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• Quick guide to using Prolific

  Below, we have put together a quick guide to get you started on Prolific. This includes a list of must read articles, and also clarifications aroun...

• Can I ask participants for their personal information / identifiers?

  We take privacy and the maintenance of participant anonymity seriously at Prolific. We require that our researchers do not attempt to identify part...

• Setting up a study on Prolific

  Getting started To create a new study on Prolific, select 'New study' from the side menu on your researcher account Below we'll guide you step-b...

• Using attention checks as a measure of data quality

  What are attention checks? They are a simple way to determine who is paying attention to your study instructions (Oppenheimer et al, 2009) But...

• Which participants will take my study?

  What if I launch a study with no prescreening filters applied? At Prolific our participant pool is made up of a wide range of participants from ma...

• Submission statuses explained

  Introduction When a participant signs up to take part in your study, you will immediately see their ID recorded on your submissions page. You can v...

• Approvals, rejections & returns

  Once a participant has completed your study, it is up to you as the researcher to review their data and decide if that participant should be approv...