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olliebean

Sapindus said:

olliebean said:

olliebean said:

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Did anyone else have a problem with this one? There were no explicit attention checks that I can recall, and I completed the study in good faith - the main part involved guessing the percentage of orange dots in a box full of orange and blue dots - but was told at the end that I'd failed attention checks. I suspect they've just decided that anyone who didn't reach a certain level of accuracy in the task can't have been paying attention, but that doesn't seem fair as I might have just not been very good at the task.

Anyway I've told Prolific and also messaged the researcher, and we'll see what happens.

I've now received a reply from the researcher, explaining the attention checks and asking that I return my submission so as not to have it rejected. I have replied, explaining at some length why I believe these attention checks were unfair (and linking to the relevant page in Prolific's Best Practice Guide), and threatening to escalate it to Prolific. So we shall see what happens next.

When I did it the attention check questions had a big red exclamation mark to alert you to the question being different.  Of course that might mean it was added subsequent to your complaint, which could be a good sign.

I remember seeing the exclamation marks (my memory is of them being yellow, though), but there was no indication that they might mean the question had changed, and having been primed with the information that there was a time limit, my instinctive reaction to a big alert symbol was to hurry up and give my answer before the time ran out, rather than slow down and re-read the instructions that I had no reason to believe had changed.

elsien

Anyone just done the first part of that cooking one - jeez, talk about losing the will to live. And I'm fairly sure the feedback was rigged as well.  If I don't get the full amount I'm not going to be happy - first half was a good hour and a half. 

[Deleted User]

I tried to access/schedule a Zoom appointment for this study this evening:  Visual Memory Study 3

I was given a completion code and asked to submit this before selecting the appointment slot and I did this.  I found that I was directed to a 'Doodle' account and was asked to give access to my Google account. 

The option to select a slot for the Zoom appointment (for tomorrow) was muted and I was not able to secure a slot.  I have contacted the Researcher (having followed the instructions and entered the completion code) because I don't want them to think I am trying to cheat.

Does anyone know about this 'system' where you have to join/open a Doodle account before being able to access a Zoom appointment as part of the Prolific Study, thanks?

Crimson

cagsd

Prolific assistant has been going absolutely crazy today - I think it's pinged at least 20 times!  I've been really really busy, so often couldn't get to it in time - and twice I managed to reserve spots but had to return the studies as they were long and I didn't have the time to do them. I think I've managed to complete a couple of pounds worth today but must have missed out on much more!!

elsien

Deleted_User said:

I tried to access/schedule a Zoom appointment for this study this evening:  Visual Memory Study 3

I was given a completion code and asked to submit this before selecting the appointment slot and I did this.  I found that I was directed to a 'Doodle' account and was asked to give access to my Google account. 

The option to select a slot for the Zoom appointment (for tomorrow) was muted and I was not able to secure a slot.  I have contacted the Researcher (having followed the instructions and entered the completion code) because I don't want them to think I am trying to cheat.

Does anyone know about this 'system' where you have to join/open a Doodle account before being able to access a Zoom appointment as part of the Prolific Study, thanks?

Crimson

Never come across it. Not sure why they can’t just send you a zoom link, 

[Deleted User]

The Researcher contacted me today and has provided a direct link for me to access the Zoom study on Thursday and I'm really pleased to be able to participate now.

Crimson

olliebean

I had a good one yesterday morning: "Visual categorization with incentives and losses" - £6.10 for a study that was estimated to take 50 minutes, but in practice took less than 30, plus I got a £10 bonus for it!

elsien

olliebean said:

I had a good one yesterday morning: "Visual categorization with incentives and losses" - £6.10 for a study that was estimated to take 50 minutes, but in practice took less than 30, plus I got a £10 bonus for it!

Has Ricardo replied to you yet about the failed attention check one? I was a bit late getting my reply in but I have said I’m not willing to return it. 

olliebean

elsien said:

olliebean said:

I had a good one yesterday morning: "Visual categorization with incentives and losses" - £6.10 for a study that was estimated to take 50 minutes, but in practice took less than 30, plus I got a £10 bonus for it!

Has Ricardo replied to you yet about the failed attention check one? I was a bit late getting my reply in but I have said I’m not willing to return it. 

No, I've heard nothing more about that yet. It's getting close to the 3 weeks or 22 days or whatever it is when I guess if he doesn't reject it I will get paid automatically. Should know one way or the other by the end of the week.

allison445

Did anyone else complete this study

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The amount of attention checks was unbelievable