I am worried about my answers not being anonymous. Can my identity be determined in any way?

Anonymity is assured in all COACHE analyses and reports. Your names and email addresses are retained solely for the sake of COACHE research, including reminding respondents to begin or to complete their survey and for limited and IRB-approved follow-up studies. When we submit the survey report to your institution (or former institution), only the aggregate findings are shown in the report. No identifiers are matched to reported responses, and no disaggregated data will be presented for any subgroup with fewer than five respondents. In addition, some representatives of your institution may have applied for and been approved to receive limited access to a de-identified, redacted data file containing the survey results. These individuals, referred to as “honest brokers,” have signed a statement of confidentiality legally obliging them not to share the data—only aggregate reports, with no cells smaller than five respondents—with anyone in a position to make or influence personnel decisions about individual subjects. They have also received certification for completing human subjects protection training. If you wish to receive further information about the representative assuming responsibility for the data at your institution--or to learn if your university has waived receipt of such data--click here to send an email message to COACHE.

Please note that at the end of the survey, we may ask to retain your contact information for further studies. If you allow us to keep your contact information on file, COACHE will strictly protect the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information. The future studies would not be used for individual campus analysis and no one at your campus will be notified of your participation in future studies.