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1. Research Designs Templates Tutorials Favorites Stimuli ProtoGenie Help Center See also Research Designs Templates Tutorials Favorites Stimuli Home gt ProtoGenie Home Page gt Side Vertical Menu Bar gt Research Designs Research Designs ProtoGenie Home Page 14 The second item in the side menu bar is Research Designs The Research Designs link in the vertical menu on the left side of the My Home Page goes to a page containing a list and discussion of research methods NEXT My Home Templates See also My Home Templates Tutorials Favorites Stimuli Home gt ProtoGenie Home Page gt Side Vertical Menu Bar gt Templates Templates Tutorials Favorites Stimuli The third item in the side menu bar is Templates The Templates link goes to a page containing a list and description of protocol Templates Template Protocols Research Designs Blank Protocol Tutorials and Template Protocol Tutorials are closely related To view what is in these libraries click here NEXT My Home Research Designs Tutorials Favorites Stimuli ProtoGenie Help Center 15 ProtoGenie Home Page See also My Home Research Designs Tutorials Favorites Stimuli Home gt ProtoGenie Home Page gt Side Vertical Menu Bar gt Tutorials Tutorials The fourth item in the side menu bar is Tutorials The Tutorial link goes to a page containing a list and description of protoco
2. Flash Stimulus Event Image Stimuls Event Video Stimulus Event See also Flash Stimulus Event Image Stimuls Event Video Stimulus Event Flash Stimulus Event A Flash Stimulus Event is a treatment or intervention event in which a Flash movie is presented on the ProtoGenie screen followed by the subject s response This treatment requires that you enter the swf file for the Flash movie that you wish to present The setup for the Flash Stimulus Event allows you to create this file on this page or you can go to your Home page and click Stimulus in the left vertical menu The Followup Measurement is selected from the ProtoGenie list of measurement events including the checkbox choice multiple choice numeric short answer and Slider The full list of setup operations consists of Event Name Flash file Followup measurement Event Description Event Variable Event Keywords Feedback and Time Limit NEXT External Treatment Image Stimuls Event Video Stimulus Event Event See also External Treatment Event Image Stimuls Event Video Stimulus Event Image Stimuls Event An Image Stimulus Event is a treatment or intervention event in which a JPEG of other image is presented on the ProtoGenie screen followed by the subject s response This treatment requires that you enter the select an image file from your image library The Followup Measurement is selected from the ProtoGenie list of measurement events including the checkbox choic
3. ProtoGenie Help Center ProtoGenie Help Center copyright ProtoGenie By Pasadero Inc All rights reserved protogenie com The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written consent of ProtoGenie By Pasadero Inc Table of Contents Chanter T FrotoGenie Holp CONTO seins tasca ire 1 Chapter A PO HOD FONUS oct a is AAA oia 2 Online Help System nn RSS 2 P TORD A ee ee ee ee ee 3 blotch eo CRS ee egal e Sn aans ee ee ee een eee eee ee eee 3 ProtoGenie Resource Libraries oaz che doses case tendo ee tee edad A A A taa 4 PG Library of Research DRZE a ee ee 5 PG Library Or Template F OOGO erreia fica oros rt Aa a ai 5 PG Library of Blank Protocol Tutorials coria daa la Ei eens 6 PG Library or Template Protocol TUAS sewcio oda ih dE A Paa 6 ea A gl E o gn W EEN NE T PG Design Genie Development Project ZE ARRE WETNACECE T System PE std dps AAA 8 Online Mobile Data Collection cosida AA IAE AAA A AAA AAA AA AAA 9 M Research Mobile Research A ENTYCNENENN 9 Chapter 3 ProloGenie Home Page 1 21 60 100s wow Goin dr rro a tae epa ev aaa pesada 10 TOS MERIDA i er ee eee ree ce ce ee eee 10 ProtoGenie Flame cn sai dada unis AS Pie de Rede AA W Gwar WGA whe dd adh naw ies dea we ihe MA P 11 W
4. be used as the basis for a branching event The full list of setup operations consists of Event Name Main Prompt Companion Measurement Menu Conditions Menus Events Table containing All Available Events and Events Shown when test passes and Events table containing All Available Events and Events shown when test fails The remaining setup operations are Event Description Event Variable Event Keywords Feedback and Time Limit NEXT ProtoGenie Help Center 43 Major Features 4 Functions Collection Event Iterator Event See also Collection Event Iterator Event Collection Event A Collection Event enables you to select events of diverse types from a list of all available events that will appear on a single screen For example you may wish to present an image stimulus followed by a multiple choice measurement on the same page The list of setup operations consists of Event Name Main Prompt Events Table containing All Available Events and Events in This Collection The remaining setup operations are Event Description Event Variable Event Keywords Feedback and Time Limit NEXT Branching Event Iterator Event See also Branching Event Iterator Event Iterator Event An Iterator Event enables you to instruct ProtoGenie to repeat an event or collection of events a designated number of times For example you may wish to repeat events A D and G three times in that order or in random order The list of setup operation
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6. personal amp telephone interviews and the Internet Surveys typically range from one question spot polls to large scale studies and sometimes employ panels and time samples Today the Internet enables surveys to be conducted completely on line Surveys are frequently used in national and local studies of political and economic attitudes and reported behavior Surveys are used to identify important variables to increase understanding and sometimes to promote a change through education Unlike the experiment there is no conscious attempt to intervene to determine causality An example of an application of ProtoGenie in a survey in vision science is an online questionnaire for a sample of individuals who have been fitted with tinted lenses which seeks to learn whether the lenses were used how they were used and what problems were experienced Classical experiments are sometimes embedded in surveys to study measurement problems associated with the wording and format of questions NEXT See also Design Genie Project In today s complex and costly research environment a person may not know the best research design for his or her study given objectives and resources ProtoGenie provides research design assistance in an experimental wizard like help program called the Design Genie The purpose of the Design Genie is to help researchers identify the research method that best serves their objectives and practical needs given resources It responds to t
