Sample Questions

Sample Questions To Be Used in Interview with Potential Advisors

How are graduate students' contributions to research and innovation recognized (beyond the course credit they receive)?

When is a student's name listed as an author on a journal article?

What factors are considered in determining the order in which the authors are listed?

What factors determine which person working on research group gives a presentation on the research at a professional meeting?

Are they the same as whether and how to list someone among authors?
Do considerations such as whether the student is looking for a job play a role in these decisions?

Suppose a student contributes to a research project in which the results will be presented in a report or presentation, instead of a publication, how is the student's work credited?

Does it matter if the sponsor or audience for the presentation is a potential employer of the program's graduates?

Credit and responsibility for research go together. One aspect of responsibility is to minimize mistakes and errors in research.

In your area what sort of mistakes are regarded as trivial and what sort of mistakes are regarded as significant or serious?

What are appropriate ways of dealing with mistakes in published (or disseminated) research results?

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