Research Participation for Credit
Responsibilities of a Research Participant
As a research participant, you have certain requirements and expectations.
- Find projects in which to participate and follow instructions on flyer for sign-up.
- Participate with informed consent and assurance of confidentiality unless otherwise stated.
- You are expected to show up for any projects that you agree to participate. Arrangements must be made prior to experimental session if you cannot keep your appointment.
- Please do not query individual instructors about particulars of individual research projects.
- For some projects for which the researchers were granted prior Institutional Review Board approval, you will be contacted by the experimenter directly to participate.
- Once you have participated, be sure to fill out receipt form provided by experimenter. Get form signed by experimenter. You should keep the bottom portion of the receipt as your personal copy until the end of the semester. This receipt is your proof of participation for credit in the event of a discrepancy with the Subject Pool Administrator.
- Please do not divulge the specifics of any experiment for which you have participated.
- If you were sent a confirmation email from the experimenter, please keep this email until after you have participated. It may contain valuable contact information.
- You will not always correspond with the experimenter directly. Some studies may be anonymous, such as a web-based survey, and this would not apply.