7. you expressly consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy The use of cookies enables a smooth experience when using the ProtoGenie website You can choose to remove or disable cookies via your browser but this will hamper your ability to use ProtoGenie services Cookies are small bits of data that are transferred to your device through your web browser when you use the ProtoGenie website Cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the ProtoGenie website ProtoGenie uses cookies for the following reasons To make the site easier to use and to authenticate your identity ProtoGenie uses cookies to track the session For both the protocol author and protocol participant the cookie is only used to connect the user to a server side temporary database entry that contains all session information Safety of Minors ProtoGenie services are not available to individuals under 13 years of age The only exception is if registration is provided as the result of a request by an approved educational institution If you are 13 but under the age of majority in your country of residence you must review your registration with your parent or guardian and make sure that it is understood by them PRIVACY FOR RESEARCH PROTOCOL PARTICIPANTS ProtoGenie Help Center 73 Major Features 4 Functions 1 Information collected directly from you the protocol participant by ProtoGenie The protocol author is responsible for the research data submi
8. See also Protocol Implementation Mobile Data Collection Create Tickets ProtoGenie Help Center 59 Major Features amp Functions Cases The link to Cases is located under Gather in the top menu bar and then under Data in the vertical bar on the left side of the page The Cases page contains all of the information for one subject participating in one protocol Each case represents one subject participating in one experimental group or survey panel If multiple sessions are involved for any group the case is what ties all of sessions together If there is only one session you might choose to use the datacentric view of the data The Cases page provides a summary of activity for the active protocol Specifically it provides the group name progress in author PI prior session in days and hours ago and next session date and time You are given the options to view edit or delete one or more groups Additionally you can look at the results for cases using the Cases link and you can use the Tickets link to obtain access for participants In effect the Cases Page is your case manager page where you keep track of all of the sessions for all of the cases for all of the people participating in your protocols This includes managing ongoing cases reviewing results and creating invitations for people to participate in your protocols Invitations can be sent out either as messages to other ProtoGenie users via the internal ProtoGenie e mai
9. The purpose of the Library of Template Protocol Tutorials is to help PG users master the construction of ProtoGenie protocols from existing template protocols by making hands on changes to the variables in the template protocols to fit new studies These tutorials cover all of the research designs in the PG Library of Research Designs This library is opened by clicking the link labeled Tutorials in the vertical navigation bar just under Templates NEXT PG Library of PG Library of PG Library of Blank Research Designs Template Protocols Protocol Tutorials See also PG Library of Research Designs PG Library of Template Protocols PG Library of Blank Protocol Tutorials ProtoGenie Help Center 7 PG Help Features Printable Manual The ProtoGenie help system includes the option to download a printable manual Click on Help in the bottom menu of every page or the Visit PG Hlep Center link under Places to Go in the ProtoGenie homepage NEXT Online Help System PG Tooltips Frequently Asked ProtoGenie Resource PG Design Genie System Requirements Questions FAQ Libraries Development Project See also Online Help System PG Tooltips Frequently Asked Questions FAQ ProtoGenie Resource Libraries PG Design Genie Development Project System Requirements PG Design Genie Development Project Design Genie is an on going ProtoGenie Community Project that invites comments questions and suggestions from PG members regarding the cont
10. also contains links that initiate actions under the labels Things to Do People to See and Places to Go For example under Things to Do there is a link labeled Work on Existing Protocol which takes users to their personal library of protocols where they can select a protocol for editing or other actions This action also can be achieved by clicking on Make in the top menu bar In the vertical bar on the left side of this page there are five links My Home Research Designs Templates Favorites and Stimuli The Research Designs link goes to a page containing a list and discussion of research methods The Templates link goes to a page containing a list and description of protocol Templates The Favorites link goes to a page containing a list of protocols that you have bookmarked and the Stimuli link goes to a page containing a library of images videos and Flash movies that a user has collected for use as treatment stimuli in his or her experiments NEXT ProtoGenie Help Center 19 Major Features Functions Research Designs Templates Tutorials Favorites Stimuli dy MAKE SHARE GATHER Implement ACCOUNT By ProtoGenie User Getting Started amp Monitor Name Relationships See also MAKE SHARE GATHER Implement amp Monitor ACCOUNT By Name ProtoGenie User Relationships Getting Started Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt MY HOME gt Research Designs Research Designs The Research Designs link is locate
