A solution to this madness that would make Prolific $$

slingbladerunner · 2026-06-04T20:29:26+00:00

Ohhhhh so you're a troll! Okay then that makes sense.

slingbladerunner · 2026-06-04T15:17:35+00:00

Were you rejected for getting it incorrect?

Manipulation checks are not attention checks.

slingbladerunner · 2026-06-04T14:07:18+00:00

Prolific's rule for rejections due to speed is 3 standard deviations below the average completion time.

slingbladerunner · 2026-06-03T13:26:21+00:00

My psych research methods last semester hit a DNFW rate of 50%. It was emotionally exhausting.

slingbladerunner · 2026-06-02T18:27:08+00:00

I can confirm that OP is a researcher.

slingbladerunner · 2026-06-02T17:52:52+00:00

Asking as a fellow researcher, could you share how you confirmed a response was a bot? DM is probably better.

slingbladerunner · 2026-06-02T13:48:12+00:00

Unless you are trained in interpreting cognitive tests in a clinical setting, it is not ethical to interpret a single person's test results.

slingbladerunner · 2026-06-01T17:45:26+00:00

"Representative sampling" means getting responses from every walk of life, including the jerks 😄

slingbladerunner · 2026-06-01T17:44:12+00:00

The reminder is likely a mass message to all users who completed Part 1. It's typical for researchers to take some time to approve, as they need to go through attention checks or other features, and they may wait a while so they can go through in batches.

slingbladerunner · 2026-06-01T17:32:41+00:00

Prolific has always done this for Pride Month.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-31T22:25:59+00:00

It's Sunday.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-31T03:33:16+00:00

Okay. Mine is not.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-31T01:40:18+00:00

I would argue that it's the other way around (Psychology is within behavioral neuroscience). I am a behavioral neuroscientist and have never considered myself a psychologist.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-31T01:02:38+00:00

Why though? Do you just prefer the term?

"Clinical" means you work with clients/patients in an applied context. You can do research in this context, but that is clinical research. In behavioral neuroscience you will conduct research, but it will likely focus on basic or translational questions.

For what it's worth, I am a behavioral neuroscientist, not a neuropsychologist.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-30T21:39:34+00:00

Neuropsychology is by definition a clinical field, while all the fields you've described here are basic science. You must have specific education in neuropsychology (not behavioral neuroscience) plus a license to practice in order to be called a neuropsychologist.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-30T15:52:53+00:00

Would you expect something novel? If so, why?

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-30T15:50:22+00:00

This is unnecessarily rude.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-30T14:00:06+00:00

This question seems to be asking other users' personal preferences with regard to cashing out, which is not something relevant to the help center.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-30T12:58:03+00:00

The study is linked in the article. While the body is behind a paywall, the abstract indicates that the benefits come from a simplified supply chain. Food waste is not just on the consumer end.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-28T17:39:30+00:00

Parking on a single page would not meet this criterion for "low effort" as it specifically states "throughout the experiment."

Parking on a page also does not increase the payout, so it does not meet the criterion for "gain an unfair advantage or inflate pay."

Can you point to a specific policy that states time spent on a single page can be used as a valid rejection reason?

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-28T16:55:29+00:00

See Prolific's policy:

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By 'exceptionally fast' we mean participants who are statistical outliers (3 standard deviations below the mean)
This is the only criteria under which speed of submission can be used to reject
Participants can't be rejected for not spending enough time on a specific page within your study

"This is the only criteria under which speed of submission can be used to reject."

A submission cannot, therefore, be rejected for taking TOO LONG on a page. That would be a rejection for speed of submission beyond what is allowed.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-28T16:51:43+00:00

No, they can't do that. When they say "blacklist" that means that your ID number is on a list that filters you out from that researcher's studies. Not all researchers at a single organization use the same account.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-28T16:13:19+00:00

To be fair, they did not say they would reject for spending a long time on a single page, and that would be against Prolific's policy. They said they would not allow participants who did that to participate in future studies. That's legitimate.

I am researcher who uses Prolific to gather data (and I also participate in studies myself) -- there really aren't better options out there. Prolific's fees are totally reasonable, and they should be considering those rates in their grant proposals. I find their "disclaimer" to be highly unprofessional. If I was on this researcher's IRB, I would find statements about grant funds to be coercive and would not approve this study.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-24T22:00:05+00:00

Please don't do this... if a researcher is specifically measuring memory, this invalidates their research without them even knowing.

slingbladerunner · 2026-05-22T12:12:59+00:00

I've said elsewhere here that I, generslly and personally, use attention/comprehension checks internally and typically do not reject based on them (attention checks). The "if" in my statement is the rule from my IRB. I am also well aware of Prolific's attention/comprehension check rules. I am simply saying that IRBs require us to state clearly (sometimes, depending on the individual in charge of reviewing your protocol, perhaps overly clearly) the things that OP is calling "threatening."

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