[Sigia-l] Consent for user studies

[Taylor, Brett]

I am involved in the air force portal and there were lots of legal
people involved. We didn't pay them, but were giving a token gift.

We were upfront as to what they would be doing and what the information
was for. They didn't seem to have a problem but I guess when you're in
the service, you do what you're told to do.

Our sessions lasted @ 40minutes each.



brett taylor + R O U N D A R C H + bus 312.529.2502 + mob 773.844.5233 +
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Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 12:45 PM
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Subject: [Sigia-l] Consent for user studies

Ok, this is my last post today (what is this, my third one in like 15
minutes?)

I'm curious about what sort consent forms you ask your test participants
to sign before they take part?  What information do you explain in the
form, and what does the form ask them to consent to?

Do you always involved legal expertise each time, or do you use one
standard form that has already been blessed by the lawyers?

And while we're talking about the crass details of user testing, how
much do you usually pay your test participants?  As a guideline I've
usually paid between $75-$150 for consumers, and $150-$200 for business
owners for 1 to 1.5 hour sessions.

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