QUT Ethics Approval Number 1900000178
| Principal Researcher: | Dr Kellie Vella |
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| Associate Researchers: | Dr Anthony Truskinger, Professor Paul Roe, Professor Margot Brereton, Professor Daniel Johnson |
| Science & Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) | |
This research project is being undertaken by the QUT Ecoacoustics Group in order to better understand how people search and explore different long-duration acoustic recordings of the environment.
You are invited to participate in this research project because you are aged 18 years or older and have an interest in ecology or the environment.
Participation will involve completing several tasks to the best of your ability and answering questions about your experience. You will need to have:
Example questions include:
Your participation in this research project is entirely voluntary. If you agree to participate you do not have to complete any questions you are uncomfortable answering. Your decision to participate or not participate will in no way impact upon your current or future relationship with QUT or the QUT Ecoacoustics Group. If you do agree to participate you can withdraw from the research project during your participation without comment or penalty. However as the survey does not request any personal identifying information, once it has been submitted it will not be possible to withdraw.
It is expected that this research project will not directly benefit you. The outcomes of the research, however, may benefit ecologists as it will help us develop better ways of analyzing long-duration environmental recordings.
To recognise your contribution should you choose to participate, Amazon Mechanical Turk workers will be compensated for their time according to the terms laid out by Amazon Mechanical Turk. Participants who are not Amazon Mechanical Turk workers will be offered the chance to enter a prize draw to win an AU$100 Amazon gift card. Alternatively, if you win, you may choose to nominate an environmental conservation charity for us to donate AU$100 to.
Please note the closing date for entries is 30 December, 2019.
The Terms and Conditions of the prize draw can be located at: https://survey.qut.edu.au/survey-data/67/67667/media/62/6254.pdf
There are no risks beyond normal day-to-day living associated with your participation in this research project.
Any personal information that could potentially identify you will be removed or changed before files are shared with other researchers or results are made public. The information that will be removed includes your email address, should you decide to share it in order to be supplied with the results of this study or take part in the prize draw. No other personally identifying questions will be asked.
Any data collected as part of this research project will be stored securely as per QUT’s Management of research data policy. Data will be stored for a minimum of 5 years, and can be disclosed if it is to protect you or others from harm, if specifically required by law, or if a regulatory or monitoring body such as the ethics committee requests it.
Clicking Continue at the bottom of this page is accepted as an indication of your consent to participate in this research project.
If you have any questions or require further information please contact one of the listed researchers:
QUT is committed to research integrity and the ethical conduct of research projects. If you wish to discuss the study with someone not directly involved, particularly in relation to matters concerning policies, information or complaints about the conduct of the study or your rights as a participant, you may contact the QUT Research Ethics Advisory Team on +61 7 3138 5123 or email humanethics@qut.edu.au.
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Thank you for helping with this research project.
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