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An "IRB" that "requires" PII collection
(I've deleted my earlier post. This post gives more info.) — As I noted in my deleted post, the "Verbal Memory" study (which was on my dashboard till this morning) had a consent form requesting PII, including the participant's full legal name, but that PII collection wasn't mentioned in the description on Prolific. (I've reported it as an apparent rule violation.)
Now the same study has shown up on CloudResearch Connect, and there it's got the proper permission and labeling displayed on Connect, about collection of the full name and other PII. – Interestingly, the researcher claims that his institution's IRB (Institutional Review Board) "requires" the PII collection of the "full legal name as electronic signature on the consent form." ... Have we ever seen that before, that an IRB itself would "require" such PII collection? (It's a clinical research institution's IRB; maybe they do things differently as compared to a typical university's IRB?)
"...Please RETURN with code you get..."
"Virtual Partner Policy Task" (utexas.edu):
> ... If you honestly wait but don't get matched to another participant,
> you will get $1.20 (Please RETURN with code you get at the end of wait).
"Return" isn't the right word there, is it?
There's no way to be paid if we Return?
I think they mean to "submit" with code.
Unpaid screenout: "You have provided information which is inconsistent with your Prolific prescreening responses" — but that is unlikely in this case
Study: "Perceptions of Hotel's sustainability practices" (uh.edu)
> "Have you stayed in a hotel within the past 2 years?"
> [No.]
> Unpaid-screenout message:
> "...You have provided information which is inconsistent with your Prolific prescreening responses."
That's unlikely. I haven't indicated any such information in my prescreening responses. Even if I had, my last hotel stay was over 20 years ago. My responses have all been true and correct, so there's no way I ever said I had any hotel stays in recent years.
Aim for Andromeda
because "Aim for the Sun" is taken.
an actually not bad "8-bit" Crockett's Theme rendition by Gavin Graham, using Commodore 64 sounds
youtube.comHewlett joins the battle: "I'm in...Where do you need me!?"
x.com$0.27 study in "high demand"
I hammered it and couldn't get in.
Are we at the point where we're fighting over $0.27? :)
Consumer Research (Antonio Foria) — Not a study at all. Reported.
The "study" opens to a financial loan site's home page. There is no study.
Movie suggestion
Not a great film (and it's either overrated or underrated, depending on your POV), but methinks the 1995 movie "In the Mouth of Madness" might be enjoyable for some fans of The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery, if you're not averse to some Lovecraftian-styled silliness. In the US this month it's available on Tubi and The Roku Channel.
(Here is the IMDb user-reviews page for that movie but, annoyingly, IMDb user-reviews now require a login to view them.)
the lie and the truth
The lie: "The survey will take less than 3 minutes to complete."
The truth: "Estimated completion time: approximately 6-8 minutes."
The latter estimate would probably be closer to my completion time. I'm slow. Probably take 10.