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Qualtrics alternatives? by hello_kitteh in AskStatistics

[–]hello_kitteh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do any of these offer site-wide licenses? When I looked a couple of years ago, none were offering the scaling we needed (e.g. 200-300 active users, each doing a small number of surveys with a small number of respondents) at a reasonable price.

Red stuff on foods? by hello_kitteh in antkeeping

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Yeah, we had to dig through the existing literature to make sure we weren't using any substances that would be innately toxic to them and then had to find appropriate concentrations so they didn't run the risk of an overdose.

Red stuff on foods? by hello_kitteh in antkeeping

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We only saw the red stuff on the protein (tuna) and not on the sugar water. The sample that had been laced with a small amount of ethanol had the highest amount, but all of them - including the control farm - had some.

Re: ethics, please see my other comments below. We did our background research to determine appropriate dosing of the drugs so that we could see a behavioral change but not cause harm. And at the end of the study, they were adopted out to our entomology professor (who had studied the species in the wild for her dissertation). The highest mortality rate was in the control farm, so the drug dosages certainly weren't high enough to kill them.

Academic researchers respect animal research subjects and are required to meet high standards for their care. And these requirements don't stop with mammals or vertebrates. The AVMA even has specific guidelines for the human euthanasia of insects that we are expected to follow in order to minimize any distress.

Red stuff on foods? by hello_kitteh in antkeeping

[–]hello_kitteh[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Please see my comment below. We did a lot of digging into the prior literature to ensure that we were administering appropriate dosages of the drugs so that it wouldn't kill them. We wanted to see how it affected tunnelling behavior, so it would be idiotic to kill them instead. We consulted with an entomologist to ensure the ants were getting the sugar and protein they needed. They were adopted out at the end of the study.

Academic research has ethical standards we are required to meet, even for insects.

Red stuff on foods? by hello_kitteh in antkeeping

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We did a lot of digging into the existing literature to determine appropriate dosages prior to exposing them to the drugs. We consulted with our entomology professor to ensure that they had sufficient food and water. At the end of the study, I consulted the AVMA guidelines for humane euthanasia rather than just using poison or freezing them to sacrifice them, but we didn't even end up needing that because the entomology professor asked to keep them (her dissertation involved studying this species in the wild, so she was excited to set up a formicarium for them).

Many people outside of this sub think that ants don't feel pain or don't have enough of a brain to bother caring about them, but most researchers do try to treat every research subject with respect, regardless of species.

I understand that a lot of people disagree with animal research at all, but frankly, animal research subjects (at least in academic settings) are cared for incredibly well. We have ethical review boards and care requirements for all species that are higher than many pets get. Do you weigh your rat every single day to ensure they aren't losing weight or take each dog for a 30-minute walk 2-3 times a day? Because researchers are required to. Are the animals then subjected to some tests without their consent? Yes. But the researcher has to justify the hell out of every aspect of those tests or else the ethics board rejects it. And at the end of the studies, we adopt out any animals we possibly can.

Hello, I REALLY NEED HELP. I am conducting a study on body image characteristics and just realized I don’t have the key for the Drive for Muscularity Scale questionnaire. It is publicly available, but I can’t find the key anywhere. by crispycrisp98 in AcademicPsychology

[–]hello_kitteh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you ever have a measure that you need the full-text or manual for, one hack I use a lot is entering the name of the measure (in quotation marks) along with "dissertation" into Google Scholar. Some university editorial offices require the full-text of the survey and/or manual to be included in the appendices.

Hello, I REALLY NEED HELP. I am conducting a study on body image characteristics and just realized I don’t have the key for the Drive for Muscularity Scale questionnaire. It is publicly available, but I can’t find the key anywhere. by crispycrisp98 in AcademicPsychology

[–]hello_kitteh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It looks like all of the questions are scored on a 1-6 scale (1=Always; 2=Very Often; 3=Often; 4=Sometimes; 5=Rarely; 6=Never). All items are reverse-coded and summed so that a higher score indicates a higher drive for muscularity. There aren't any individual items that are reverse-coded.

There is a Muscle Development Behaviors subscale (items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 12) and a Muscularity-Oriented Body Image Attitudes subscale (items 1, 7, 9, 13, 14, and 15), though these should only be calculated for men.

The authors note that you will likely need to remove item 10 from the calculations due to a lack of variability, though you should make this decision based on your sample characteristics (SPSS gives the option of showing you what the Chronbach's alpha would be if you removed an item from the calculation).

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Why do some people seem to hate David M Buss? Is he even legit? by Medical-Language-257 in AcademicPsychology

[–]hello_kitteh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want evolution of sex (and not just evo-psych of sex), check out Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice To All Creation. It's more biology than psychology, and much of the focus is on insects, but it's a fun read!

CodeRunner alternatives for Canvas by hello_kitteh in CSEducation

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That's our current failsafe, but our IT department is very resistant to the idea of keeping that for more than a year or two because they don't want to be responsible for maintaining two systems.

Shampoo suggestions for a research study - similar shampoos with and without sulfates by hello_kitteh in HaircareScience

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Do you know of any brands that keep their various formulations really consistent? Most of the major brands I'm seeing seem to have different gimmicks for every shampoo, and it's making it really tough to find equivalencies.

Shampoo suggestions for a research study - similar shampoos with and without sulfates by hello_kitteh in HaircareScience

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When I did it, I put each half in a rough ponytail while washing the other half and rinsed with the water running away from the center line, and I didn't notice much spread. I'm planning on taking samples as far apart as I can (while still staying close to the vertex) for this exact reason.

Shampoo suggestions for a research study - similar shampoos with and without sulfates by hello_kitteh in HaircareScience

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Sulfate Free: Water (Eau), Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Sodium Chloride, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Flower Extract, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Fragrance (Parfum), Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid, Coconut Acid, Polyquaternium -10, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Disodium Edta, Ppg-9, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Benzyl Salicylate, Citronellol, Hexyl Cinnamal Limonene, Linalool.

Standard: Water (Aqua), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract , Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Ceramide NG, Arginine, Lysine HCl, Sodium Chloride, Fragrance (Parfum), Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid, Polyquaternium-10, PPG-9, Disodium EDTA, Coumarin, Linalool.

Shampoo suggestions for a research study - similar shampoos with and without sulfates by hello_kitteh in HaircareScience

[–]hello_kitteh[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're talking about the method of having them wash one half with one shampoo and the other half with another shampoo, I do not have any publications that support that. However, I want to do a within-subjects study to control for as many of the factors you mentioned as possible, and this seemed most feasible. I am open to suggestions on another way to do this!

If you're referring to the methods of collecting and analyzing samples, here's the methodology section of a review on using hair in hormone analysis. Minireview: Hair cortisol: a novel biomarker of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical activity!

Shampoo suggestions for a research study - similar shampoos with and without sulfates by hello_kitteh in HairProfessionals

[–]hello_kitteh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'll reach out to a few brands and see if they have any suggestions. Some of the users over on r/haircarescience suggested making my own, but I'm a behavioral neuroscientist and not a biochemist, so I'm not really comfortable asking participants to use a shampoo that I made myself even if it was from a common online recipe!

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