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User study recruitment notice

Posted by Manisha Arora on October 27, 2016 in General Announcements

We are recruiting participants to take part in a study to assess the trustworthiness of emails and websites. We are looking for participants who are 18 years or older, with at least 1 year of experience with the internet (i.e. be a regular internet user). We need participants with non-technical expertise.

Screening procedure will be conducted to finalize the participants for the study. Those interested in the study will be sent a screening questionnaire through Dal Opinio/online questionnaire to assess technical proficiency and suitability for the study.

TheÌýstudy will be conducted in the Graphics and Experiential Media (GEM) Lab, on the 4th floor of Mona Campbell building, HÂþ»­ University. You must bring your own laptop (Windows/Mac) to be used in the study. First of all you will meet the researcher, where the study will be explained in detail and you will be asked to provide informed consent. After this, the researcher willÌýdownload a screen recording softwareÌýon your laptop to collect data during the study and mention all study instructions. You will then complete a task to assess the trustworthiness of websites or emailsÌýwhich will be video recorded and followed by a post-observation questionnaire. After this, you will take part in a semi-structured interviewÌýwhich will be audio-recorded.ÌýThe entire session will take about an hour to complete. Each participant will be compensated with $10 for participating in the study. Additionally, theÌýtop 25% of the participants will receive an extra $10 at the end of the research period.

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If you are interested in participating, please contact Manisha Arora by email at Manisha.arora@dal.ca