Automated Debriefing: Interface for Large-Scale Research Ethics

DOI: 10.1145/3272973.3272992

Abstract

Debriefing is an essential research ethics procedure in non-consented research where participants are informed about their participation in research and provided with controls over their data privacy. This demonstration presents a novel system for conducting and studying debriefing in large-scale behavioral experiments online. We designed a debriefing system, with an accompanying evaluation study, which are both delivered as a web application. Participants engage with this system once data collection for an experiment has concluded. The key contributions of this project are 1) the design and implementation of the debriefing system for field experiments, and 2) an approach to empirically evaluating public perception of research procedures.