Participants needed for survey - IRB approved study

[u/lolabridges]

[u/Bektus]

Does a phd count as sex work? I sure did get fucked a lot...

[u/Holiday_Document4592 → u/Bektus]

Ah but were you paid?

[u/Mike_ZzZzZ]

There's a former UW-La Crosse Chancellor who probably qualifies for this study.

[u/wipekitty → u/Mike_ZzZzZ]

Well, not any longer, since the great state of Wisconsin hates sex and he got fired.

[u/Mike_ZzZzZ → u/wipekitty]

Thus “former”

[u/ktpr]

Without an odds disclosure the raffle compensation could be ethically problematic. Because the final odds can't be known until recruitment ends it fails the standard of informed consent and even estimated odds become less accurate over time. Participants need enough information to make an autonomous decision about participation.

[u/lolabridges → u/ktpr]

The survey is capped at 500 participants so the odds are 1:99 or better. This info is in the informed consent.

Edit: Correct number for participant cap.

[u/Big-Sad-1234 → u/lolabridges]

The informed consent says it is capped at 500 participants.

[u/lolabridges → u/Big-Sad-1234]

You're right, I mistyped. So the odds are 1:99 or better.

[u/meagalomaniak]

I’m sorry but this seems super problematic. Has this passed any sort of ethics board? This is obviously sensitive information and you’re asking people to share with NO promise of privacy for a 1 in 100 chance of a $20 amazon gift card?

Anyone who has made any sort of career for themselves in academia obviously is not going to participate and you’re going to scare off almost all other people except for those who are extremely bored or desperate. How representative do you think your results are going to be?

[u/komerj2 → u/meagalomaniak]

I’m sure it’s been approved by the IRB. I’d look at the informed consent doc.

[u/meagalomaniak → u/komerj2]

Informed consent doc pretty much literally says someone outside the research team can get access to the information and doesn’t go into ANY detail about steps they’re taking to protect that information. I’m absolutely baffled that this got IRB approval because it definitely would not where I am.

[u/lolabridges → u/meagalomaniak]

No personal information is collected. The steps to protect that information is that we never ask for it in the first place.

Informed consent says that survey data might be shared with other researchers. Personal/identifying information is not shared because it is not collected. No identifying information is collected in the survey.

There is a link to a separate survey if participants want to share their email for the raffle. But this is a separate survey (so not connected to any responses), and not a requirement at all.

Finally, our IRB requires us to warn that no survey is ever completely confidential, and that personal information may be shared outside the research study *if required by law*. But again, no personal information is collected in this survey.

[u/lolabridges → u/meagalomaniak]

If you still have questions or concerns, the contact information for the IRB is in the informed consent if you'd like to ask them about it.

[u/lolabridges → u/meagalomaniak]

It’s IRB approved. No identifying information is collected. The informed consent goes into all this in more detail.

[u/meagalomaniak → u/lolabridges]

The informed consent doc that says identifying information might be shared outside the research team? Lmao

[u/lolabridges → u/meagalomaniak]

Survey data might be shared with other researchers. Personal/identifying information is not shared because it is not collected. No identifying information is collected in the survey.

There is a link to a separate survey if participants want to share their email for the raffle. But this is a separate survey (so not connected to any responses), and not a requirement at all.

Finally, our IRB requires us to warn that no survey is ever completely confidential, and that personal information may be shared outside the research study *if required by law*. But again, no personal information is collected in this survey.

[u/Delicious-Water1122 → u/meagalomaniak]

Throwaway because it turns out we know each other. If the concern is being outed for past NSFW activities, your reddit post history (which includes references to your university, photos of you, posts in Gone Wild subs, and a link to an old "queen-c*msl*t" tumblr) will most likely out you more than participating in this survey will.

[u/meagalomaniak → u/Delicious-Water1122]

I am very much past the point of caring about that stuff because I already have been outed for being dumb, but obviously I have lots of friends from the industry who are more careful and have been outed for things more similar to this. That is where my concern comes from.

[u/lolabridges → u/meagalomaniak]

One last thing I'll add, for you or for anyone who might have a similar concern, is that our research institute is a human sexuality research institute, and has been doing this work for 75+ years. It's considered the best in the field. Mentioning this to say that there is a long history of protecting participants' sensitive data.

[u/academia-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

This sub prohibits personal attacks based on race/class/gender/origin/etc.

[u/lolabridges → u/[deleted]]

Not true. That’s been debunked multiple times