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13. given resources and other practical constraints Some research designs provide greater control and hence greater validity than others ProtoGenie covers a wide range of Research Designs ranging from descriptive to experimental designs But control and validity do not begin and end with Research Design Control and validity are enhanced or diminished by one s Implementation Design There are two broad interconnected dimensions of ProtoGenie Implementation namely access and control via the innovative ProtoGenie TICKET and types of implementation made possible by ProtoGenie s online technology There are three fundamentally different types of ProtoGenie implementation based on whether pre run information is available and on who administers the session researchers or subjects They are Traditional At Large and Offsite Connected implementations Traditional Implementation Highly Controlled and Precise In the Traditional Implementation researchers administer the protocol Traditional Implementations are for rigorous highly controlled precise experiments usually with small carefully selected samples and with sessions administered and supervised onsite by researchers This Implementation is characterized by extensive pre run communication between researcher and participants to interview screen sort into groups make appointments for meetings with researchers in the lab and instruct participants how to register with ProtoGenie for a login name and p
14. gt Checkbox Event Checkbox Event The checkbox event is a question or prompt associated with a check box for a binary choice as in on or off or yes and no Setup operations consist of Event Name Main Prompt Checkbox Label Event Description Event Variable Event Keywords Feedback and Time Limit NEXT Choice Event Multiple Choice Numeric Event Short Answer Event Slider Event See also Choice Event Multiple Choice Numeric Event Short Answer Event Slider Event ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 36 Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt MAKE gt Creating Events gt Measurement Events gt Choice Event Choice Event The Choice event is a question or prompt associated with two or more choices each associated with a check box for indicating one s choice Number of choices is determined by typing in a choice and hitting Return Setup operations consist of Event Name Main Prompt Choices Event Description Event Variable Event Keywords Feedback and Time Limit NEXT Checkbox Event Multiple Choice Numeric Event Short Answer Event Slider Event See also Checkbox Event Multiple Choice Numeric Event Short Answer Event Slider Event Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt MAI KE gt Creating Events gt Measurement Events gt Multiple Choice Multiple Choice The Multiple Choice event is a question or prompt followed by a list of choices of which the allowed choice or choi
15. in the ways specified by the authors To navigate to and peruse the Permissions Received page open ProtoGenie Log In click on Share click on Permissions and then on Permissions Received Under permissions received you can click on any protocol in the summary table and go back to the composer for it As always clicking on the name of a protocol takes you to the composer for that protocol As the recipient of permissions to use a protocol you do not own that protocol but have permission from the authors to use it in specified ways The little green check marks in this table are live links corresponding to what you can do The view or edit check marks will go to the Composer for this protocol The run check mark will run it More specifically the Run permission lets you create and modify tickets to set up a run the last permission is results which lets you review the results of previous runs NEXT ProtoGenie Help Center 53 Major Features amp Functions Permissions Given See also Permissions Given Participate Participate is located under Share inside an active opened protocol To navigate to and peruse the Participate page open ProtoGenie Log In click on Share and click on Participate NEXT Public Library of Permissions Contacts Everyone Messages Protocols See also Public Library of Protocols Permissions Contacts Everyone Messages Contacts Contacts is located under Share inside an active ope
16. in time to strengthen inferences about the effects of treatments and to enhance their generality to larger populations In effect they are combinations of Multiple Groups Multiple Sessions over time designs NEXT Posttest Only Solomon Four Group Across Time Control Fully Crossed Clinical Trials Design Control Group Design Design Group Design Factorial Design See also Posttest Only Control Group Design Solomon Four Group Design Across Time Control Group Design Fully Crossed Factorial Design Clinical Trials Design Solomon Four Group Design In the Solomon Four Group Design participants are randomly assigned to four different groups One group gets the treatment and the pretest and posttest another gets only the pretest and posttest a third gets the treatment with only the posttest and the last one gets only a posttest This controls both the main effects of testing internal and the interaction effects of testing and the treatment external This design combines the benefits of pretest posttest designs and posttest only designs and thereby is one of the best designs for addressing threats to internal and external validity In brief the Solomon Four Group design is a way to avoid some of the difficulties associated with the Posttest Only and the Pretest Posttest Designs However the downside is significant if resources and time are limited as they often are Also assigning participants to four groups randomly may be disruptive Moreove
17. only to track the session For both the protocol author and the protocol participant the cookie is only used to connect the user to a server side temporary database entry that contains all session information Safety of Minors ProtoGenie services are not available to individuals under 13 years of age The only exception is if registration is provided as the result of a request by an approved educational institution If you are 13 but under the age of majority in your country of residence you must review your registration with your parent or guardian and make sure that it is understood by them NEXT See also Terms of Service Security Statement Security Statement ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features amp Functions 74 PROTOGENIE SECURITY STATEMENT February 1 2014 Skip to Next Page Pasadero Inc strives to ensure that your data is kept secure when you use the ProtoGenie website and services Pasadero uses Heroku to deploy and operate the ProtoGenie application Heroku applies security best practices and manages platform security Heroku is responsible for the security of its servers SECURITY FOR PROTOCOL AUTHORS ProtoGenie uses advanced technology for internet security Users are required to create a unique user name and password that must be entered each time a user logs on ProtoGenie uses a session cookie only to provide a temporary identification token after the user logs in ProtoGenie does not include the username and pas
