Doing Research

These are tools you can download. Some tools have both an instructional version and a ready-to-use version that has instructional text and/or examples removed. 

Use these tools to work together as a team when you are doing the research study. 

Email templates

Use these templates to write accessible and organized emails.

Resource:

Download Email templates

Download Email templates Instructions

Email Tips

Review this resource for tips on accessible email communication.

Resource:

Download the Email Tips Tool

Foundational Expectations:

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Build Capacity to Work as A Team

Preparing for a Meeting

Use this template for team members to prepare for a meeting and plan what they want to say.

Resource:

Download Preparing for a Meeting Tool

Download Preparing for a Meeting Instructions

Meeting agenda and notes template

Use this template to develop accessible meeting notes. 

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Download Authorship Agreement Tool

Download Authorship Agreement Instructions

Foundational Expectations:

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Meaningful Inclusion of Partners in Decision Making

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Ongoing Review and Assessment of Engagement

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Build Capacity to Work as A Team

Solving disagreements

Use this tool to choose an approach to resolving disagreements.

Resource:

Download Solving disagreements Tool

Download Solving disagreements Instructions

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Representative Involvement

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Build Capacity to Work as A Team

Making Choices about Collecting Information to Answer Your Team’s Research Question

Use this tool to make decisions about data collection.

Resource:

Download Data Collection Tool

Download Data Collection Instructions

Foundational Expectations:

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Meaningful Inclusion of Partners

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Early & Ongoing Engagement

Figuring out what your team learned from the information (data) you collected

Use this tool to make decisions about data analysis.

Resource:

Download Data Analysis Tool

Download Data Analysis Instructions

Foundational Expectations:

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Meaningful Inclusion of Partners

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Early & Ongoing Engagement

Sample evaluation questions

Choose the questions that will help your team evaluate how you are working together and how team members feel about your work together.

Resource:

Download Sample questions Tool

Download Sample questions Instructions

Foundational Expectations:

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Ongoing Review and Assessment of Engagement