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Oh these days you don't need to do a proper study to get published. All you need is a few hundred dollars to throw at PLos and they'll have it up on their website within a month's time.Kim,
That would be really cool to publish this. I think one problem would be that we have no way of validating that only XMRV+'s are responding.
Personally, I trust the people on this forum...but I don't think trust would really be good enough for a proper publication.
I just checked the IRB website to see what the rules are for anonymous surveys and found this: Web-Based Survey ResearchOff the top of my head I can't really think of a way to filter the responders thoroughly enough. Especially since most people would want to be anonymous. Or...then again...maybe people wouldn't mind giving their names.
Any thoughts?
Web-based survey research requires the researcher to obtain participant consent.
Sample Methodology:
- Send a preliminary e-mail to request participation.
- Include a confidentiality section on the consent form that covers how the participants will remain anonymous. This statement will guarantee the participant's e-mail address or other identifying information is not included when the survey is submitted. Provide the subjects with the link to the consent form, and not the survey itself.
- Typically there will be a line that states, "I certify that I am at least 18 years of age" and "By clicking on the following link I consent to participating in this study."
- Should the subjects consent they will then click on the link to the survey normally located at the bottom of the consent form.