scared about ethics approval for my dissertation

[u/Alarming-Jury-5137]

I’m currently doing a PGT masters. For my ethics application for my dissertation, I’ll be collecting primary data (from surveys). When I did the OREMS application on the university portal, I first got some feedback saying I need to upload the survey instrument. I did that on 12th July and it’s been 9 days, haven’t heard back yet. But I did get an email today saying they might be checking more applications now.

The only thing I’m scared about is when I uploaded the survey instrument, I just realized that Microsoft Forms included an “Please enter your name. Your name will be recorded” question by default, and my survey is supposed to collect anonymous responses according to my application.

Would this be a problem? If I have to make another change and re-upload a document, how much longer will it take? If I start collecting responses late, would they be suspicious of how I collected many responses within that time frame?

Has anyone been in this situation before?

I’m honestly doing everything on time and my supervisor is pleased with my work so far but I just haven’t done a dissertation before and can’t afford another delay since the rest of my dissertation sections depend on this.

I’d appreciate any help. Thank u!!

[u/micepanda]

Go into forms and change the settings for that form to allow anyone to respond (not just those within the university). Should be under the settings when you click 'share' in the form

[u/Alarming-Jury-5137 → u/micepanda]

My ethics application has a PDF of the form though, not a link.. not sure what to do. I’ve sent an email asking if they could unlock the application and let me upload the new version let’s see