Caregivers
Non-caregivers
Obtaining laboratory supplies
72%
63%
Writing grant proposals
66%
49%
Collecting qualitative data (such as interview or focus group transcripts, field notes, text, documents, images, video, audio, open-ended survey responses, etc.)
64%
52%
Keeping up with the latest research in my field (e.g. by attending meetings or conferences, skimming new issues of key journals)
62%
49%
Supervising undergraduate and/or graduate student researcher assistants
57%
45%
Collecting and/or maintaining scientific data (such as slides, biological specimens, samples, etc.)
56%
51%
Collecting quantitative data (such as numeric files, survey responses, geospatial data files, etc.)
55%
41%
Overseeing animal subjects
54%
32%
Completing and/or amending IRB applications
52%
43%
Collaborating with other researchers
49%
36%
Accessing data analysis software (e.g. Dedoose, NVIVO, SAS, SPSS, Stata)
44%
36%
Analyzing quantitative or qualitative data
41%
24%
Accessing pre-existing quantitative or qualitative data that you did not generate in the course of your research
39%
26%
Depositing and/or sharing datasets
29%
19%
Maintaining data privacy and confidentiality
22%
15%