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Dear Dog Forum members,

I am the owner of four small breed dogs :); Layla, Kenji, Pretty and Xena.
I am posting this thread with permission of Josie Thynne. Josie, thank you for letting me start this thread.

Aside from loving my four little dogs, I am a researcher at the University of Southampton (UK) and am working with Dr. Prof. Anne McBride, specialised in human-animal interactions (https://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/amcb.page).

We are currently running a big study and need a lot of participants. The main interest is people's perceptions of humans, animals and our relation to/with animals.

I am posting the link to the study and the following information so that some of you, if you wish to, can participate in our study. I would greatly appreciate if some fellow dog enthusiasts here participated.

The study is online, you can complete it in the privacy and anonymity of your home. Everything is anonymous, there is no way to track answers to a person, and you can quit whenever you want if you should feel uncomfortable. Or you can skip questions if you want to do so.
All data is stored in a secure environment and will be destroyed after the statutory time, in accordance to the data protection act.

We are still looking for a big variety in participants and were hoping some people on this forum would participate in the study...

Here is the link to the study: Questionnaire


Thank you all very much for your time, I will be very grateful if anyone decides to participate.

Many thanks,
Apsara Tea
 
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Violet Turner said:
i don't understand what you need?
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I am posting the link to the study on this forum to give people here the opportunity to participate, should they wish to do so...
If you want, you can participate. If you don't want then I am just introducing myself ;).

I will edit the post to make myself more clear.
 
The link takes me to a page headed 'Outlook Web App' and asks for a user name and password. Is this correct?
 
That link works for me:)

I went past the first page quickly to test it out, and noticed that the next page said I needed to make sure that I wouldn't be disturbed. Would it be possible to give some information on why this is the case? Is there a reason why I couldn't, say, start it, stop to watch something interesting on telly, and then come back to it later? I ask because I tend to fit in most of my 'internetting' round other 'stuff'.
 
JudyN said:
That link works for me:)

I went past the first page quickly to test it out, and noticed that the next page said I needed to make sure that I wouldn't be disturbed. Would it be possible to give some information on why this is the case? Is there a reason why I couldn't, say, start it, stop to watch something interesting on telly, and then come back to it later? I ask because I tend to fit in most of my 'internetting' round other 'stuff'.
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The study has two parts, one part where you need to perform some tasks on your laptop and one part with questions. The computer tasks do require some attention, otherwise they are not valid measurements. During these tasks it is not ideal to have anything disturb your attention. You will notice it yourself too, the tasks can be a bit challenging to keep focused. Attention is of less importance during the questions part.

Because the tasks can take a while and they can be challenging, the study does offer breaks. So you can start, perform some tasks and when the screen says it's time for a break you can take a break. As long as you don't close the window you can stop at a break and go on a bit later. But don't close the window.

Does this answer your question?

Best wishes,
Apsara
 
OK, thank you! I'll wait till I'm not going to be distracted before doing it.
 
That was extremely interesting - I shall say no more (I assume you don't want anyone to comment on the content so as not to influence others' responses).
 
JudyN said:
OK, thank you! I'll wait till I'm not going to be distracted before doing it.
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Thank you!
JudyN said:
That was extremely interesting - I shall say no more (I assume you don't want anyone to comment on the content so as not to influence others' responses).
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Thank you very much!
I am glad you found it an interesting experience. This is a good example of how a lot of psychology research is conducted. If you want I can post the results of the research here once the study finishes, these would be a full explanation of the what/why/how of the study and what the conclusions are.

As you assume correctly, the content should not be discussed into too much detail as we don't want to influence others :)
 
Josie said:
Oh I’m intrigued! I’m planning on doing it tomorrow @Ant1U17 :)
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Thank you very much for considering participating in the study.
I hope you also find it an interesting experience and am willing to answer questions about it afterwards through a private conversation (so we do not spoil any other people ;)).
 
Ant1U17 said:
I would be very grateful if you do take the time to participate.
If you have ever wondered how a (modern) psychology research looks like then this is a nice example :).
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but i had a little nosey and am confused but i need to understand by re-reading it.
 
Violet Turner said:
but i had a little nosey and am confused but i need to understand by re-reading it.
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To go back to the first page with explanations, the information sheet, just close the tab and open the link again. This will start the experiment all over.

Other instructions should be understood before clicking on next because there is no going back there :).
 
Ant1U17 said:
To go back to the first page with explanations, the information sheet, just close the tab and open the link again. This will start the experiment all over.

Other instructions should be understood before clicking on next because there is no going back there :).
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okay thanks i just was very confused. why do you have to be 18+?
 
Violet Turner said:
okay thanks i just was very confused. why do you have to be 18+?
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Because 18 or above is the legal age to be able to fully consent to participating in research.
This differs in some countries but since the study is being conducted in the UK, participants need to be 18 or above.
 
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