Center for Behavioral and Experimental Economic Science


Rules

By registering for laboratory experiments, you indicate your intention of taking part in experiments conducted by CBEES researchers.

Rules for laboratory experiments

  • Registration does not guarantee that you will be able to participate in any given experiment.
  • For each experiment, a few extra participants will be permitted to sign up. Participation is on a first-come, first-serve basis. If a participant is turned away, they will receive a showup fee to compensate for their time.
  • Usually, participation will be compensated in cash. The amount depends on the participant's and other participants' decisions during the experiment.
  • During an experiment, each participant will be expected to adhere to the rules stated by the experimenters in the instructions.
  • Those who agree to take part in a particular experiment should keep in mind that if they do not show up or show up late, the experiment may be cancelled because of a lack of participants.
  • If a confirmed participant fails to show up, this will be recorded. Any participant who fails to show up for three experiments may be dropped from the participant pool and will not be eligible to sign up for any more experiments.

Informed Consent

Consent to participate in research

Investigator

Catherine Eckel
972-883-4880

Purpose

The purpose of the research to better understand decision making.

Possible Risks

There are no risks to participation above and beyond what could be expected to occur in daily living.

Possible Benefits to the Participant

There are no direct benefits to you for participating other than the payment you may receive. Sometimes, you will be paid according to the decisions that you make. Other times, your payment may be based on chance or you may receive a flat rate payment for participation.

Participation

All participation is voluntary. You may discontinue participating at any time if you wish with no penalty. Your decision whether or not to participate or withdraw will not prejudice your future relations with or adversely affect your standing in any class or program at UTD.

You must be 18 or older to participate. If you are less than 18 years old, you must have written permission from your parents in order to participate. Please contact the CBEES lab at 972-883-4880 or cbees@utdallas.edu if you are under the age of 18 and wish to participate.

Payment

In some parts of the study you may earn money depending on the decisions that you make or on chance.

Records of Participation in this Research

Information Stored at the University of Texas at Dallas

All the information participants provide to investigators as part of this research will be protected and held in confidence within the limits of law and institutional regulation. Data will be stored by code number only, and will be available only to the researchers. We will not share any personal contact information.

Information Available to Others

Members and associated staff of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the University of Texas at Dallas may review the records of your participation in this research. An IRB is a group of people who are responsible for assuring the community that the rights of participants in research are respected. A representative of the UTD IRB may contact you to gather information about your participation in this research. If you wish, you may refuse to answer questions the representative of the IRB may ask.

Publications Associated with this Research

The results of this research may appear in publications but individual participants will not be identified.

Contact People

Participants who want more information about this research may contact the investigator listed above. Participants who want more information about their rights as a participant or who want to report a research related injury may contact:

Sanaz Okhovat, Research Compliance Manager, 972-883-4579
UTD Office of Vice President for Research & Graduation Education

Additional information, including the nature and details of the researcher’s, or the research entity’s, financial interests, are available upon request.

By registering on this website, the participant indicates that they have read the information provided above and that they have received answers to their questions. The participant also indicates that they have freely decided to participate in this research and that they know they have not given up any of their legal rights.

A participant may request that their information be removed from the database at any time by emailing cbees@utdallas.edu.


By clicking "Confirm", I indicate that I have read the laboratory rules and provide my informed consent to participate in research conducted by the CBEES.