Who
can use the pool? Any faculty member or student with IRB approval. If you have students
who are interested, refer them to the participation pool web page http://www.humboldt.edu/~cla18/partpool.htm
for all necessary instruction - do not send these students to the pool
coordinator. Researchers who are not approved for the pool may not recruit
from Psychology 104 courses.
To
use the pool.
Send me a a description of the
study (short), location of the study, and your HSU email address. Provide me with a copy of the IRB approval. Go to http://www.humboldt.edu/~cla18/stuform.htm
and complete the form.
Recruitment. Recruitment is through our web-based system located at http://hsupool.sona-systems.com . Students create an account and can sign up for your study on-line. Also, the administrator will send occasional messages notifying students of the addition of new studies. You may not recruit in any other manner from Psych 104 courses. Do not contact instructors individually to visit their classes. Researchers may not recruit by gender (e.g., equal numbers of men and women needed for each study) as the enrollment in Psych 104 courses is roughly 70% women. Please plan for this in your research design.
Record keeping. Anyone wanting to use the pool should provide me with a copy of the study’s IRB approval. We need to have some record that all studies received approval. You should record each participant’s name and instructor. After a student participates, you need to log in to the system and give them credit. This must be done within 48 hours of participation (login to the system, choose grant or deny credit). The administrator will receive near constant complaints if you fail to give participants credit. If this becomes a regular problem, your study will be removed from the pool.
Setting up appointments. Login to the system. Choose my experiments, view add or change timeslots.
Internet-Based
Studies.
Participants may earn only 15 minutes of credit for completion of approved
internet-delivered studies, regardless of the actual length of the study.
The
American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principals in the Conduct of
Research with Human Subjects provides guideline for research participation
pools:
a.
Students
are informed about the requirement before they enroll in the course
·
Fall 2002
catalog lists the research requirement in the Psych 104 course description
b.
IRB
approval of research
·
All
researchers must provide
c.
Alternatives
to participation provided
·
As
mentioned above, students must have an alternative assignment
d.
Informed
consent and right to terminate
·
Generally
required for IRB approval
e.
Respect
and courtesy
·
All
researchers are informed of this requirement (also see g below)
f.
Reward
for participation
·
APA
indicates that debriefing is an appropriate educational reward for
participation.
g.
Mechanisms
to report mistreatment
·
Participants
may report mistreatment to myself, the department chair, or the chair of the IRB.
h. Recruiting procedure under constant review
We will address issues or concerns yearly.