18. or multiple event page A multiple event page consisting of questions can be printed out as a traditional questionnaire or form NEXT Repeating Events Scheduling Groups amp Within Sessions Sessions See also Repeating Events Within Sessions Scheduling Groups amp Sessions Testing Previews amp Trial Runs ProtoGenie Help Center 49 Major Features amp Functions There are two kinds of test runs Dry Runs and Wet Runs Dry Test Runs do not involve the execution of the protocol They display what the subject will see in the specified order but they do not test the storage and retrieval of data These are done through the Preview functions associated with the creation and editing of groups events and sessions To test run look at a session click on Sessions under the Make link and click on Preview To navigate to and peruse the Sessions page where dry runs for whole Sessions are made open ProtoGenie login click on Demo Protocol click on Sessions and then click on Preview for the desired Session Wet Test Runs involve the full execution of the protocol as compared to previews Their purpose is to test whether the data are being stored properly and that they appear correctly for analysis in the Results page of ProtoGenie Data collected from wet runs must be deleted from PG storage before studies are officially launched or they must be removed from files downloaded for analysis To delete data collected from a Wet Test Run
19. that protocol They are Cases Data Collaborations and Tickets The opening page of Make is your Personal Library of protocols This page presents a list of all of the protocols that you have created or copied It also contains a link to a New Protocol page should you want to make a new protocol NEXT Personal Library of Protocol Summary Creating Groups Creating Events Creating Sessions Testing Previews amp Protocols Description Trial Runs ProtoGenie Help Center 29 Major Features amp Functions TA Fa AT FR MY HOME SHARE GATHER Implement ACCOUNT By ProtoGenie User Getting Started amp Monitor Name Relationships See also MY HOME SHARE GATHER Implement amp Monitor ACCOUNT By Name ProtoGenie User Relationships Getting Started Personal Library of Protocols A ProtoGenie Protocol is a detailed plan for what is going to happen in a study More specifically a ProtoGenie protocol 1s a detailed software specification of research events including intervention control and guidance events groups sessions and implementations including prompts and program instructions to execute the protocol The user s Personal Library contains a list of personal protocols belonging to the user This list also contains the date that the protocol was last modified the research method design used in the study and options to Edit Copy Share or Delete a protocol It also contains a link called New which t
20. the user s My Home page and the ProtoGenie Home Page for everyone e Personal Account by User s Name This personal account link is active only if the user has already signed up for a ProtoGenie membership e Circled Question Mark Icon This link connects to the ProtoGenie Help Center that contains definitions descriptions how to do instructions and links to other help resources such as Frequently Asked Questions FAQs NEXT ProtoGenie Flame Web Home Page Personal Account By Name Circled Question Mark Icon Help ProtoGenie Help Center 11 ProtoGenie Home Page See also Side Vertical Menu Bar Body Home Page Home gt ProtoGenie Home Page gt op Menu Bar gt ProtoGenie Flame ProtoGenie Flame The ProtoGenie Flame see upper left connects to the Home Page The Flame Icon appears at the top when users are on the PG Home Page and It appears in the same place on every other page It is important to distinguish between this Home Page which is for all ProtoGenie users and individual user s My Home Pages which is for individual users NEXT Web Home Page Personal Account By Circled Question Name Mark Icon Help See also Web Home Page Personal Account By Name Circled Question Mark Icon Help Home gt ProtoGenie Home Page gt Top Menu Bar gt Web Home Page Web Home Page The Home link in the top menu bar connects to the user s personal page called My Home The My Home link is active o
21. thumbnail version of the image the name the number of times you ve used it in a Treatment along with other information On this page Stimuli can be inspected updated or deleted Once Stimuli are defined it is easy to make a Treatment Event out of it in the composer These stimuli can be re used any number of times in any number of Events attached to any number of Protocols NEXT Research Designs Templates Tutorials Favorites See also Research Designs Templates Tutorials Favorites MAKE A ProtoGenie protocols a detailed software specification of research events including intervention control and guidance events groups sessions and implementations including prompts and program instructions to execute the protocol Make is the protocol construction part of ProtoGenie It is one of five PG Action Areas located in the top navigation bar Share Run Home and Personal Account by user s name Its opening page is Personal Library To go to Make Library open ProtoGenie Log In and click on Make You will be on the Personal Library page under Make The Make area contains only the Personal Library link in the second navigation bar_until a protocol from the Library is opened at which time there are nine 9 links in the second bar The first four 4 links after Library involve the creation or modification of the selected protocol They are Summary Groups Events and Sessions The remaining four 4 links involve the implementation of
