be established to resolve any later disagreements.</p>
								<p>Before beginning work, it would also be a good idea to specify how much time each of you will be expected to commit to working on this project, so there are no surprises later. Keep in mind that you may also need the agreement of other stakeholders (such as your supervisor).</p>
								<p><strong>Once you have some initial agreement on how you will work together, where should you turn next?</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Check to see what governance approvals you will need <strong>[Proceed to Question 8]</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 2: </strong>Develop a research plan <strong>[Proceed to Question 9]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 7:</h4>
								<p><strong>You chose: How much time you will commit</strong></p>
								<p>This is a good choice. You should have an agreement setting out how much time each of you will have to commit to working on this project, so there are no unpleasant surprises later.  </p>
								<p>It would also be a good idea to gain agreement on how you will share and assign credit before beginning a collaborative project. Since you may not know in advance how the work will evolve, this agreement should be based on the principles of good research practice. Additionally, a process should be established to resolve any later disagreements.</p>
								<p>Keep in mind that you may also need the agreement of other stakeholders (such as your supervisor).</p>
								<p><strong>Once you have some initial agreement on how you will work together, where should you turn next?</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Check to see what governance approvals you will need <strong>[Proceed to Question 8]</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 2: </strong>Develop a research plan <strong>[Proceed to Question 9]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 8:</h4>
								<p><strong>You chose: Check governance approvals</strong></p>
								<p>It will be difficult to get advice on what you will need approval for unless you at least have a preliminary plan. </p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Instead of checking governance approvals at this stage, you should develop a research plan <strong>[Proceed to Question 9]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 9:</h4>
								<p><strong>You chose: Develop a research plan</strong></p>
								<p>The research plan sets out in detail what you intend to do. It is possible when conducting research to waste time 're-inventing the wheel' (i.e. spending time on tasks that have already been done); a well-thought-out research plan can help you to avoid this.</p>
								<p>When you begin to work on your research plan, there are two obvious pathways.  </p>
								<p><strong>Which would you take?</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Option 1: </strong>Start by sketching out what you would like to do and then begin conducting a literature review to discover what has been done previously <strong>[Proceed to Question 10]</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Option 2: </strong>Agree to spend some time doing a literature review and then regroup to develop a plan once you have a better understanding of the work that was done previously <strong>[Proceed to Question 10]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 10:</h4>
								<p>The question of what to do first &ndash; conduct a literature review or develop a research plan &ndash; is basically a 'chicken or egg' dilemma. Without a plan, it is difficult to know what prior literature to review. However, unless you have some understanding of the work done previously, you risk creating a plan for research that has already been carried out, wasting your time and resources.</p>
								<p>These two crucial aspects of planning need to be carried out together, with the literature review and the plan informing each other organically. Both will need to be updated as your planning progresses, and priorities will have to be adjusted as things develop. </p>
								<p>A similar dilemma exists in relation to getting governance approvals.  </p>
								<p><strong>Which of these options would make the best starting point?</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Contact your research support office early to find out what governance approvals you will need to get <strong>[Proceed to Question 11]</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 2: </strong>Hold off getting in touch with your research support office until you know exactly what you are planning to do <strong>[Proceed to Question 11]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 11:</h4>
								<p>As a rule, it is never too early to check with your research support office or a research administrator to find out what governance approvals you might need. However, do not reach any conclusions about approvals until you have a full plan in place. The advice you get early in the planning process might change as your plans develop. You might need more space than you initially anticipated, or find you require access to equipment that you did not realise you would need in the first stages of planning. The requirement for human participants research approval could change as your plan develops.</p>
								<p>Get in touch early, but keep in mind that approvals must be based on the final plan you intend to follow.</p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>As the team finalises its plans, you find that your potential partners are not on the same page when it comes to the strategy. What happens now? <strong>[Proceed to Question 12]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 12:</h4>
