Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

Value

Vintage67 wrote: »

Prolific specifically forbid researchers to screen participants during a survey:

https://researcher-help.prolific.co/hc/en-gb/articles/360010165173-Can-I-screen-participants-within-my-survey-

Can I screen participants within my survey?

No, you can only screen participants out of your survey based on criteria which are specified using Prolific's prescreening options.
By this, we mean that the full eligibility criteria for your study must be applied to your prescreening, so that all participants who are sent to your study can complete it and receive the reward. You can not simply reject participants if they do not meet the criteria you're looking for, or exit them from your survey, if the criteria wasn't applied to your prescreening.

So I'd report any researcher who asks screening questions, or includes text in the instructions like 'Only complete this survey if you....'

These questions are completely different to attention checks.

PA also say

Participants inappropriately screened out of a study should not have their submission rejected, and will require payment.

I didn't realise this! I think I'll be contacting the researcher who screened me out of the Paris network study!

Willing2Learn

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elsien

Just got paid £15 for a skype interview that lasted just over an hour.
Happy bunny.

mikep22

elsien wrote: »

Just got paid £15 for a skype interview that lasted just over an hour.
Happy bunny.

Filth with added filth sauce!

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PWEM

Topiary wrote: »

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Altough it was an interesting study, it took me over 1 hour .

It says "Our statistics show that reading a single questionnaire statement and answering it will take about 6-7 seconds." Really!? :mad:

elsien

Value wrote: »

I didn't realise this! I think I'll be contacting the researcher who screened me out of the Paris network study!

And me - got turfed out after the first question.

Value

elsien wrote: »

And me - got turfed out after the first question.

I've contacted the researcher. She initially said I had not been truthful and wasn't consistent with my Prolific profile. She said I should only have answered that I was familiar with the network if I travelled on it at least weekly, and only people living in France would be that familiar with it. I replied to say that wasn't what her question asked, as being familiar isn't the same as travelling weekly. She said I was the only person to have been rejected at that stage (evidently not true as there is me, you and someone else who said they'd been thrown out, just from this forum).


Anyway I've contacted Prolific support to ask if they can take a look at it. She shouldn't have made assumptions, and her question should have been phrased differently and probably asked as a pre-screening question.

elsien

Value wrote: »

I've contacted the researcher. She initially said I had not been truthful and wasn't consistent with my Prolific profile. She said I should only have answered that I was familiar with the network if I travelled on it at least weekly, and only people living in France would be that familiar with it. I replied to say that wasn't what her question asked, as being familiar isn't the same as travelling weekly. She said I was the only person to have been rejected at that stage (evidently not true as there is me, you and someone else who said they'd been thrown out, just from this forum).


Anyway I've contacted Prolific support to ask if they can take a look at it. She shouldn't have made assumptions, and her question should have been phrased differently and probably asked as a pre-screening question.

Exactly what happened with me - I'm an infrequent user but felt I had some familiarity because of the times I've used it on holiday or passing through. Very unclear on her part. I'll contact prolific tonight.