(Expired) $10 Target or Barnes and Noble GC for survey

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thank you! I chose the Target card. 20 minutes/day for 4 days seems a bit much, but I could always use a gift card to Target anyway. :bigok:
 
I know....I said the same thing....I have to do this every day? lol but the GC's do always come in handy! And at least it's not like the women's lube study where we had to do the ridiculous surveys every day for a month! LOL
 
this is an awesome find! Thanks! I got my husband to do it too! LOL I wonder what he thinks of a worrying survey.. LOL
But that'll be 20$ at Target for us! Whoohoo
 
what i did was instead of clicking the exit survey i just clicked next and it took me to the other day already... so far since it is tuesday i was able to knock out sunday and monday... and tommorow around this time i will finish it up
 
i do have a question though..... in the little boxes where they asked for your email address or mail address, what did you all put?
 
missjae said:
what i did was instead of clicking the exit survey i just clicked next and it took me to the other day already... so far since it is tuesday i was able to knock out sunday and monday... and tommorow around this time i will finish it up
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I did the whole survey tonight using this trick...hope it works :)
 
Thanks! I just signed up tonight -- not sure if they're going by EST or something else (ie: whether I signed up Mon or Tues?). I would normally do the Target gift card for myself, but I figured the B&N gift card would be better as I could use it as a partial gift for my Mom or brother who don't have a Target near them. :) Thanks for the great find OP! Glad I got in on this on time (as I've missed other similar ones!).
 
i clicked next after finishing each session and i got a message saying i finished the study.So when do they send the gift card????
 
I clicked and got a page saying the survey's closed. That was quick.
 
Evidently they have ALREADY killed the survey! Maybe they will open it back up tomorrow? It would be helpful if they told us the contact info for those of us who started it!
 
just emailed surveymonkey to find out about those of us who started the survey, to see how we can finish it and get our gc's.
 
smidge1 said:
just emailed surveymonkey to find out about those of us who started the survey, to see how we can finish it and get our gc's.
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That would be helpful. It's frustrating that we all started it and can't finish :(
Thanks!
 
Does anyone remember the name of the University that was sponsoring the survey? I remember it was the psych department of a University.

I imagine they are having major meetings in the department today about the problems with the survey.

With it being University sponsored - it would have been a legitimate survey - and I am sure would have paid.

However, there was a problem in the design - in that it let people complete all four days of the survey at once.

Once they discovered that - I am sure they had to stop that from happening. A survey with a faulty design, such as that, cannot be used for research purposes.

But I wish they would have fixed the problem and let those of us who did not fill out four days at once, but DID take our time to fill out one day - and planned on completing it as designed - to finish taking the survey.

They SHOULD be able to track that. Since you had to log in on each page with your user name and take the survey from the same computer each day - they should be able to sort out the valid surveys from the invalid ones.

I may be stepping out of line - but in my opinion if the survey instructions said to complete certain sections on different days - and you complete all sections on the same day - then you didn't really technically "complete" the survey - because the survey had certain guidelines, regardless if a fault in the design enabled people to do it differently.

As this was University sponsored - it would be a research project. So I imgaine they will redesign it and try it again. But I am not sure if they will use the same avenue.
 
I think that would go along with the recent Amazon GC Survey. They weeded out those who took it too quickly.
They may have decided that they couldn't fix it right now and took it off.
They may contact in the future with a new and improved system.
Who knows? It seemed legit. I keep trying to remember. I'll ask Hubby if he remembers as I had him start taking it too..
 
This is surveymonkey's response.

"Due to our privacy policy, I cannot give you their contact directly.

However, I would be happy to forward on any message that you give and I can submit your email address in a message to them if you wish."

That is nice that they are willing to forward an email to them.
 
try this i sent them an email this morning [email protected]. still haven't heard anything back but i didn't come back either. good luck let me know if you hear anything.
 
Hello everyone! I have been a "ghost" on this site for a while now and this threas inspired me to join. I too started this survey and when I went back to do the second day found the survey closed. I have to say it made me kind of angry that this happened. I emailed surveymonkey as well and got the contact for this study. I emailed her but have had no response as of yet. The info I was given is as follows:[email protected]. If anyone emails and hears anything let us all know and I will too. I hope I did this right as it is my first post.
 
Hmmm. The gmail is a bit odd. University sponsered research should have an .edu address.

So it might be some students. But they will have some explaining to do. Lots of strict regualtions about the use of human subjects in research..EVEN filling out the surveys. Have to protect privacy. Have to have SOME type of debriefng. If they caused any potential "harm" to a subject - they have to have a written plan to return them to their "pre-research" state.

They are not just allowed to mess with people and then let them be.

If this was legitimate research - then I highly doubt they will let those of us who started - continue. Because the design was for so many days in a row - and then a certain number of days until the last response.

Here is what I DID copy:

"Hello and welcome to the study on worrying!

This study will take 4 separate days to complete. It will only take about 20 minutes each day.

You will receive a $10 gift card to TARGET or BARNES AND NOBLE if you successfully complete ALL 4 DAYS in the study.

Here is an overview of the tasks you will be completing:

Day 1: Complete surveys and 1st writing task
Day 2: (Next Day) Complete 2nd writing task
Day 3: (Next Day) Complete 3rd writing task
Day 4: (7 to 11 days after Day 3) Complete final survey

Also, you need to make sure you use the SAME COMPUTER each day. Thank you!"

So depending which "group" they put you in the survey would not be completed until the 7th or 11th day AFTER filling out the three days.

So, again, they would have to change the design of the whole survey OR start with a whole new group of people.

BUT -- most Universities have to have ALL research involving human subjects (including surveys) APPROVED through a Human Subject Review Board.

They cannot just STOP a research and leave people hanging. Regardless of whether they give the gift cards. Regardless of whether they get a whole new group of subjects - They can NOT just START a research project with human subjects and then disappear.

They DO have OUR email addresses - and we SHOULD be contacted by THEM.

Yeah... ask people personal questions about their worrying and anxiety - and then just PULL the survey with NO explaination.

That doesn't cut it in University research. In University research - the researcher has a responsibility and a duty to their subjects. They can't leave them hang midstream - no matter what the reason they stopped the survey.

What if something got "triggered" taking the survey? Or something else?

They SHOULD have listed their contact information for their "subjects" to contact them with any problems - Not having anything to do with the gifts cards.

It is just a you don't mess around in people's minds and then disappear type thing.

Geez!! Maybe we can find out the name of the University and then email the Human Subject Research Panel nonstop -- "OMG! I am SOOOOOOOOO WORRIED now!!! I told them PERSONAL information and they disappeared!!! Was it something I said? Are they mad at me? What should I do? I can't stop thinking about it!!!!"

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smidge1 said:
try this i sent them an email this morning [email protected]. still haven't heard anything back but i didn't come back either. good luck let me know if you hear anything.
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