Hi, I'm Liwen Zhang, a PhD student at The University of Sheffield.
The purpose of this survey is to determine people' s relationship with plants and how their design in the landscape affects preference and mood. If you are 18 or over and currently living in the United Kingdom, please consider participating in this study about plants in our everyday living environments.
This questionnaire takes approximately 15 minutes to complete.
Your participation is voluntary and all your responses are entirely anonymous.
If you feel uncomfortable during the survey, you could stop at any point. This research has been approved by the Department of Landscape Architecture Research Ethics Committee at The University of Sheffield.
Thank you very much.
By completing the questionnaire:
- you consent that you have read and understood the Participant information sheet above.
- you understand that your taking part is voluntary and that you can withdraw from the study at any time; you do not have to give any reasons for why you no longer want to take part and there will be no adverse consequences if I choose to withdraw.
- you understand your personal details such as name, phone number, address and email address etc. will not be revealed to people outside the project.
- you understand that you can withdraw from the study before 04/11/2020; you do not have to give any reasons for why you no longer want to take part and there will be no adverse consequences if you choose to withdraw.
- you consent to the answers you contribute will be used to generate insights for my research project.
- you consent to allow the fully anonymised information to be used for future publications, research and learning.
- you understand that the information acquired will be stored by the researchers securely (all data will be stored and analysed on encrypted password-protected computers); The University of Sheffield will act as the Data Controller for the project.
- you understand that the anonymised pooled data may in future be made available to other for research purpose only.
- you are confirming you are age 18 or over.
According to data protection legislation, we are required to inform you that the legal basis of this research is 'a task in the public interest' (6(1)(e)).
If you have any questions or complaints, please contact Liwen Zhang by email - lzhang73@sheffield.ac.uk