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Brookside88 wrote: »

Anyone done or doing the social game study. What's the game like as I'm at work and don't want to be doing anything dodgy :rotfl:

Which researcher is it?

Brookside88

SSDD23 wrote: »

Which researcher is it?

Clemens aichhlozer

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Brookside88 wrote: »

Clemens aichhlozer

It's okay, it's do-able without sound

I winged it (as I can't sit at work with headphones in) as I've done the app ones before and it's about telling the emotion. I have no idea whether the emotion conveyed by their noises was the same as the videos but I went with the videos and got through it

Merlin's_Beard

Brookside88 wrote: »

Just to play devils advocate. Is it possible that they selected respondents based on preselection questions e.g.. someone who said they were middle of the road politically but then gave answers to suggest they were far left or right?

Not saying this is the case but perhaps it's a possibility

I would definitely raise it with prolific though

I wouldn't bother if it was something like that - in fact, I've emailed a researcher within the last week to check if I was really in the profile they wanted (I'd ticked in pre-screening that I'd been exposed to a chemical, but I wasn't convinced that three exposures 15 years ago were actually what the researcher wanted...). And I've returned studies before because it became obvious that I was technically qualified but not really - because sometimes the pre-screening questions don't actually pick up on subtle things.

But it was a "listen to these voices and tick how much you trust/would hire/like this person" type of thing... I would think it's pretty hard to give a wrong answer to that but apparently I'm just that good :rotfl:

Anyway, I've raised it as a ticket and we'll see what comes of it! The worst they can say it "no".

Brookside88

Merlin's_Beard wrote: »

I wouldn't bother if it was something like that - in fact, I've emailed a researcher within the last week to check if I was really in the profile they wanted (I'd ticked in pre-screening that I'd been exposed to a chemical, but I wasn't convinced that three exposures 15 years ago were actually what the researcher wanted...). And I've returned studies before because it became obvious that I was technically qualified but not really - because sometimes the pre-screening questions don't actually pick up on subtle things.

But it was a "listen to these voices and tick how much you trust/would hire/like this person" type of thing... I would think it's pretty hard to give a wrong answer to that but apparently I'm just that good :rotfl:

Anyway, I've raised it as a ticket and we'll see what comes of it! The worst they can say it "no".

Oh well in that case yes I completely agree that's not an acceptable reason to reject your answers. Keep us posted

Smodlet

Iffy researcher looking for free data, imho. Definitely one for PA.

Merlin's_Beard

Response from Prolific:

Yes, researchers are allowed to reject clear outliners. We don't have access to the data, so I don't know what the researcher meant with "extreme" responses. I would ask the researcher for a more clearer explanation.

Best,
Kendra

I guess consider all of us warned! Don't be too honest!

Smodlet

"a more clearer"...? Even in decent English that sounds like BS to me. So any researcher can reject any response they like whenever they like whilst using our data, presumably?

mikep22

Smodlet wrote: »

"a more clearer"...? Even in decent English that sounds like BS to me. So any researcher can reject any response they like whenever they like whilst using our data, presumably?

Sounds like it, I would ask for clarification and if they cannot provide it suitably, I think it puts you in a strong position to further complain to Prolific. If the researcher cannot tell you the issue, then they are lacking the evidence to reject. Clearly if what you have written is gibberish (ie Lorem Ipsom) then they have a point, otherwise they are taking the mick.

If they want responses within certain parameters, they should probably make it clear from the outside. Else it is their fault their survey is badly designed.

Brookside88

3 studies so far today! Keep it up prolific! :T