Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

elsien

Had a faulty survey yesterday which jumped to the end and missed most of the questions out. Let the researcher know and they asked me to return it. I was going to but life got in the way and now they’ve rejected it without giving me any more time. I don’t expect to be paid but I do object to a rejected response that’s not my fault. Worth contacting prolific about? 

elsien

silvercar said:

Social media study

By Yuchen Yang

£1.54 • £6.01/hr

15 mins

 27 places

We would like to know more about social media use. 

In this study, we’ll ask you a series of short questions, then you will interact with a simulated social media feed. Finally, we’ll ask you some questions on what you think about social media.

I've just had a rejection on this one, claiming I failed an attention seek question. Posting as a warning to anyone who takes it. I've emailed the researcher to query it. 

That’s the one that’s just rejected me - see above post. It was a technical fault at their end in my case.  They’ve still rejected it though. 

“Dear participant, Your submission was rejected for study "Social media study" for the following reasons: - Didn't answer essential questions - Finished the study too quickly Here is the message from the researcher: Sorry, I believe our link was faulty and you weren't able to complete - apologies for the rejecting”

gdv4000

elsien said:

silvercar said:

Social media study

By Yuchen Yang

£1.54 • £6.01/hr

15 mins

 27 places

We would like to know more about social media use. 

In this study, we’ll ask you a series of short questions, then you will interact with a simulated social media feed. Finally, we’ll ask you some questions on what you think about social media.

I've just had a rejection on this one, claiming I failed an attention seek question. Posting as a warning to anyone who takes it. I've emailed the researcher to query it. 

That’s the one that’s just rejected me - see above post. It was a technical fault at their end in my case.  They’ve still rejected it though. 

“Dear participant, Your submission was rejected for study "Social media study" for the following reasons: - Didn't answer essential questions - Finished the study too quickly Here is the message from the researcher: Sorry, I believe our link was faulty and you weren't able to complete - apologies for the rejecting”

I would definitely raise a complaint with Prolific. I had a similar rejection and, when I complained, Prolific removed the rejection from my (otherwise unblemished!) record.

gdv4000

yupiteru said:

...Of course It may be that some members would prefer it if the forum reverted back to the dead state it used to be, where, when I checked for content, you would be lucky to see anything posted at all some weeks...

Please keep posting these updates Yupiteru, as I find them very useful. Even though the surveys are always gone by time I log on, it's still very useful to know the volume of surveys that are being offered by Prolific to other users.

olliebean

gdv4000 said:

elsien said:

silvercar said:

Social media study

By Yuchen Yang

£1.54 • £6.01/hr

15 mins

 27 places

We would like to know more about social media use. 

In this study, we’ll ask you a series of short questions, then you will interact with a simulated social media feed. Finally, we’ll ask you some questions on what you think about social media.

I've just had a rejection on this one, claiming I failed an attention seek question. Posting as a warning to anyone who takes it. I've emailed the researcher to query it. 

That’s the one that’s just rejected me - see above post. It was a technical fault at their end in my case.  They’ve still rejected it though. 

“Dear participant, Your submission was rejected for study "Social media study" for the following reasons: - Didn't answer essential questions - Finished the study too quickly Here is the message from the researcher: Sorry, I believe our link was faulty and you weren't able to complete - apologies for the rejecting”

I would definitely raise a complaint with Prolific. I had a similar rejection and, when I complained, Prolific removed the rejection from my (otherwise unblemished!) record.

Agreed. They have admitted it was a fault with their link, and Prolific's guidelines explicitly state that a technical error that was not the participant's fault is not a valid reason for rejection. (https://researcher-help.prolific.co/hc/en-gb/articles/360009092394-Approvals-rejections-returns)

Martico

I think this might have been the highest paying one I've done since I started a couple of months ago. Let's hope it's approved, i think I did pretty well. Clocked in at around an hour

Psychology test for emotional episodic memory

By Minsok Koo

£12.00 • £8.00/hr

90 mins

 0 places

Hello, this study is designed to see how emotion and personal traits have influence on constructing episodic memory.

In this study, there are 3 major sections. The sequence of the study is described below.

Task procedure : Survey(10~15 min)  → Section 1(20 min)  → intervention(5 min) → Section 2(25 min)

[SURVEY] you will fill out several short surveys related to depression and anxiety.

[SECTION 1] Then, you will view pairs of pictures (72 pairs) superimposed with foreground(event) and background(scene). 

Please, pay attention to both FOREGROUND and BACKGROUND images.

※ Some of the pictures are quite GRAPHIC, so be aware before decide to participate ※

 Also, there are ATTENTION CHECK QUESTIONS in the middle of the task, so be aware to check as instructed

[SECTION 2]  Lastly, you will be asked to answer questions regard to the each picture (72 pairs) from the section 1.

Most of the trial responses are self-paced, so the completion time will vary from participants to participants, but average completion time is between about 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.

Devices you can use to take this study:

• Desktop

DontBringBertie

Did anyone do the study below which involved shooting chickens in a game? Soooo boring.

Earn a promotion in combat with the CyberGnostic Space Chicken- A video game task.

Hosted by James Nelson

MrsWhippy

DontBringBertie said:

Did anyone do the study below which involved shooting chickens in a game? Soooo boring.

Earn a promotion in combat with the CyberGnostic Space Chicken- A video game task.

Hosted by James Nelson

Yes I did it too. One of the strangest studies I've done.  But it was approved quickly. 

yupiteru

A survey for UK residents from Dorset, Somerset or Wiltshire about retirement living communities.

By Sayril Saro

£0.30 • £15.65/hr

1 min

353 places

We are looking to speak with people from Dorset, Somerset or Wiltshire about retirement living brands that provide services in your area. If you are aware of retirement living for your self or a family member we would like to speak with you. 

The below link directs you to a short screening survey, then you will be invited to take part in the main survey.

It has been pretty slow again this week and I got all exited when this appeared.  Sadly it is not aimed at me.

I assume 'retirement living' is different to a care home and is a community where people of a certain age live whilst they are circling the plug hole.

Might be something to consider for the future of course.

yupiteru

DontBringBertie said:

Did anyone do the study below which involved shooting chickens in a game? Soooo boring.

Earn a promotion in combat with the CyberGnostic Space Chicken- A video game task.

Hosted by James Nelson

I have not seen this one yet, but my ageing laptop that I use for Prolific might not cope with the memory demands of the game.

Makes a welcome change from the work tickbox studies, that's for sure, boring or not.