[Nfbmt] Research study

[James Aldrich]

This is for your information!

Jim



From:Arielle 
SilvermanTo:nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.orgSubject:[Nfbnet-members-list] 
Request for help with online research study
I have been asked to disseminate this. Help one of our members out.

Dave

Hi all,
My name is Arielle Silverman and I am a doctoral student in the 
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of 
Colorado. As you may know, I am conducting a series of studies for my 
dissertation examining blind people's experiences finding employment as 
well as your experiences in interacting with the blind and sighted 
communities. I would once again appreciate your help with a brief 
online study. For this study, you will be asked to write a brief essay 
and then, depending on which version you are randomly assigned to, to 
either complete some math problems, verbal problems or a short survey. 
The entire study should take no more than 30 minutes to complete. 
Again, in appreciation of your time, you will have the opportunity to 
enter a raffle drawing to win a $50 gift certificate to a merchant of 
your choice (Amazon.com, Itunes.com, Olive Garden, or AMC Theaters). 
All of your responses in the study will be anonymous and confidential. 
Anyone who is legally blind and at least 18 years old is welcome to 
participate. However, some of the materials in this study are materials 
I have used in previous studies. The results are most reliable with 
participants who have not seen the materials before. Therefore, if you 
have participated in any of my studies that involved math or verbal 
problems in the past, I kindly ask that you refrain from participating 
in this one. If you have just participated in my studies about 
employment, however, you are welcome to participate in this study. I 
appreciate your cooperation.
To begin please go to:
http://ucsas.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_73NGov2j8E4SNOR
Thank you as always for your assistance. As many of you have asked 
about results from this research, I intend to send out a summary of 
results from all these studies once the project is completed, most 
likely at some point in the spring.
Best,
Arielle Silverman, M.A.
Doctoral Candidate, Social Psychology
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
345 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0345
arielle.silverman at colorado.edu


On 10/25/13, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>; wrote:
> I am sorry, I thought I sent it out to the members list, but > didn't. 
> I must have sent it to some individual lists. Send me a > clean copy 
> and I will send it out to everybody, that means over 6000 > persons.

> Dave

> At 12:03 PM 10/25/2013, you wrote:
>> You distributed the study I sent out to a few lists on Monday? I 
>> >>didn't see it go to all the lists.
>> Thanks,
>> Arielle

>> On 10/25/13, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>; wrote:
>>> I did distribute this to everybody the other day, it is a little soon 
>>> >> > to do it again. And ... by the way, for us out of school for a 
>>> long >> > time, the Math was difficult.

>>> Dave

>>> At 11:49 AM 10/25/2013, you wrote:
>>>> Hi Dave,

>>>> I know this is not an NFB-sponsored research project, but I have >> 
>>>> >>really appreciated your willingness to forward these announcements to 
>>>> >> >>NFBNet in the past. This is most likely the last large online 
>>>> study I >> >>will be running and I would appreciate your help with 
>>>> spreading the >> >>word to as many people as possible. Would you be 
>>>> willing to forward >> >>the below to NFBNet? Thank you!

>>>> Hi all,
>>>> My name is Arielle Silverman and I am a doctoral student in the >> 
>>>> >>Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of >> 
>>>> >>Colorado. As you may know, I am conducting a series of studies for my 
>>>> >> >>dissertation examining blind people's experiences finding 
>>>> employment >> >>as well as your experiences in interacting with the 
>>>> blind and sighted >> >>communities. I would once again appreciate your 
>>>> help with a brief >> >>online study. For this study, you will be asked 
>>>> to write a brief essay >> >>and then, depending on which version you 
>>>> are randomly assigned to, to >> >>either complete some math problems, 
>>>> verbal problems or a short survey. >> >>The entire study should take no 
>>>> more than 30 minutes to complete. >> >>Again, in appreciation of your 
>>>> time, you will have the opportunity to >> >>enter a raffle drawing to 
>>>> win a $50 gift certificate to a merchant of >> >>your choice 
>>>> (Amazon.com, Itunes.com, Olive Garden, or AMC Theaters). >> >>All of 
>>>> your responses in the study will be anonymous and confidential. >> 
>>>> >>Anyone who is legally blind and at least 18 years old is welcome to 
>>>> >> >>participate. However, some of the materials in this study are >> 
>>>> >>materials I have used in previous studies. The results are most >> 
>>>> >>reliable with participants who have not seen the materials before. >> 
>>>> >>Therefore, if you have participated in any of my studies that 
>>>> involved >> >>math or verbal problems in the past, I kindly ask that 
>>>> you refrain >> >>from participating in this one. If you have just 
>>>> participated in my >> >>studies about employment, however, you are 
>>>> welcome to participate in >> >>this study. I appreciate your cooperation.
>>>> To begin please go to:
>>>> http://ucsas.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_73NGov2j8E4SNOR
>>>> Thank you as always for your assistance. As many of you have asked >> 
>>>> >>about results from this research, I intend to send out a summary of 
>>>> >> >>results from all these studies once the project is completed, most 
>>>> >> >>likely at some point in the spring.
>>>> Best,
>>>> Arielle Silverman, M.A.
>>>> Doctoral Candidate, Social Psychology
>>>> Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
>>>> 345 UCB
>>>> Boulder, CO 80309-0345
>>>> arielle.silverman at colorado.edu





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