Participants

a. You must be at least 18 years old.

b. Visit Esade Decision Lab participation system

c. Carefully read the instructions and then proceed to request a new account. 

d. In courses select the one that fits your profile: “Esade BBA 1-4” if you are BBA student, “UAB alumnos” o “Otras universidades” if you are a student from other University, “Comunidad de Sant Cugat y otros” if you are not a university student and live in the area.

e.  The system will assign you an anonymous ID code to guarantee that your participation is anonymous. To protect your privacy, you will only be identified to researchers with this unique numeric code, not by your name.

a. Sign up for studies. Log in to the Decision Lab Participation system, select the study you wish to participate in, and select a timeslot that fits your schedule.

b. Receive weekly email invitations when we are recruiting for new studies, and appointment reminders.

c. Check your schedule and credit points. When you log in on the participation system, you can check your schedule for upcoming lab appointments, view ongoing studies, and review the credit points you have earned.

a. BE ON TIME! Arrive 5 min before the timeslot and notify us if you need to cancel at least 24 hrs before your session.

b. Bring your anonymous ID code so that your attendance can be marked.

c. Follow the instructions given by the Decision Lab staff and behave respectfully.

d. Learn about the study – after you have participated, some researchers may provide you with a debriefing form that outlines the purpose of the study. If you have any further questions, you may contact the researcher at any time.

• Know why the research is being done and what you will be doing
• Know that there are no risks associated with your participation
• Be informed of what good may come of the study
• Understand how your private information will be kept safe
• Know who to contact with questions or concerns
• Ask questions at any time
• Decide whether to participate without being pressured
• Drop out at any time without penalty
• Keep a copy of the consent form

By signing up for a study at the Esade Decision Lab, you are agreeing to abide by this code of conduct. Participants who violate this code may not be invited to participate in future studies.

• BE ON TIME. If you are not ready at your assigned time you will be unable to participate. Please aim to arrive 5 minutes early. Each study is unique, and you may not be able to join the study later, or at another timeslot. Each researcher
• has the right to refuse participation if the participant arrives late
• REMEMBER YOUR LAB ID CODE. This is not your student ID! The ID code can be found in your confirmation email when you sign up for a study. Participants are entitled to anonymity and researchers will only have access to your participant ID code, not your name. Your attendance can only be confirmed by using your ID code.
• TAKING PARTICIPATION SERIOUSLY. Please remember that this is someone’s research. The studies for which you receive compensation for participation have taken time and effort to organize. Research results depend on the data you provide during your participation. You should not use your phone while taking part in a study or access any computer applications other than those you have been asked to use.
• NOTIFYING US WHEN YOU NEED TO CANCEL. If you do not attend your assigned timeslot and have not informed us, you will be marked as an ‘unexcused no-show’. If you need to cancel, please do this through Esade Decision Lab participation system, by emailing the researcher, or by calling or emailing the lab (decisionlab@esade.edu) at least 24 hours before your session. After two ‘unexcused no-shows’ you will be automatically prevented from signing up for other studies. Once a new semester begins, all previous unexcused no-shows will be forgiven, and your account will be reactivated.
• RESPECTING PEOPLE AND EQUIPMENT. Participants should treat the Decision Lab facilities, including furniture and equipment, with respect. Behavior that is offensive, disruptive, or dangerous to other participants, researchers, and staff is unacceptable – and may result in the credit/participant payment being withheld, or being prevented from signing up for further studies.
• NO FOOD OR DRINKS IN LAB ROOMS. Eating and drinking is not allowed in the lab rooms, unless otherwise stated
• by the researchers.
• NO MOBILE USE IN LAB ROOMS. The use of mobile phones, or any other devices in the lab rooms, is prohibited. Please make sure your mobile is silenced during sessions.

All Esade Decision Lab volunteer participants (Esade students and external participants) may participate in up to 15 studies in an academic year.

All participants will be compensated per participation either by bonus points (Esade students only) or by other type of compensation (money or others). The base rate for both hourly and performance-based studies adapt to the Decision Lab payment rate of 10€/hour. Payment can be done in cash or via bank transfer depending on the study.

Esade BBA1 students taking the courses of "Mathematics applied to Management”, “Statistics I” and BBA2 students taking “Inference & Data Analysis” and “Marketing I” are eligible for participating in research studies for "bonus for class grades", with the following regulations:

• This is a voluntary activity.
• Eligible research studies offer students the possibility of earning a “0.25 bonus for class grade” once the student has accrued 2 points by participating in “Decision Lab studies” over the duration of the course/term.
• Participation is worth a 0.25 bonus added to the student’s final grade. Bonus points cannot be used to pass the course, only to increase the final grade. Students can receive a maximum of 0.25 bonus.
• Each Decision Lab study will grant “points” according to its duration. Students must accrue 2 points in one term to be eligible for the 0.25 bonus. Students who don’t accrue 2 points in one term will not receive any partial bonus. Points cannot be saved or carried over from one term to the next, nor can they be transferred from one course to another.
• 15 min studies are worth 0.5 points – 30 min studies are worth 1 point – 60 min studies and up are worth 2 points.
• Only “bonus point studies” count for points. Regular -paid- studies do not count for points, and payment cannot be exchanged for points.
• Students may participate in more than the required studies, but once they have received the 0.25 bonus, they will be compensated for their participation following the Decision Lab’s payment policies. No extra bonus will be awarded.
• Studies must not be scheduled during course hours and must not interfere with course activities or assignments. Additionally, students must not skip class, leave early or arrive late to class for coming to the Lab.
• Students who sign up to participate in a study and do not show up or arrive too late to be included in a test session will be marked as “no-shows.” Following Decision Lab policy, students’ names will be removed from the participant pool after two “no-shows.”

Cancellations in advance: sometimes researchers might need to cancel experimental sessions. If you have signed up for a session that has been cancelled, you will receive at least 24 hours’ notice from the researcher explaining the reason of the cancellation. This notice will be sent to the email account we have in our participation system records, please make sure you have added esadedecisionlab-admin@sona-systems.net and decisionlab@esade.edu to your safe-senders list!

Important: if we have sent a cancellation notice more than twenty-four hours before the scheduled time of the experimental session, you will not qualify for any payment.

Cancellations on site: sometimes studies might not be able to take place at the time of the experimental session due to various reasons:

• The minimum number of required participants to conduct an experiment is not reached.
• A participant is randomly selected not to participate in case of over recruitment.
• Technical difficulties, researcher is not able to attend a session, among others.

If you have arrived on time to your appointment, and the study is cancelled in situ or you are not able to participate for any of these circumstances, you are eligible to receive a cancellation fee of 3 euros.

Important: participants who are “no shows” or arrive too late to a study to be included in the session will not receive any compensation for participation.