Purpose of the research:
This is a Brown University research project designed to determine what aspects of scientific
images are most noticeable to the viewer. The goals of the project are:
To develop a method for identifying effective features of scientific images used in education
and communication. To test this method using crowd-sourcing (with Amazon Mechanical
Turk) with large international populations of adults.
Inclusion Criteria: You must be 18 years or older to participate in this survey. You must have strong proficiency in English.
What you will do in this survey: If you decide to participate, you will look at a series of images and respond to questions about the images.
Time Required: The survey will take less than 1 hour to complete. We expect that you should spend about 30 seconds on each image.
Benefits: There are no anticipated direct benefits to you. Your participation is an
opportunity to help in research to learn about how people perceive images used in science
education.
Compensation: Your responses are voluntary and there is no monetary compensation for participation.
Participant Risks: There are no anticipated risks associated with participation in the surveys.
Confidentiality: Your responses will be anonymous. The data you give may be used as the
basis for articles or presentations in the future, as well as for future institutional program
development and planning, and for faculty and/or staff professional development. When
research results are reported, responses will be aggregated (added together) and described
in summary.
Participation and withdrawal: Your participation is completely voluntary, and you may quit at any time without penalty.
Contact: If you have questions or concerns about this research, please contact:
Kathy Takayama
Director, Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning
Box 1912
96 Waterman Street
Providence, RI 02912
1-401-863-1141
Kathy_Takayama@brown.edu
Whom to contact about your rights in this research, for
questions, concerns, suggestions, or complaints that are not being
addressed by th
Research Protections Office
Box 1986
Brown University
tel: (401) 863-3050
toll-free: (866) 309-2095
Please print or save a copy of this page for your records.
Draw 2-5 polygons on the image, in order from most important to least important. We expect that you should spend about 30 seconds on this image. We are looking for your rapid expert judgment about the most important elements of the image.
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Error: between 2 and 5 locations must be highlighted.
You have completed all of the images. Thank you very much for participating in our experiment!