RE: [tips] No-Show penalty -- still in use?
They cannot consent to participate until they sign up and show up for the study. Once they have heard what they study is about (by showing up) they can decline to participate. If they don't want to hear what the study is about they must cancel the appointment. Thus, we consider signing up for a research appointment much like other obligations in which a penalty might occur if the obligation is not met (e.g., what happens when students turn in a paper late, miss class, etc.). The penalty thus has nothing to do with undue influence because they don't have to sign up for the study at all (they can do the alternative) and they do not have to complete the no-show penalty by participating in research (they can do the alternative). So research participation is never required. Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Kaufman 168, Dickinson College Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971 http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:10 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] No-Show penalty -- still in use? Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of HHS. There are two or three issues involved... 1. Do the extra-work consequences constitute "undue influence" or "coercion"? 2. The fuzzy legal-status of someone in a subject pool. They have not legally consented when they sign up for an experiment because they have not yet received and indicated informed consent. See, for example, the info in this question: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/informconsfaq.html#q9 Ken Helweg-Larsen, Marie wrote: > You mean for participant pools? No longer permitted by whom? > We have no-show penalties for our participant pool but still > had a large no-show rate until we switch to SONA which uses > automatic reminders. Marie > > Marie > Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor > of Psychology Kaufman 168, Dickinson College Carlisle, PA > 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971 > http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm > > > -Original Message- From: Ken Steele > [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 > 3:36 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] No-Show penalty -- still in use? > > > It is the beginning of the semester and the faculty are hot to > snuff the infamous no-show with various consequences like > extra requirements, extra participations, loss of points, etc. > > > I seem to remember a discussion that concluded that these > kinds of consequences were no longer permitted. > > Can anyone point me to the definitive answer to this question > (definitive for 9/25/09, speed of change may vary with > location.) > > Ken > > > --- > Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. > steel...@appstate.edu Professor and Assistant Chairperson > Department of Psychology > http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University > Boone, NC 28608 USA > --- > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] No-Show penalty -- still in use?
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of HHS. There are two or three issues involved... 1. Do the extra-work consequences constitute "undue influence" or "coercion"? 2. The fuzzy legal-status of someone in a subject pool. They have not legally consented when they sign up for an experiment because they have not yet received and indicated informed consent. See, for example, the info in this question: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/informconsfaq.html#q9 Ken Helweg-Larsen, Marie wrote: You mean for participant pools? No longer permitted by whom? We have no-show penalties for our participant pool but still had a large no-show rate until we switch to SONA which uses automatic reminders. Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Kaufman 168, Dickinson College Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971 http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:36 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] No-Show penalty -- still in use? It is the beginning of the semester and the faculty are hot to snuff the infamous no-show with various consequences like extra requirements, extra participations, loss of points, etc. I seem to remember a discussion that concluded that these kinds of consequences were no longer permitted. Can anyone point me to the definitive answer to this question (definitive for 9/25/09, speed of change may vary with location.) Ken --- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor and Assistant Chairperson Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] No-Show penalty -- still in use?
FWIW we are keeping our no-show penalty; without it we found that student participants just blew off their appointments. We consider it a part of participant ethics to show up or cancel in a timely fashion, or understand that there is a consequence when a perfectly good space has been kept open that another participant could have signed up for, and for which researchers allotted time. It is punitive to a large number of individuals when someone takes a space and then doesn't use it for no good reason. (we do tend to be flexible with unforeseen events) Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message >Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:36:20 -0400 >From: Ken Steele >Subject: [tips] No-Show penalty -- still in use? >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > > >It is the beginning of the semester and the faculty are hot to >snuff the infamous no-show with various consequences like extra >requirements, extra participations, loss of points, etc. > >I seem to remember a discussion that concluded that these kinds >of consequences were no longer permitted. > >Can anyone point me to the definitive answer to this question >(definitive for 9/25/09, speed of change may vary with location.) > >Ken > > >--- >Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu >Professor and Assistant Chairperson >Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu >Appalachian State University >Boone, NC 28608 >USA >--- > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] No-Show penalty -- still in use?
Many schools are advocating a relaxation of mandatory attendance policies this fall in anticipation of significant numbers of students ailing from H1N1. See the CDC site http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/school/higheredguidance.html for guidelines for institutions of higher education. Here are the UWF guidelines: http://uwf.edu/cutla/campus_planning--emergency.cfm These are similar to those posted by a variety of institutions (U Michigan has a similar set of guidelines). May be much ado about not much, but we've had a few documented cases on our campus this summer and continuing cases in the local community. Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 e-mail:csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:36 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] No-Show penalty -- still in use? It is the beginning of the semester and the faculty are hot to snuff the infamous no-show with various consequences like extra requirements, extra participations, loss of points, etc. I seem to remember a discussion that concluded that these kinds of consequences were no longer permitted. Can anyone point me to the definitive answer to this question (definitive for 9/25/09, speed of change may vary with location.) Ken --- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor and Assistant Chairperson Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] No-Show penalty -- still in use?
You mean for participant pools? No longer permitted by whom? We have no-show penalties for our participant pool but still had a large no-show rate until we switch to SONA which uses automatic reminders. Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Kaufman 168, Dickinson College Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971 http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:36 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] No-Show penalty -- still in use? It is the beginning of the semester and the faculty are hot to snuff the infamous no-show with various consequences like extra requirements, extra participations, loss of points, etc. I seem to remember a discussion that concluded that these kinds of consequences were no longer permitted. Can anyone point me to the definitive answer to this question (definitive for 9/25/09, speed of change may vary with location.) Ken --- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor and Assistant Chairperson Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
