A New Researcher Obtains a Large Grant and Proceeds to Hire

A new researcher obtains a large grant and proceeds to hire nine assistants, as the grant specifies. The new researcher hires a statistician, three persons to collect data, one person to schedule and coordinate the activities of the persons collecting data, one person to help with qualitative data analysis, one person to begin writing for the grant renewal, one person to write the interim report, and one person to manage the grant budget, writing weekly checks to the research assistants based on their submitted time cards. Which of these activities is appropriate for a hired assistant?

A) Advising the research team about appropriate statistical tests
B) Recalculating the study power after data collection on the first thirty subjects, to be sure of the effect size
C) Performing initial qualitative coding of raw data
D) Writing the first draft of a renewal grant
E) Writing the interim report for the institutional review board
F) Managing the grant budget
G) Writing weekly checks to the research assistants