Use Cases: Help students prepare for a conference, thesis defense, or presentation by engaging in a simulated Q&A session with ChatGPT.

Prompt: Here is my research proposal and summary of my research [PASTE PROPOSAL HERE]. Please provide me with potential questions that might arise from an audience at [ENTER PLACE HERE]. Please include a diverse range of questions from methodology specifics, preliminary findings, and broader implications.

What to Have Students do: Have students create a clear and concise version of their research proposal (research question/hypothesis, methodology, expected results or preliminary findings, relevance or importance of the study). Students can introduce their research proposal to ChatGPT and ask it to generate potential questions they may get. Have students write down each of the questions and prepare potential answers - this can help to bolster their understanding of their own work and prepare for potential questions they may get (minimizing anxiety).

Alternative In-class Activity: Have students follow the directions above and then complete a reflection discussing the potential topics: the range and quality of the questions ChatGPT provided, Challenges or surprises encountered during the Q&A, How the exercise influenced your understanding or perspective on your own research, Areas of your proposal that you feel may need further refinment based on the Q&A

Example

Example Prompt:
Here is my research proposal entitled: Parental work hours and adolescent psychological well-being: the Mediating Effects of Parent-Child Activities and Parental Satisfaction

As psychological well-being is an important aspect of adolescent life, the goal of my study was to analyze and understand what direct and indirect effects parental work hours has on internalizing (depression, psychological distress, self-esteem) and externalizing (substance use, violence, delinquency) behaviors among adolescent. Using data from The National Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( Add Health ), I ran multiple regression analyses to understand how parental work hours (household combined, mother works more, father works more, equal hours) directly and indirectly effected adolescent psychological well-being through parent-child activities and parental satisfaction. I found that although there was a direct effect between household work hours and adolescent substance use, few other parental work hours directly predicted psychological well-being. Instead, my results support a greater direct effect on adolescent psychological well-being from engaging in activities with a parent and being satisfied with the relationship an adolescent has with their parents. My findings indicate that parents and educators should focus on improving the parent-adolescent relationship and the quality of interactions.

Please provide me with potential questions that might arise from an audience at a conference. Please include a diverse range of questions from methodology specifics, preliminary findings, and broader implications.

Output:

Certainly, here are some potential questions that might arise from an audience at a conference for your research proposal on parental work hours and adolescent psychological well-being:

1. 1. Methodology Specific Questions:
    1. How did you measure parental satisfaction in your study, and what specific questions or scales did you use?
    2. Can you elaborate on the statistical methods and variables used to assess indirect effects in your regression analyses?
    3. Were there any demographic or socioeconomic factors you controlled for in your analyses that could have influenced the results?
    4. How did you ensure that the data from the Add Health study was representative and reliable for your research?
  2. Preliminary Findings Questions:
    1. Could you provide more details on the nature and magnitude of the direct effect between household work hours and adolescent substance use?
    2. Were there any unexpected or surprising findings in your study that you did not anticipate?
    3. Did you notice any variations in the impact of parental work hours on adolescent well-being based on the age or gender of the adolescents?
    4. Were there any differences in the impact of parental work hours based on the quality of the parent-child relationship or the type of activities engaged in?
  3. Broader Implications Questions:
    1. What policy recommendations do you think can be drawn from your findings to support both parents' work commitments and adolescent well-being?
    2. How do your results relate to the ongoing discussions about work-life balance and the potential need for family-friendly workplace policies?
    3. Do you think these findings have any implications for interventions aimed at improving adolescent mental health and reducing substance use or delinquency?
    4. Can you discuss how your research may inform the development of parenting programs or strategies to enhance parent-child relationships?
  4. Future Research Directions Questions:
    1. What are some possible avenues for future research that can build upon your study, especially in terms of exploring other factors that may mediate or moderate the relationship between parental work hours and adolescent well-being?
    2. Have you considered conducting longitudinal studies to investigate how these dynamics change over time as adolescents transition into adulthood?
    3. Are there cultural or contextual factors that you think may influence the impact of parental work hours on adolescent well-being that could be explored in future research?
    4. In light of your findings, what are the potential benefits of qualitative research to gain a deeper understanding of the parent-adolescent relationship and the quality of interactions?