School of Psychology [UoA]
Ethics Approval Check List for Research Participation Scheme
Complete this form and include it with your study’s submission for ethical approval.
Ethical approval is required before a study can be made live [visible to participants] on
SONA.
Either enter text, or circle options that apply.
1 Study Type
One-part
Two-part
2 Study Name
Display name as seen on
“Available Studies” list
3 Brief Abstract
Short summary of
experiment.
[max: 255 characters]
4 Detailed Description
of your experiment
[max: 15000 characters]
5 Eligibility
Requirement
If not covered by prescreen
restrictions
6/7 Duration/Credits
Experiment Duration.
[ Pay is never used within
SONA ]
15 minutes
0.5credits
75 minutes
2.5credits
135 minutes
4.5credits
8 Preparation
Eg; participants are
required to wear
gym shoes.
9 Researcher(s)
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30 minutes
1.0 credits
90 minutes
3.0 credits
150 minutes
5.0 credits
45 minutes
1.5credits
105 minutes
3.5credits
165 minutes
5.5credits
60 minutes
2.0 credits
120 minutes
4.0 credits
180 minutes
6.0 credits
10 Ethics Committee
Approval Code
www.abdn.ac.uk/psychology
/research/ethics.php
11 Active Study
Yes
No
After approval do you
want the experiment
immediately active?
Advanced Settings
12 Pre-Requisites
Should participants
have completed a
previous
experiment?
13 Disqualifiers
Should participants
be barred if they
have done a
previous
experiment?
14 Study URL
Is there a web
address connected to
the study
15 Sign Up
Deadline
How long before the
experiment should
someone be allowed
to sign-up?
Default is 24 hours.
16 Researcher to
receive email
notification?
17 Researchers
Timeslots
No
Yes
For cancelations
and sign-ups
Yes
For cancelations ONLY
Yes
No
Yes
No
Can researchers for
this study be assigned
to specific timeslots?
Only applies if the
study has more than
one researcher.
18 Automatic
Credit
Must be set to ‘Yes’
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Prescreen Restrictions
The following options are available as Pre-Screen Criteria. Only circle entries that apply:
19 Age
“What is your age?”
16-17
20
30-40
18
21-25
40-50
19
25-30
50+
20 Hand
“What hand do you
write with?”
Left
Right
Yes
No
Yes
No
21 Vision
“Do you wear glasses
or contact lenses?”
21 Colour Vision
“Do you have problems
with your colour
vision?”
22 Native speaker
“Are you a native
English speaker?”
Yes
No
NOTE: Participants have the option to decline to answer this question
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