22. time Initial time units number of Repeats Repeat time and Repeat time units This feature enables the scheduling of repeated events within sessions for any number of repetitions with any intervals between them Repetitions of events occur over time and may involve the closing of the protocol between repetitions but they are not separate sessions NEXT Scheduling Groups amp Event Presentation Sessions Serial or Slide Show See also Scheduling Groups amp Sessions Event Presentation Serial or Slide Show Scheduling Groups amp Sessions Scheduling groups and events is done on the Sessions page under the option Edit by Group Login click on the protocol that you are working on click on Sessions and then click on Edit for one of the Sessions Edit presents a drag and drop interface for arranging Events in time and order On this page you drag and drop events from the list of All Available Events on the left to the list of Scheduled Events on the right When you click on the create or update button on the bottom of the page your events will be saved in the correct order When you come back to this scheduling page later the correct events will appear in the order that you set ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 48 NEXT Repeating Events Event Presentation Within Sessions Serial or Slide Show See also Repeating Events Within Sessions Event Presentation Serial or Slide Show Event Present
23. was shown to the subject the exact time they submitted that page back to the server and so on NEXT ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 60 Cases See also Cases Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt ACCOUNT By Name ACCOUNT By Name The Account name Area contains members account information It is one of five PG Action Areas located in the top navigation bar Make Share Gather Home and Account by user s name Its opening page is Account To go to Account Name Account open ProtoGenie Log In and click on Account Name You will be on the page called Account under Account Name The Account Name area contains seven 7 links Account My Profile Edit Profile Preferences Change Password Change Email and Billing The names of these pages suggest their contents NEXT Account Info My Profile Edit Profile Preferences Change Password Change Email A MY HOME MAKE SHARE GATHER Implement ProtoGenie User Getting Started amp Monitor Relationships See also MY HOME MAKE SHARE GATHER Implement amp Monitor ProtoGenie User Relationships Getting Started Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt ACCOUNT By Name gt Account Info ProtoGenie Help Center 61 Major Features Functions Account Info Account Info is located in the second navigation bar under Account To go to Account Info open ProtoGenie log in and click on your Account Name Account contains your
24. when and how these simple events are to be executed during a run The specification of where when and how is the function of Compound Events In effect Compound Events organize and manage simple events As such All Compound Events involve collections of Events Examples include the collection of events under the Collection Event to present them on the same Webpage as opposed to the default which is one to a page sequentially All Compound Events use the Generic Event Collection amp Ordering Dialog consisting of two panels with an arrow connecting them Compound Events can be nested in other Compound Events just as simple events are collected under Compound Events There are three 3 Compound Events e Branching Event e Collection Event e lterator Event NEXT Branching Event Collection Event Iterator Event Events Summary Event Description Measurement Events Treatment Events Support Guidance Page Page Events See also Events Summary Page Event Description Page Measurement Events Treatment Events Support Guidance Events Branching Event A Branching Event is an event that conditionally sends a subject to a target event in the protocol depending on the subject s response to a question Branching Events require a companion measurement event When the protocol runs the response the subject gives to that companion measurement is used to decide which collection of events to show next All measurements except Short Answers can
25. 15 My Home Welcome Page A e o A O E ee er ae re ee ere 15 jee je SUBIO amada ee ee ee 76 Ghaptor S ee re rs Tr 1 ProtoGenie Help Center Home gt ProtoGenie Help Center ProtoGenie Help Center This is the place you go to find out anything about ProtoGenie from contact information to PG assurances to system requirements to history to terms of service to PG feature to help resources including tutorials FAQs and templates Browse this material by clicking on a topic heading or subheadings in the table of contents on the left of the screen or step through the material using your forward and back arrow in your browser or clicking on the Next button Also you can search this material by key word in the search field in the upper right of your screen You also can search this material using the Index function Clicking this link gives you a list of the words that have been indexed in the file which is searchable using the Ctr F key on your computer key board NEXT PG Help Features ProtoGenie Home Major Features 8l Page Functions See also PG Help Features ProtoGenie Home Page Major Features 8l Functions ProtoGenie Help Center PG Help Features 2 PG Help Features ProtoGenie provides a full featured on line help system designed to enable PG users to create protocols that effectively and efficiently serve their research needs given objectives resources and constraints including inexperience or lack or technica
26. 8 Personal Library BI a A A A A A E 29 Protocol Summary Description A EE ts da ear 29 Creating Coll EZR A een ee ne pen ee a 30 Groups Summary PAGS ee rs A ee AG 31 Group Description PAS A neti R E Senna Eoin seine Gap Ro een ae eager 31 Email Alerts Feedback cis A A A ee E AEAEE 32 Creating E esa ist 32 Events Summary PAE asis scsi solia 33 Event Description Page Po pr ee ee cee es ee ee ree ee eee re oe ee 34 Measurement Events crisi ene etre ones igs naderresideretlrsa EE GEE A PEACE A 34 Checkbox nn 35 As ee AP o e oe 36 MUS ADIOS respira tte pa 36 Numeric Event AI IN A 37 Short Answer EVent ussormnioscrs a A RA dd dd de AA dE dc dd dA ci e AS OGG Pawia 37 Shder Evel ao barons Sens sendic end a re reo Ns e 38 Treatment Events ciscerorasrrcn rr ds iS li A AA Seas 38 External Treatment Event sisas iia aia 39 Flash Stimulus Event olosioodactalsi Ef abroad GG eui sb Got w W Wd GW EGW Z TGA WERE EEEE rra 40 Image SIMS ck aims dr A ii 40 Video Stimulus AZ AA ZE 41 UOMOCOHNOEGNIE aoi aoi bO Agi OKRES EA O AR OO fp Oo ds Aches kg nte 41 Branching AS 4 Colechom O e O o UI 43 id a SR TEORIE 43 Support Guidance ECM aretes td cacao 44 A PP A 44 Page Break Event eerren e E CE 45 Mos cle e e E eee ee ee E ee ee E ee 45 Creating ro O III EEEE EW E 46 Repeating Events WII SESSIONS sonic cwi Odo ai 47 Scheduling NOUNS SESSIONS caused ach EO depre 47 Event Presentation Serial or Slide Show usina aaron 48 Testing Previe
