New Study Checklist

Check in with Michael one last time to make sure everything's good to go
Request access to Frank Lab Google Drive from the lab manager if you do not have access already
Make a project folder within the frankLab_Shared/Projects GoogleDrive directory by copying the project folder template
- This folder template includes the following:
  - Participant Tracker Template (to record subject numbers, session dates, running notes, etc.)
  - Payment Sheet Template (for signing off on compensation)
  - Debriefing Statement
Print out and/or collect your study documents
- Consent form
  - If under Healthy Adults protocol: can use or create Qualtrics version of survey (ask lab manager for copy/link)
  - If under Parkinson's protocol: you can find copies of patient and control consents here
Organize your study documents into a physical binder
- [folder one] Completed consent forms
- [folder two] Completed questionnaires and assessments administered during the experimental session
Test your code on the lab testing computers
- Check especially for discrepancies in how graphical objects are placed on-screen
  - Code that looks good on your high-resolution Retina iMac might not look so good on a lower-resolution monitor
Figure out which individual difference measures you're collecting
- Check our Approved Surveys list. If your desired survey is not on the list, contact the lab manager ASAP so they can request IRB approval
- If under Healthy Adults protocol:
  - Make a copy of the lab's Qualtrics demographics survey (ask lab manager for copy/link)
  - Save your Qualtrics survey's URL on the bookmarks toolbar of the testing computer you'll be using (and give it a descriptive name!)
- If under Parkinson's protocol:
  - Fill your physical study binder with several printed out copies of your demographics surveys and other questionnaires
Subject recruitment
- In-lab via SONA
  - For more information on how to set up a SONA study, click here
  - Modify study information to fit your needs
  - Post timeslots on SONA
- mTurk
  - For more information on how to set up an mTurk study, click here
  - Alert the lab manager and provide estimated number of HITs, subjects, base pay, and average expected bonus payments
  - Wait until the lab manager gives you the green light
Google Calendar
- Keep lines of communication open among other researchers so that people don't "double-book" the testing room
- Mark when you've posted SONA timeslots on the Google Calendar
Pilot
- Pilot your study on labmates to make sure that your task works, and that subjects understand the task instructions
- After collecting data from two real subjects, STOP data collection and...
  - Make sure that all of your data have recorded correctly
  - Verify using funnel-style debriefing that subjects truly understand what they're supposed to do in your task
  - Analyze your data to make sure that you'll be able to perform all the analyses you want to once you've collected the full sample

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