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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER



Informed Consent (Online, Anonymous) to Participate in Research



Institutional Review Board #Sp2018-92



Approval Date: February 15, 2018



You have been invited to participate in this study, titled, Academic Achievement vs. Creativity Among College Students: Divergent and Convergent Measures. The purpose of this study is to measure creativity in a more complete way than past research and see if it has a relationship with a person’s academic accomplishments. Your participation is completely voluntary, and if you begin participation and choose to not complete it, you are free to not continue without any adverse consequences.



If you agree to be in this study, we will ask you to do the following things:

· Complete two verbal creativity tasks

· Provide academic information about yourself

· Estimated time to complete survey is 15-20 minutes



We know of no known risks to this study, other than becoming a little tired of answering the questions, or you may even become a little stressed or distressed when answering some of the questions. If this happens, you are free to take a break and return to the survey to finish it, or, you can discontinue participation without any problems. Potential benefits to this study are: increased knowledge about measuring each aspect of creativity, the relationship between types of creativity within individuals, and the possible connection between creativity and academic achievement.



I know my responses to the questions are anonymous. If I need to ask questions about this study, I can contact the principle researcher, Dannika Blackhurst, at dblackhurst@patriots.uttyler.edu or 903-574-2544, or, if I have any questions about my rights as a research participant, I can contact Dr. Gloria Duke, Chair of the UT Tyler Institutional Review Board at gduke@uttyler.edu, or 903-566-7023.



I have read and understand what has been explained to me. If I choose to participate in this study, I will click “Yes” in the box below and proceed to the survey. If I choose to not participate, I will click “No” in the box.