Thank you for participating in the survey. The purpose of this research study is to understand how to make onboarding easier for newcomers to a project. Parts of the results of the study, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, will be used to help a student researchers’ thesis or dissertation completion.

Please fill out the short survey which may take about 5 minutes

Confidentiality: Confidentiality will be kept to the extent permitted by the technology being used. However, the security and confidentiality of information collected from you online cannot be guaranteed. Information collected online can be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late, or incomplete. All the data will be anonymized for analysis and we will not share identifiable data.

Voluntary: Participation in this study is voluntary. You are free to decide not to participate or to withdraw at any time. You can skip questions you prefer not to answer.

Study contacts: If you have any questions about this research project, please contact: 'anita.sarma@oregonstate.edu'. If you have questions about your rights or welfare as a participant, please contact the Oregon State University Institutional Review Board (IRB) Office, at (541) 737-8008 or by email at IRB@oregonstate.edu.