Carnegie Mellon University
Project Title: Anti-phishing Volunteer Study
Principal Investigator: Jason Hong
Human-Computer Interaction Institute, School of Computer Science
This study aims to understand the needs and intentions of volunteers and other participants in anti-phishing activity. We will be asking volunteers to explain their motivations and needs, and suggest and evaluate alternative tools that would improve participation or facilitate new anti-phishing techniques.
The ultimate goal of this research is to build and evaluate tools to be deployed for the use of the anti-phishing community.
We are asking you to participate by completing a survey that explores these issues. This survey should take 5-10 minutes of your time.
We do not foresee any risks or discomforts from participating in this Study. The physical and psychological risks of participating in this study are similar to those experienced in everyday life.
There will be no cost to you if you participate in this Study. There may be no personal benefit from your participation but the knowledge received may be of value to humanity.
Your participation is voluntary. Refusal to participate or withdrawal of your consent or discontinued participation in the study will not result in any penalty or loss of benefits or rights to which you might otherwise be entitled. The Principal Investigator may at his/her discretion remove you from the study for any of a number of reasons. In such an event, you will not suffer any penalty or loss of benefits or rights which you might otherwise be entitled. In the event you are unable to continue a session, you will not suffer any penalty or loss of benefits or rights which you might otherwise be entitled.
Your anonymity will be maintained during data analysis and publication/presentation of results in the following ways: (1) You will be assigned a number as names will not be recorded. (2) The researchers will save the data file by participant number, not by name. (3) Only members of the research group will view collected data in detail. (4) Any recordings or files will be stored in a secured location accessed only by authorized researchers.
With respect to audio captured during your participation, anonymity will again be protected by storing audio data in file names according to your Experimental ID, not your real name. Any public presentation of video or audio will anonymize people, voices and locations so that my image and identity is not disclosed.
If you have any questions about this Study, you should feel free to ask them now or anytime throughout the Study by contacting:
Bryan Pendleton
Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 650-963-4822
E-Mail: bpendlet@cs.cmu.edu
If you have questions pertaining to your rights as a research participant; or to report objections to this Study, you should contact:
IRB Chair
c/o Regulatory Compliance Administration
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Warner Hall, 4th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Email: irb-review@andrew.cmu.edu
(412) 268-1901 or (412) 268 4727
The Carnegie Mellon University Institutional Review Board (IRB) has approved the use of human participants for this Study.
By clicking ÒI AgreeÓ on the survey entry page, I understand the nature of this Study and agree to participate. I give the Principal Investigator, and his/her associates, permission to present this work in written and/or oral form for teaching or presentations to advance the knowledge of science and/or academia, without further permission from me provided that my image or identity is not disclosed.