27. ACCOUNT By Name ProtoGenie User Relationships Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt Getting Started gt Logging In Logging In After opening ProtoGenie at https protogenie com PG members will e Click on Log In on the right side of the top navigation bar e Enter their email address or user name e Enter their password and click Log n This will take them to their My Home web page NEXT My Home Welcome Technical Support Page See also Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt Getting Started gt Logging In gt My Home Welcome Page My Home Welcome Page ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 76 After log in from the PG Home Page the user will be on the My Home page which is the personalized center of gravity of the user s ProtoGenie activity It is one of five permanently located PG Action Areas located in the top navigation bar namely Make Share Run MyHub and Account user s name It is a reception area containing links labeled Things to Do People to See Places to Go and Announcements It also contains links to the five major activities of PG Make Share Run Home and Account user s name plus four links to four special topics Research Designs Templates Favorites and Stimull NEXT Technical Support See also Technical Support Technical Support ProtoGenie provides on line technical assistance in the form of Tool Tips Mouse Overs and a rich online Automated Techni
28. Contacts Everyone and Messages NEXT ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 50 Public Library of Permissions Participate Contacts Everyone Messages Protocols Ce Y RA O ht pu MY HOME MAKE GATHER Implement ACCOUNT By ProtoGenie User Getting Started amp Monitor Name Relationships See also MY HOME MAKE GATHER Implement amp Monitor ACCOUNT By Name ProtoGenie User Relationships Getting Started MOITO gt Majo FEaLturESs QA UNCUONS gt DMARE PUDHC LIDI dr Public Library of Protocols Public Library is the opening page under Share To go to the Public Library page open ProtoGenie Log In and click on Share and you will be in your Public Library of protocols This page contains a list of all protocols that have been designated PUBLIC by ProtoGenie members with information on the date last modified the research method design used in the study and the option to Copy a protocol In the Public Library page you can select a protocol for automatic copying by clicking on the protocol name This brings up the description Summary page for a copy of that protocol At this point the second bar contains seven 7 links for the creation or modification of the copied protocol and its implementation They are Library Summary Groups Events Sessions Cases and Data Because the list of public protocols is long you can use the ProtoGenie search tool to find the protocol that most interests you f
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31. ProtoGenie for a login name and password Unlike the Traditional implementation participants do not meet face to face with researchers NEXT ProtoGenie Help Center 57 Major Features 4 Functions Mobile Data Create Tickets Monitoring amp Collection Reviewing Results See also Mobile Data Collection Create Tickets Monitoring amp Reviewing Results Mobile Data Collection M Research Mobile Research is a new kind of research that is made possible by mobile telecommunication and Internet technology M Research is new but it is bursting out in the footsteps of M Health which is the use of mobile devices to support health care delivery systems Both are made possible by the explosive growth of mobile telecommunications and mobile computer devices as they are manifest for example in the smart phone Worldwide the number of global mobile phone subscribers in 2007 was estimated at 3 1 billion of an estimated global population of 6 6 billion 47 These figures were projected to grow to 4 5 billion by 2012 or a 64 7 mobile penetration rate Today approximately 91 of all people on earth have a mobile phone and 56 own a smart phone M Research such as surveys and experiments conducted on mobile devices is used for data collection by researchers in the lab or in the field to administer treatments and take measurements as in observational studies of children in the class room or other settings Data can be systematically observed and r
32. Summary Event Description Measurement Events Compound Events Support Guidance Page Page Events See also Events Summary Page Event Description Page Measurement Events Compound Events Support Guidance Events External Treatment Event An External Treatment Event is a treatment event that is not administered on the computer and is generally administered by a human or machine other than the ProtoGenie computer An example is a treatment such as a medication administered by a project staff member or supervised nurse The external treatment does not happen on the main Protogenie screen instead it is administered by an unspecified external source When the protocol is executed subjects see the prompt which gives them explicit instructions as to what they should do in the real world There will be an answer area where they can type in an open ended text response There are seven types of external treatment event By an unspecified external source On a separate computer near the subject With a machine near the subject Via printed materials accessible to the subject By a researcher in the room with the subject By the subject themselves On a video screen of some kind Setup operations consist of Event Name Main Prompt Starting Text This Treatment will be administered by Event description Event Variable Event Keywords Feedback and Time Limit NEXT ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 40
