CHECKLIST FOR EXPERIMENTERS USING THE PARTICIPANT POOL AND EXPERIMETRIX

 

1.  Prepare your experiment

____    a.  Design your experiment and, if required, obtain appropriate IRB approval.

 

2.  Prepare a research alternative for PSYC 103 students

____    a.  Select a short empirical article for the Participant Pool Committee to place on electronic reserve

 

____    b.  Download the Journal Review Form for the Psychology Department’s web page by going to http://www.cofc.edu/~psycdept, clicking on “PSYC 103 Research Requirement,” then “Experimenters,” and then “Journal Review Form.”

 

____    c.  Complete the Journal Review Form for your article and be sure to provide answers to questions at a level appropriate for PSYC 103 students.  Please complete the Review Form and save it to .html format.  Also, please make sure the format of the document is maintained by printing a test page.

 

____    d.  Turn in the following items to the Participant Pool Committee (PPC):

            (1) Place a hard copy of the entire article in Dr. Michael Cortese’s Psych. Dept. mailbox

(2) Email a file of your completed Review Form Key (in html format) to the Experimetrix Web Master (cortesem@cofc.edu).

                       

3.  Gain access to Experimetrix and enter your information on the website

____    a.  Complete the Experimetrix Subscriber Form by going to http://www.cofc.edu/~psycdept/facinfo.htm, clicking on “PSYC 103 Research Requirement, then “Experimenters,” and then “Experimetrix Subscriber Form.”  Complete the form, and then email it to the Experimetrix Web Master (cortesem@cofc.edu).  

 

____    b.  Wait for your experiment number and password from the PPC.  Note that after you turn in your

materials to the Participant Pool, it may take up to 4 days to receive your number & password for Experimetrix.  This time is essential for the PPC to process each request, to ensure that all materials are available on Electronic reserve, and to make the necessary additions to the website.  Please don’t wait until the last minute to submit your requests.

 

____    c.  Go to the website: http://experimetrix.com/cofc/ and select "experimenter area" from the main page.  Your logon is the experiment number.  Use the password that the committee gave you.  Select "edit header" to provide details for your experiment posting.

           

____    d.  In the description box under edit header, please be sure to include the amount of time (in minutes) required to participate in your experiment

 

____    e.  In the credit box, please be sure to indicate the appropriate number of experimental credits your study is worth (1 credit if less than 30 minutes, 2 credits if 30 minutes or greater).

 

____    f.  Select "add new times" to add sessions that participants can sign up for.

 

____    g.  Select "view schedule" to look at the current schedule and be sure to check the box labeled

"Display experiment to students"

 

____    h.  After the experimental session, select "view schedule" to award credit (or penalty) to the participant. Please assign credits and penalties promptly, as students will assess these records to check their credits.

 

4.   Begin collection data when ready!