This research is being conducted by Runchong Wang and Ryan Lam for their undergraduate honours thesis at the University of Edinburgh. It is supervised by Dr Hugh Rabagliati.
Please read this consent form carefully.Invitation to participate. You are invited to participate in a research study at the University of Edinburgh on how people remember the meanings of sentences. This document explains what kind of study we’re doing, what your rights are, and what will be done with your data. You should print this page for your records.
What will happen? If you agree to participate, then we will have you read a series of sentences, and judge whether they have typical or atypical meanings. Then, we will ask you questions about what you read, three days later. Your answers and judgments will be recorded. The total time doing the study will be up to 60 minutes, spread over the two days. Before the study, you will receive a questionnaire about your demographic background (e.g., your age, gender, language background, and your educational background). For your participation in this study you will receive 1 credit.
Risks and benefits. There are no known risks to participation in this study. Other than the compensation mentioned, there no tangible benefits to you. However, you will be contributing to our knowledge about psycholinguistic and human cognition.
Confidentiality and use of data. All the information we collect during the course of the research will be processed in accordance with Data Protection Law. In order to safeguard your privacy, we will never share personal information (like your name) with anyone outside the research team. Your data will be referred to by a unique participant number rather than by name. We will store any personal data (i.e. your email address and your name) using the University of Edinburgh’s secure encrypted storage service. The anonymised data collected during this study will be used for research purposes.
What is my data protection rights? The University of Edinburgh is a Data Controller for the information you provide. You have the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance Data Protection Law. You also have other rights including rights of correction, erasure and objection. For more details, including the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office, please visit www.ico.org.uk. Questions, comments and requests about your personal data can also be sent to the University Data Protection Officer at dpo@ed.ac.uk.
Voluntary participation and right to withdraw. We will ask your consent before we begin the study. It is your right to withdraw from the study at any time. Any data supplied up to that point will be deleted there is no penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. You can withdraw your data from the study within two weeks after the date of data collection.
If you have any questions about what you’ve just read, please feel free to ask, or contact us later. You can contact us by email at s1756199@ed.ac.uk or Hugh.Rabagliati@ed.ac.uk . This project has been approved by PPLS Ethics committee. If you have questions or comments regarding your rights as a participant, they can be contacted at 0131 650 4020 or ppls.ethics@ed.ac.uk.
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