								<p>Everyone is excited about the project and is anxious to see it succeed. However, there is some disagreement about how best to present the project to ensure its success.</p>
								<p><strong>Which course of action would you choose from the three below?</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Focus on the ground-breaking, innovative aspects of the research rather than presenting a balanced description of its strengths and weaknesses <strong>[Proceed to Question 13]</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 2: </strong>Without explicitly saying so, include some research in your plan that one of you has already completed to improve confidence in your success <strong>[Proceed to Question 14]</strong></p>
								<p><strong>Answer 3: </strong>Present a cautious estimate of the importance of the work, along with an honest assessment of potential problems and limitations <strong>[Proceed to Question 15]</strong></p>
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								<h4>Question 13:</h4>
								<p><strong>You chose: Focus on the ground-breaking aspects of your research</strong></p>
								<p>You should not ignore or minimise potential weaknesses in your research plan for the sake of hyping it up. Additionally, you should not include research that has already been completed in your research plan without explicitly indicating that this is the case. Researchers sometimes engage in both of these practices, but both of them are dishonest &ndash; either practice could have adverse consequences for your career, as well as wasting research funds and time.</p>
								<p>Instead, the best course of action is to provide a cautious, balanced assessment of the importance, strengths and weaknesses of your project; this is also what should guide the development of your research plan. You can be enthusiastic and optimistic during the planning process, but you should take care to avoid giving others an inaccurate or biased view of what you intend to do.</p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Finally, what about those last-minute checks before you move on to conducting your research? <strong>[Proceed to Question 16]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 14:</h4>
								<p><strong>You chose: Refer to research that has already been completed</strong></p>
								<p>You should not include research that has already been completed in your research plan without explicitly indicating that this is the case. Additionally, you should not ignore or minimise potential weaknesses in your research plan for the sake of hyping up your research. Researchers sometimes engage in both of these practices, but both of them are dishonest &ndash; either practice could have adverse consequences for your career, as well as wasting research funds and time.</p>
								<p>Instead, the best course of action is to provide a cautious, balanced assessment of the importance, strengths and weaknesses of your project; this is also what should guide the development of your research plan. You can be enthusiastic and optimistic during the planning process, but you should take care to avoid giving others an inaccurate or biased view of what you intend to do.</p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Finally, what about those last-minute checks before you move on to conducting your research? <strong>[Proceed to Question 16]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 15:</h4>
								<p><strong>You chose: Provide an honest assessment</strong></p>
								<p>This is the best course of action. You should provide a cautious, balanced assessment of the importance, strengths and weaknesses of your project; this should also guide the development of your research plan. You can be enthusiastic and optimistic during the planning process, but you should take care to avoid giving others an inaccurate or biased view of what you intend to do.</p>
								<p>The other options you could have chosen represent unwise approaches to promoting your project. You should not include research that has already been completed in your research plan without explicitly indicating that this is the case. Additionally, you should not ignore or minimise potential weaknesses in your research plan for the sake of hyping up your research. Researchers sometimes engage in both of these practices, but both of them are dishonest &ndash; either practice could have adverse consequences for your career, as well as wasting research funds and time.</p>
								<p><strong>Answer 1: </strong>Finally, what about those last-minute checks before you move on to conducting your research? <strong>[Proceed to Question 16]</strong></p>
								<hr>
								<h4>Question 16:</h4>
								<p><strong>Final checks</strong></p>
								<p>Before finalising your research plan, check to make sure you have considered the following questions:</p>
								<ul>
									<li>Have you revisited your initial agreement to make sure nothing has changed?</li>
									<li>Are the team responsibilities and terms for assigning credit clearly defined?</li>
									<li>Is your plan complete enough to allow someone else to use it to undertake the same project?</li>
									<li>Have all necessary governance and ethics permissions been gained/planned for?</li>
								</ul>
								<p>If you can confidently say you have tackled all of these questions, you are ready to start your research.  </p>
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