33. Tutorials Favorites Stimuli List of Designs with Descriptions The Methods Page contains a list of major research methods or designs as follows Posttest Only Control Group Design Pretest Posttest Control Group Design Solomon Four Group Design Across Time Control Group Design Fully Crossed Factorial Design Descriptive Research Designs Clinical Trials Design Survey Research Design Each label is a link to a description of the method NEXT Experimental Descriptive Research Methods Methods Design Genie Project See also Design Genie Project Experimental Methods Experimental Methods Classical and Quasi seek to measure the causal effects of treatment variables on response variables through random assignment of participants to experimental groups and through the manipulation of the treatment variables Sometimes these experiments are referred to as laboratory experiments because of high degree of control over settings They are commonly used in psychology and related disciplines and in clinical settings law and other professions Studies that do not permit high levels of control are generally known as Quasi experiments and are generally used in field settings such as schools and other institutions Classical experiments create situations as close to real as possible Quasi experiments compensate for lack of controls through matching placement and withdrawal of treatments and statistical analysis ProtoGenie Help Cent
34. V SAC F AOE second eton ENAR ab oO AO ob po ea Semin peas cis 11 Personal Account By Name ON 12 Circled Question Mark Icon Help A II A 12 Side Vertical A E PURO II TO 13 My BONE IE Oo o nn E O E POE E on a aK Oa aed ed SEA GOTO 13 Research Designs POCO PORO A E EN NC O een wa e ee E oe aa oe ae era eae ees 14 Me ue REG OE ee cepa ee ce ep oe es 14 TUONE A 15 Se go cancer hid retrata sor ctas od ti E E E O oa 15 e e o O O e e o 16 Body ARONOFZCE eee eee eee ee wee etre eee gn ee ene ee eee AA ee ee ee ee 16 Chapter 4 Major Features 8 FUNCUONS nsrcrsavtrcoosisonceradaica cobra sahidi GE FAGO GPP cord tapia 18 A ss NECIE 18 RE Se anh DESTINOS sesionar A AAA AAA 19 List of Designs WIDEE NELG O ee ee ee re er te ee hee ee re 20 Experimental NIGINDOS use oi ki iei o A AAA ias 20 Posttest Only Control Group DES ss ac A A AAA 21 Pretest Posttest Control Group DOL enga iso ami S iaa 21 Solomon Four Group DEO erstes R E LOGA ee A 22 Across Time Control Group DOSO separated id iR e 23 Fully Crossed Factorial Boo see eee ee ee ee ee oe pas oe 23 Clinical Trials Design ee acy eee a sere ode gn e ee eee eae A 24 Descriptive RESBATONNEMOOS cresta ri da ropa 24 Survey Reseach aie ieee Pann rand Rea O en aoa is Poe ONO A eae 25 Design Genie PROS esnnsrorio celica a epee O epee 25 TEMDOKSE aar EE ti srl whe Rape sane io ae ic ps 26 o A ROA 26 SONES au ss iia a id ns iaa 27 SN E on pan OE O AO A 27 A me eee OO on ee ea o 2
35. able templates These templates cover the majority of research designs Clicking on any one of these templates brings up a description of the template It also identifies the original protocol on which it was based and it presents a Copy Me link that makes a copy of the template for the user s personal library This feature is central to the construction of protocols from templates Currently the list of templates include templates for the following designs Posttest Only Control Group Design Pretest Posttest Control Group Design Solomon Four Group Design Across Time Control Group Design Fully Crossed Factorial Design Clinical Trials Design Survey Research Design NEXT Research Designs Tutorials Favorites Stimuli See also Research Designs Tutorials Favorites Stimuli Tutorials There are two sets of tutorials One involves the construction of protocols from templates and the other involves the construction of protocols from scratch no template The Tutorials page presents a list of available tutorials These tutorials cover the majority of research designs Clicking on any one of these tutorials brings up step by step instructions for creating s protocol to fit a research design Currently the list of templates include templates for the following designs e Posttest Only Control Group Design e Pretest Posttest Control Group Design e Solomon Four Group Design ProtoGenie Help Center 27 Major Features Functions Acro
36. account information including whether the account is active account type and date of membership registration If you have an administrator or faculty account there will be a link to the Admin Contol Panel and a link to Send Mail as Admin NEXT Types of ProtoGenie Accounts My Profile Edit Profile Preferences Change Password Change Email See also My Profile Edit Profile Preferences Change Password Change Email Types of ProtoGenie Accounts There are two basic types of ProtoGenie accounts or memberships PG Registered Membership and PG Subscription Membership Under PG Subscription Membership there are three subscription payment plans Monthly Annual and Student Details are as follows Registered PG Memberships Registered Members are signed up with ProtoGenie but they may or may not have a paid subscription Registered members without a subscription can do the following Open ProtoGenie Use the PG Help Resources Center tools including FAQs and tutorials Protocols built from tutorials cannot be executed Read ProtoGenie Assurances Terms of Service Privacy Policy amp Security Find other users Search for related protocols and look within existing protocols Review Research Designs supported by ProtoGenie Read about and copy available PG templates Copy existing protocols and modify them Create protocols from templates or from scratch Look over tutorials provided for step by step instruction for c
37. actions of potential interest It is opened by clicking on the ProtoGenie Help Center 3 PG Help Features Index link at the top left of the page The Index can be searched by key work using the find or search features of the Web browser NEXT PG Tooltips Frequently Asked ProtoGenie Resource Printable Manual PG Design Genie System Requirements Questions FAQ Libraries Development Project NEXT See also PG Tooltips Frequently Asked Questions FAQ ProtoGenie Resource Libraries Printable Manual PG Design Genie Development Project System Requirements Home gt PG Help Features gt PG Tooltips PG Tooltips For a large number of words and images on the screen the Tooltips feature of ProtoGenie brings up descriptions explanations and action hints when the cursor is hovered over them This is sometimes known as Mouse Over Help For this users hover the pointer over an item without clicking it and a Tooltip message will appear about that item PG Tooltips do not appear on mobile devices since there is no cursor NEXT Online Help System Frequently Asked ProtoGenie Resource Printable Manual PG Design Genie System Requirements Questions FAQ Libraries Development Project See also Online Help System Frequently Asked Questions FAQ ProtoGenie Resource Libraries Printable Manual PG Design Genie Development Project System Requirements Home gt PG Help Features gt Frequently Asked Questions FAQ Frequently Ask
