Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

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willowcat27 said:

A question for the more long standing Prolific members.  Does the quantity of studies drastically reduce over the summer and is it still worth logging on every day.  I was just wondering as I have only regularly been doing studies since last Autumn but I've never had a week - even over Christmas, where I havn't been able to do some. 

From my point of view, yes - the amount of available studies does drop a bit. There are still some though - it's not a complete write-off, as other non-academic organisations still use the platform. Definitely still worth logging on, I'd say.

allison445

The role of the end-user in the development of responsible AI systems
latest update from the timed out study a rather long response

Dear Participant,
Firstly, I really would like to THANK YOU if you have taken the time to complete our survey. We received a lot of good and high-quality data. THANK YOU!!!

However, there has also been a technical issue with the completion time parameter setup, which caused most of you to be timed out. You may know that when a participant is timed-out, Prolific looks for new participants. As a result, we had more than 1300 responses, instead of 400.

Our initial project allowance was for 400 participants, but as I said previously, we really value participants' effort and time in taking the survey, and we recognise that the issue was not on your side. So, we as a team worked hard in the past few days to figure out the problem, and see what we could do to pay back most of you. I manually checked all participants in timed-out and awaiting review status, and we raised our allowance as much as we could.

 As a result, 89% of the total submissions will be accepted despite your timed-out status. If you receive a rejection, please do not take it personally. The rejection is not related to the timed-out status per se, but to the criteria, we mentioned in our ad (e.g., multiple attention checks failed, survey completed too quickly, etc.). Further, Prolific recorded some submissions of which we haven't received any data, and so we are unable to verify and accept those submissions.

 I will reject or approve and pay participants who result in "awaiting review" status first, and I will move on to those in "timed-out" later. Please, consider that on our side we have to compute the new budget needed to cover the extra cost and make a new payment to Prolific. We will do it as quick as possible, but it may take a few days. Do not panic, if you don't receive your reward straightforward.

 I hope you can all appreciate our effort and work and this message clarifies how we have decided to proceed. Thank you again for taking part in the survey.

MollyR

Well, they'll know to test a study out before going live with it, next time!

[Deleted User]

Of course no guarantee that my 'Timed out' submission will be accepted but, even so, I am impressed with the Researcher's good communication and acknowledgement of the problem.

olliebean

I've had a few today, one of which involved watching 30 commercials for kids' toys. It was paid OK, at £4 for 30 minutes, but I'm afraid I had to cancel and return it after the first few ads as I already had a headache and I could feel my brain starting to ooze out of my ears.

yupiteru

Learning Survey: Part 1

By tauex.tau.ac.il

0 places

In this survey we are interested in how people learn.

The survey is consisted of three parts; you will receive an invitation to complete each part at a different point in time (between 2 to 4 days between each part). All parts together should take 12-15 minutes (we estimate about 3 minutes for the first part and about 5 to 3 minutes for second and last part, respectfully).

You will only be rewarded full compensation if you complete all three parts.

£0.75 • £15.88/hr

2 mins

Bit odd in that it states that you must 'complete all three parts' but doesn't tell exactly when you will receive the other invitations.

yupiteru

Manager's experiences and the future of work

By bham.ac.uk

0 places

MANAGERS EXPERIENCES AND THE FUTURE OF WORK SURVEY

Thank you for taking an interest in this exciting new joint project between the University of Birmingham and the University of Kent! Your input is incredibly important for us, and will help inform government and company policies to improve productivity, work-life balance and employee wellbeing.      

 

Study Purpose and Rationale

£4.65 • £11.17/hr

24 mins

Took me longer than the predicted time (around 40 mins) but not unusual for me.  Only one brief free text box requirement, the rest of the study consists of repetitive tick boxes.

Edit - got paid within an hour of completion.

ElefantEd

Hi ,

Great news, 2014 Wisc has increased the reward per hour for this study as it was paying under our minimum recommended reward per hour when your submission was approved.

Your account has been credited by £0.01.

Regards,
Prolific

Any ideas for what I should invest in with this bonanza?

yupiteru

7-minute survey

By Florian Zimmermann

0 places

In this study, we will ask you to make a few estimates.

Devices you can use to take this study:

£1.06 • £7.21/hr

8 mins

At the beginning of this study there are instructions and then comprehension questions.  I obviously got one wrong as I was asked to return the study because I did not pay enough attention to the instructions.

Bit strict, as usually you get a couple of goes to get things right, but be warned no second chance here.

 Edit - just checked the rules regarding this and it states on the Prolific guidance pages that 'Participants must be given at least two chances to get a correct answer'

MollyR

Product Purchase Intention Survey

By Yiran Jiang

0 places £0.40 • £2.26/hr 10 mins

Our little friend again, I think.  As well as being severely underpaying, the opening page says that in the interests of efficiency they have included several smaller studies with the main one!!