Benefit and Risks

• For each experiment, a certain number of registered persons will receive an invitation email. Only invited persons have the right to take part in the experiment


• If you wish to participate in a given experiment, you have to answer positively to the invitation email, by clicking on the link provided in the email. By doing so, you indicate your commitment to participate


• If you cannot come for some reason, please inform the experimenter ASAP by email. Keep in mind that some experiments require a certain number of students to participate. If you do not show up without informing the researcher, it may cause the cancellation of the entire experiment


• Participation is typically compensated in cash. The amount depends on the specific experiment. However, every participant who is enrolled in an experiment and shows up on time will be compensated with a show-up payment


• For each experiment, an excess number of participants will be invited and enrolled to ensure sufficient participation. This may result in an excess number of participants who show up. Individuals may not participate in an experiment if too many potential participants show up. However, individuals that show up on time but do not participate will still receive the show-up payment


• To ensure that only those people who signed up take part in the experiment, participants are asked to carry photo id

Privacy Policy

• The data collected in this "Recruitment System" will be used for the limited purpose of organizing scientific experiments in the Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology Department. The data will not be shared with any other institutions or persons. We use these data for the following purposes:
  
  
  • to inform potential participants about new experiments available
  • to use attribute queries to select participants from the database for specific experiments. For example, researchers may want to recruit students only from a specific faculty or disciple
  
  
• Researchers who use the database will know which experiments you have taken part in.


• The participant database is stored on a secure server in the Faculty of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Science


• There is no connection between the data collected in the experiments and the data stored in the "Recruitment System"


• In each experiment, the researcher will explain to you how, where, and when she/he will use the data you provide


• You can modify or permanently delete your personal information from the database at any time. Also you can temporarily unsubscribe from the system which will prevent you receiving invitations to experiments

Bruno Wichmann
Associate Professor
Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology
515 GSB, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H1
Tel:(780) 492-0819, email:bwichmann@ualberta.ca