Effective Thesis Feedback Form

It's very important for us to learn about your experience with the help we provided. Your responses will help us improve our service and better understand our impact. Thank you for your time; we are excited to learn more about your experience.

You'll need approx 5-20 minutes to complete this form, based on how many of our services you have used.

As a thank you for your time, you will have the option to enter a draw for five $50 Amazon gift cards. The chance of you winning a prize will not depend on your answers. We would like to encourage you to give as honest and thorough answers as possible since this will help us the most to understand our impact and improve further.

Any personal information you submit will be kept confidential within the Effective Thesis team unless you give us written permission to share it more widely. If you have questions or concerns about this survey, please contact the founder of Effective Thesis at david.janku@effectivethesis.org.

Your Name

Have you applied for coaching services at the Effective Thesis? (https://effectivethesis.org/thesis-coaching/)*

Why have you not applied for Effective Thesis coaching services?*

I felt confused about what the coaching service offersI feel clear about what coaching can help with and I knew it wasn't for me at this pointI did not know Effective Thesis offers coachingI was unsure about the quality of the coachingThe application process seemed complicatedOther

Have you already submitted your finished thesis (for undergraduates/masters) or masters/PhD application (for masters/PhD applicants)?*

YesNoOther

Please watch out for another email from us that should arrive a few days after the submission deadline that you indicated in your application form. We would be grateful if you could give us more feedback at that point.

How much did Effective Thesis help you in each of the following ways, with 0 meaning we didn't help you at all and 10 meaning we were extremely helpful?*

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Refining a research idea (or choosing between multiple ideas) that you originally came up with
Changing the general direction of your research focus
Helping you choose a new specific topic for your research project
Giving you useful career advice
Expanding your network of relevant people to talk to
Helping you find a thesis/PhD supervisor
Helping you find funding
Helping you find new research opportunities
Helping you test your fit for a research career
Other (please describe below)

If other, please describe:

If Effective Thesis didn’t exist, how likely is it that you would have got this value some other way? (i.e. what is the counterfactual value of Effective Thesis)*

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Refining a research idea (or choosing between multiple ideas) that you originally came up with
Changing the general direction of your research focus
Helping you choose a new specific topic for your research project
Giving you useful career advice
Expanding your network of relevant people to talk to
Helping you find a thesis/PhD supervisor
Helping you find funding
Helping you find new research opportunities
Helping you test your fit for a research career
Other

What thesis topic (or PhD application topic) did you end up working on? (please write the title and a short description)*

How did you come up with that topic?*

What role did Effective Thesis play in this process?*

What do you think were the reasons why Effective Thesis didn’t influence you more significantly?*

Anything else you'd like to tell us?

Your thesis topic (or PhD application topic)