UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #869

Research Mentor Information
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Primary Research Mentor Name: Matilda Vevera
Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns: She/Her
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): cmv18@fsu.edu
Position Title: Graduate Student
Faculty Advisor Name: Colleen Harmeling
Faculty Advisor's FSU Email: charmeling@business.fsu.edu
FSU College (if applicable): Business
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: Marketing
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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: Consumer Medical Decision-Making and Non-Financial Impacts of Insurance
Project Keywords: healthcare, consumer decision-making, medical decisions, insurance
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: No
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 1
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
Open to all majors

Project Location:: On FSU Main Campus
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Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s):: Partially Remote
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work?: 5-10
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work?: Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Overall Research Project Description:
Medical decisions, consumption decisions regarding consumers’ maintenance of their physical and mental well-being, may not function the same as other consumption decisions. They are often motivated by physical discomfort, require knowledge in domains foreign to the consumer, involve high levels of potential risk with outcomes ranging from harmful to beneficial, and trigger higher level emotions such as worry, fear, and even trauma. Under these conditions consumers often look for heuristics to alleviate the burden of decision-making. This paper using a mixed-methods approach specifically tests the role of insurance coverage as a heuristic for consumer medical decision-making beyond the more understood economic impacts on choice.

Research Tasks:
Literature review, data collection, data cleaning, data analysis
This is a mixed methods project (experimental, secondary data, qualitative) so more specific tasks can be decided upon based on the interests of the student and the needs for the project.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
All of the following skills are recommended but not required of the student:
- general understanding of experimental design
- data cleaning using programs such as R, SPSS, Stata, Excel
- data analysis through programs such as R, SPSS, Stata
If student does not have these skills that is completely okay, but they will most likely spend the first couple of weeks of working together learning some of these skills.

Mentoring Philosophy:
Helping mentee gain experience in research through interactive and collaborative communication. I want to be able to help my mentee figure out and reach their own goals along with helping them better understand the research process. I hope to create a safe and fun environment where they feel as though they can ask questions and make mistakes in order to grow.

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable?: Yes
Roundtable times and Zoom links:
[Wednesday, September 4 @ 4-4:30pm] Link to Recording of Meeting: https://fsu.zoom.us/rec/share/C0PW_xemtPqjUnognqtpjHQZ4VxFW9ifZaSTkBm5i_p-2YO5dtGiQH4rUac-jHWd.faD5tG3QeXCoMDt6?startTime=1725480058000



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UROP Program Elements
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Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication: Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation: Yes
Materials Grant: Yes
UROP Poster Presentation: Yes
Faculty Advisor Confirmation: Yes

Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series?: No
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Year: 2024
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