Participant Information
Predict task
Welcome, before starting the experiment, please read the following information:
This study is being conducted by Dr. Marc-Lluis Vives of the Department of Psychology at Leiden University and has been approved by the Psychology Research Ethics Committee of Leiden University (2024-09-25-M.L. Vives Moya-V1-5664).
Purpose of the study
In this study, we investigate how people make decisions under certain conditions to test current theories of decision-making.
Participation
Participation in this study is completely voluntary. This means that you can end your participation at any time and without any explanation. This will not have any detrimental consequences for you. However, if you end the study prematurely, we will not be able to compensate you for your investment.
Procedure
Experiment will be conducted online, and you will be asked to think about several issues and give your opinions on them. Study will take approximately 1.5 hours.
Benefits and risks
There are no known risks associated with participation in this study. All stimuli and procedures are harmless.
Compensation
The compensation for participating in this study is at a rate of 7.50€ per hour. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to make more money during the experiment.
Confidentiality and privacy
All your data will be handled with strict confidentiality. We will collect your responses together with demographic information. How do we protect your privacy? All data is stored anonymously. When we store, process, or publish about your data, nobody will be able to link the data to you personally. We store the anonymous data for 10 years. For the sake of transparency and open science, your anonymous/de-identified data will be made available to other interested researchers via accessible data repositories. Can you withdraw your consent for the use of your data? You can take back your consent for the use, storage, and publishing of your data within two weeks after your participation has ended. For more information on data privacy and your rights, please check the European Union’s data privacy law, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
Contact information
If you have any questions before or after participating in this study, you can contact the principal investigator: Dr. Marc-Lluis Vives, m.l.vives.moya@fsw.leidenuniv. You can also contact the (principal) investigator if you have a complaint. If you prefer not to do so, you can contact the Contact point for research participants at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Leiden University: Contactpuntparticipanten@fsw.leidenuniv.nl If you have any questions or complaints about your privacy or the processing of your personal data, you can contact the privacy officer of Leiden University: privacy@bb.leidenuniv.nl
Consent to participate
Please read the information below carefully.
- I have read the information letter.
- I had enough time to decide if I wanted to take part.
- I know who to contact in case of any complaints.
- I know that taking part is voluntary. I also know that I can decide at any time not to take part in the study or to stop taking part in it. I do not have to explain why, and stopping will not have negative consequences for me. I understand I will not be compensated for my time investment if I stop the study prematurely.
- I know that the research data will be safely stored (coded or anonymized) for at least 10 years.
- I understand that the researchers may share with other researchers my anonymous/de-identified research data that cannot be traced back to me.
