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| <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>The University of Sheffield</b></p> | |
| <p><b>Department of computer Science</b></p> | |
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| <p>COMRADES: <font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none">Collective | |
| Platform for Community Resilience & Social Innovation During | |
| Crises</span></font></p> | |
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| <p>Researchers</p> | |
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| <p>Prof. Kalina Bontcheva, Dr <font face="arial, sans-serif">Diana G | |
| Ma</font><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt">ynard, | |
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| Derczynski</span></span></span></font></font></font></span></p> | |
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| of Computer Science,</span></i></span></font></font></font></span></strong><strong><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:10pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><i><span style="font-weight:normal"> | |
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| (+44 - 114) 222 1930</span></i></span></font></font></font></span></p> | |
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| <p>Purpose of the research</p> | |
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| <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">T</font><font face="Times New Roman">his | |
| work is part of the COMRADES Research Project, funded by the European | |
| Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant | |
| agreement No 687847. It has received ethical approval from The Open | |
| University Human Research Ethics Committee.</font></font></font></font></p> | |
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| <p>Who will be participating?</p> | |
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| <p>We are inviting all adults (people aged 18 and over) and | |
| registered on a crowdsourcing platform such as CrowdFlower to | |
| participate in our study.</p> | |
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| <p>What will you be asked to do?</p> | |
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| <p>We will ask you to complete the online experiment, which is | |
| described in the task instructions. You will be presented with a data | |
| item (for example an image, a tweet, or a document) and some | |
| questions. You will then need to answer the questions as described in | |
| the instructions.</p> | |
| <p><b>Please note that participation is entirely voluntary and that | |
| you can withdraw from the study at any time.</b></p> | |
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| <p>What are the potential risks of participating?</p> | |
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| <p>The risks of participating are the same as those experienced in | |
| everyday life.</p> | |
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| <p>What data will we collect?</p> | |
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| <p>We will collect some demographic information about you to enable a | |
| picture of our participant group as a whole. We will track various | |
| browser events related to your activity on our study’s web page, | |
| including the answers you provide, how long you spend on each task, | |
| the mouse clicks you make and the quantity of scrolling you do on | |
| each page. We will record the answers you provide to the questions | |
| after providing each answer.</p> | |
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| <p>What will we do with the data?</p> | |
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| <p>The data will be used for the purposes of academic research by the | |
| project team, with results being published in reputable conferences | |
| and journals. We will make the anonymised collection of data publicly | |
| available to enable further research such as training and evaluating | |
| information systems. This anonymized data may also be used by others | |
| outside of the project for the purposes of evaluating the performance | |
| of systems.</p> | |
| <p>The data recorded will be securely stored on password protected | |
| computers at Sheffield University. | |
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| <p>Will my participation be confidential?</p> | |
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| <p>All the information that we collect about you during the course of | |
| the research will be kept strictly confidential, and will be stored | |
| without any personal identifying information. Each participant will | |
| be anonymised and identified by a randomly chosen code, e.g. P01, | |
| P25. You will not be identifiable in any reports, publications, or | |
| presentations. All data you provide through the online experiment | |
| will be stored securely as described above.</p> | |
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| <p>What will happen to the results of the research project?</p> | |
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| <p>The results of the research will be included in academic papers, | |
| presentations and reports which will be publicly available. If you | |
| wish to be given a copy of any reports or publications based on the | |
| research, please email us to add you to our circulation list. We will | |
| make the anonymised collection of data publicly available for further | |
| research.</p> | |
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| <li> | |
| <p>I confirm that I have read and understand the description | |
| of the research project, and that I have had an opportunity to ask | |
| questions about the project.</p> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>I understand that my participation is voluntary and that I | |
| am free to withdraw at any time without any negative consequences.</p> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>I understand that if I withdraw I can request for the data | |
| I have already provided to be deleted, however this might not be | |
| possible if the data has already been anonymised or findings | |
| published.</p> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>I understand that I may decline to answer any particular | |
| question or questions, or to do any of the activities.</p> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>I understand that my responses will be kept strictly | |
| confidential, that my name or identity will not be linked to any | |
| research materials, and that I will not be identified or | |
| identifiable in any report or reports that result from the research, | |
| unless I have agreed otherwise.</p> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>I give permission for all the research team members to have | |
| access to my responses.</p> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>I give permission for the research team to re-use my data | |
| for future research as specified above.</p> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>I agree to take part in the research project as described | |
| above.</p> | |
| </li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></ul> | |
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| Date: | |
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| <p>Note: <span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">If | |
| you have any difficulties with, or wish to voice concern about, | |
| any aspect of your participation in this study, please contact | |
| Duncan Banks, Deputy Chair, The Open University Human Research | |
| Ethics Committee. Email <a href="mailto:duncan.banks@open.ac.uk" target="_blank">duncan.banks@open.ac.uk</a></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></p> | |
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