Alleviating Expense and Waste associated with Competitive and Professional Dancing

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Final Year Design Project - Abigail McArdle

Introduction

Dear Participant,

My name is Abigail McArdle and I am currently undertaking a Final Year Design Project at the University of Limerick, Ireland under the supervision of Dermot McInerney. The title of my proposed research is "A way to alleviate some of the expense and waste associated with competitive and professional dancing". The purpose of this project is to explore ways in which the dance world can improve its sustainability by potentially lowering its costs and waste and increasing reusability and durability of dance costumes, uniforms and shoes. I hope to achieve this by gaining an insight into the lives and habits of dance teachers, dancers and dance parents primarily. This questionnaire and subsequent interviews, should you wish to be involved, will help to guide my research into a specific direction and to allow me to gain a full understanding of any problems faced by dancers, teachers and parents.

The results of this questionnaire will be completely anonymous. There is no need to use your real name when asked for a name as this is only for data collation. Your name or alias and any other information that could identify you will not be used in my final report. By consenting to participate in this questionnaire I would like you to complete the following short survey and answer the questions to the best of your ability. The more information that I can gather the more thorough my research can be.

Based on the answers received in this survey there is a possibility that I will be carrying out more in-depth interviews. I would hugely appreciate it if you could indicate, on the consent form, whether you would be willing to be contacted further about this project by leaving your email and name. Consenting to further aspects of this research does not mean that you will have to participate later as it is always up to you, the participant, what you partake in.

Your participation is voluntary, and you have the right to withdraw at any time. To participate in this study you must be over 18 years of age. Any relevant information collected will be compiled into my final research report and submitted to the University of Limerick.

If you have further questions regarding this research, please feel free to get in touch with either myself or my supervisor using the email addresses listed below.

If you have concerns about this study and wish to contact someone independent, you may contact: The Chair, Faculty of Science & Engineering Research Ethics Committee, University of Limerick, Limerick. Tel: 061 237719

Yours sincerely,
Abigail McArdle
20266693@studentmail.ul.ie

Supervisor details:
Dermot McInerney
Dermot.McInerney@ul.ie

If at this point you are happy to participate, please continue to the consent form.

I declare that I have been fully briefed on the nature of this study and my role in it. The nature of my participation has been explained to me, and I have full knowledge of how the information collected will be used.

I fully understand that there is no obligation on me to participate in this study.

I fully understand that I am free to withdraw my participation without having to explain or give a reason, up to a period of two weeks after the data collection is completed.

I acknowledge that the researcher guarantees that they will not use my name or any other information, that would identify me in any outputs of the research.

I declare that I am over 18 years of age.

Please confirm that you have read all of the above and consent to the study.

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Please enter your name or alias here to confirm consent. Your name will not be linked with your answers. *

What country do you currently live in? *

Please specify which of the following categories you fall under. If you feel that you fall under two or more categories there will be a chance at the end to fill out questions for these sections too. *

Dance Teacher (teaches classes regularly or has taught more than 3 dance classes in the past)

Dance Student (has taken dance classes in the past or currently, both competitively/recreationally and for third level education)

Dance Parent (has or had one or more dependent children taking dance classes at a time)

Professional Dancer (currently or has previously performed after a college level professionally)

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