Informed Consent: Studies in Judgment and Decision Making
Before you decide to participate in on-line studies in judgment and decision making, you should
consider the following information:
These studies pose no risks of which we are aware, beyond the normal risks
of daily life in a nation that protects freedom of speech and freedom of
the press. You can read each study before you decide whether or not to
participate. These studies involve reading descriptions of situations
and indicating what judgments you would make in those situations or what
decisions you might make when presented a choice. These studies ask
you to read, to think, and to press buttons on your computer to respond.
If you consent to participate, it means that you are giving permission to
scientists to analyze your data and to
publish results of new discoveries that might be made based on their
analyses.
In publications of our research, we do not identify our participants,
except in statistical form. The data are presented in a statistical
format in which the identity of individual participants and their
data are not revealed.
Some studies may request your email address. It is NOT required that you
enter your email address to participate. That is up to you. We use
the email addresses strictly for the purpose of contacting prize winners.
Yes. we do provide prizes of cash in some studies. If you do not enter
your email address, then you cannot win a prize, but you can still
participate and receive all other benefits of participation.
We do not sell, exchange, or give email addresses or other personal
information to anyone except as required by law (e.g., by lawful
warrant issued by a judge). We do not sell, exchange, or give
data to anyone with any other identifying information.
Data may be shared with other scientists. Before data are made available
to others, however, all identifiers (including email address, IP address,
and comments) are deleted. As noted above, we do not sell, trade, or
give away these addresses or other information that might conceivably
be used to identify someone. Please do not make terrorist threats or
other threats of violence, as we might be required in such cases to
provide identifying information to the police.
Data are sent in non-encrypted form with no more security than email.
Therefore, you should respond as if you were sending email and use the
same standards for communication with us as if you were sending email.
You should be aware that email is not sent in encrypted (coded) form.
Although unlikely, it is possible that the FBI or department of homeland
security might be capturing the data transmission, for example.
You can examine each study before you decide to participate. If you consent
to participate, you are agreeing to the use of the data for scientific
purposes, which may involve publication of scientific papers. To get an idea
of how such studies are reported, see the publications listed at the bottom
of this page.
