Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

faerielight

Aww thanks guys!.. yes I’ve done 17 studies.. so yay for the influx of studies as a newbie 😁. Does the amount drop off? I’m really enjoying it though.. they are so varied

mikep22

allison445 said:

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.

I had this today, though a much shorter version basically telling me to return it and not making any suggestions about paying it.

"You completed The role of the end-user in the development of responsible AI systems

23 Jun 2022, 07:34

Hi, Thank you for taking the time to do our survey. Unfortunately, there's been a technical problem with this study. We don't want to penalise participants for that, therefore can you please return your submission? We are already in contact with Prolific. Thank you."

____

Colour me deeply unimpressed. I have said having completed the survey I would expect the rewards as initially stated to be honest.

MollyR

Product Purchase Intention Survey Copy

By Yiran Jiang
2 places

£0.40 £2.85/hr 8 mins

Our little friend yet again.

yupiteru

mikep22 said:

allison445 said:

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.

I had this today, though a much shorter version basically telling me to return it and not making any suggestions about paying it.

"You completed The role of the end-user in the development of responsible AI systems

23 Jun 2022, 07:34

Hi, Thank you for taking the time to do our survey. Unfortunately, there's been a technical problem with this study. We don't want to penalise participants for that, therefore can you please return your submission? We are already in contact with Prolific. Thank you."

____

Colour me deeply unimpressed. I have said having completed the survey I would expect the rewards as initially stated to be honest.

That is very disappointing as even if it was a technical issue you should still be paid for your time surely?  I still have the 'timed out' status showing so I wont hold my breath.

Took me over 30 mins to complete so I am hoping for some kind of payment, but if not It wont be the first disappointing Prolific experience (or the last!).

mikep22

yupiteru said:

mikep22 said:

allison445 said:

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.

I had this today, though a much shorter version basically telling me to return it and not making any suggestions about paying it.

"You completed The role of the end-user in the development of responsible AI systems

23 Jun 2022, 07:34

Hi, Thank you for taking the time to do our survey. Unfortunately, there's been a technical problem with this study. We don't want to penalise participants for that, therefore can you please return your submission? We are already in contact with Prolific. Thank you."

____

Colour me deeply unimpressed. I have said having completed the survey I would expect the rewards as initially stated to be honest.

That is very disappointing as even if it was a technical issue you should still be paid for your time surely?  I still have the 'timed out' status showing so I wont hold my breath.

Took me over 30 mins to complete so I am hoping for some kind of payment, but if not It wont be the first disappointing Prolific experience (or the last!).

They havent replied to me yet - given theyve effectively told me that its a technical issue and not one of mine, I would expect to be paid tbh. And its not like its a low paying survey, its a £5 one! 

yupiteru

UK food habits & preferences

By Taste srl

£1.07 • £11.33/hr

5 mins

0 places

Hello and thanks in advance for your time! 

We are calling you to participate in our Global Taste Call: help us to understand your taste, starting from your personal eating habits and preferences.

Interesting quite brief study, looks like it was hosted on the 'Surveymonkey' platform. 

It was a bit restrictive regarding the selections but makes a change from the 'working from home' and 'workplace experience' studies that seem to be the bulk of my submissions lately.

silvercar

yupiteru said:

It was a bit restrictive regarding the selections but makes a change from the 'working from home' and 'workplace experience' studies that seem to be the bulk of my submissions lately.

I also get loads of those. I’m messing up their research as I was working on bits from home before covid, then started working in a vaccine centre. So all my answers relate to working from home and then not being able to work from home. As I go through series of questions I can see that it makes no sense to a researcher, but there never seems to be a place to show a change of job.

MollyR

MollyR said:

Product Purchase Intention Survey Copy

By Yiran Jiang
2 places

£0.40 £2.85/hr 8 mins

Our little friend yet again.

I reported it to Prolific and have just heard back that they will contact the researcher.  Sounds rather like criminal police officers being given "words of advice".

yupiteru

British Men's Meat Consumption Study

By live.vu.edu.au

£2.80 • £7.96/hr

21 mins

0 places

This student PhD study is exploring the psychological factors influencing men's meat consumption/avoidance behaviour. We are looking for men aged 18+ who live in England to participate. Meat-eaters, vegetarians and vegans all welcome! The online survey takes approximately 20 or so minutes to complete and involves questions about your personality, personal beliefs, emotional responses and social environments. Please click on the link for more information about the study.

Returned this study because it is uses the word 'British' in the title but then it states it is looking for men who live in England.

I understand that some people overseas think of England as Britain bit seen as I am in Wales, I did not want to risk a rejection.

MollyR

Did you message the researcher (who appears to be Australian, from the URL) to point out the difference?  That might give them time to correct their error.