38. akes the user to a blank protocol description where the major parameters of a new protocol are specified A user s Personal Library is brought up by clicking on Make in the top menu bar which is on every page It also can be brought up from the user s My Hub Page by clicking on Work on Existing Protocol which is one of four links under Things To Do In the Personal Library page protocols are opened for editing by clicking on the protocol name This brings up the description Summary page for that protocol NEXT See also Protocol Summary Description Creating Groups Creating Events Creating Sessions Testing Previews amp Trial Runs Protocol Summary Description A ProtoGenie protocol is a detailed software specification of research events including intervention control and guidance events groups sessions and implementations including prompts and program instructions to execute the protocol The Protocol Summary Page is brought up by clicking on a protocol listed in the user s Personal Library of Protocols ProtoGenie Help Center The Protocol Summary Page provides information about a protocol that the user has selected Protocols are constructed by defining Major Features Functions 30 the different groups of subjects that will be involved creating different experimental events that will occur during the protocol and organizing those events into scheduled sessions Information provided includes protocol t
39. also Event Description Page Measurement Events Treatment Events ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features 8 Functions 34 Compound Events Support Guidance Events Event Description Page The Event Description Page is where a particular event in a protocol is defined On this page an event is named and described Ifa prompt is called for 1t will appear here The variable name associated with the event is specified keywords are shown if used and it is indicated whether the event prompts for feedback and whether there is a time limit set The last piece of information is how many sessions use this event This page also provides a Preview button an Edit button a Copy button and three options for the data format including Chart Map and Table NEXT Events Summary Measurement Events Treatment Events Compound Events Support Guidance Page Events See also Events Summary Page Measurement Events Treatment Events Compound Events Support Guidance Events Measurement Events A Measurement Event is one of four 4 categories of ProtoGenie events Measurement Treatment Compound and Support Measurements generally involve things you want to learn about in your study and are usually referred to as dependent variables or response variables because they depend on or are responses to other factors that you want to explore evaluate or use to produce a change Examples of dependent variables are jury verdicts reading perfo
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41. assword At Large Accelerated Implementation Quick Convenient and Inexpensive In the At Large Implementation participants self administer the protocol which is made possible by ProtoGenie online technology It is designed for less expensive quick exploratory pre experimental studies self administered off site by the participants This implementation provides less control over threats to internal validity than the Traditional Implementation but it provides a very inexpensive and easy way to identify important variables and relationships for subsequent tightly controlled research This implementations is characterized by little or no pre run communication with unregistered participants Consequently a work around may be necessary in order to use it with factorial designs where there are control variables such as gender Offsite Connected Implementation Mixture Control and Convenience As in the At Large Implementation participants in the Offsite Connected Implementation self administer the protocols ProtoGenie online technology provides much of the internal validity control of the Traditional implementation but with the lower costs convenience and external validity of the At Large Implementation Like the Traditional Implementation the Offsite Control Implementation is characterized by extensive pre run communication between researcher and participants to interview screen sort into groups and instruct participants how to register with
42. ation Serial or Slide Show Event Presentation or Event Paging refers to the assignment of events to webpages Pages may present multiple events which is the default setting or they may present a single event on a page Single event Slideshow presentation is set by clicking on the Slideshow box under the Edit option of the Sessions page A multiple event page does not have to be set because it is the default setting Single event per page Slideshow presentations are frequently used if memory or halo effects among events are of concern Under slideshow presentation subjects cannot see previous events such as questionnaire items As an example of the Slideshow single event to a page presentation think of a questionnaire situation where respondents are presented with the first question Respondents answer and click NEXT to proceed to the next page containing the second question In effect the single event Slideshow paging option says Give this event a Web page of its own Multiple event pages can contain treatment events as in image stimuli measurement events support events and compound Events or combinations of all four By contrast the multiple event default paging option displays multiple events on a single scrollable page For example for a questionnaire situation respondents are presented a number of questions on the same webpage After answering all of the questions respondents click NEXT and proceed to the next single Slideshow
43. bmission applicants receive a confirmation email that states that they have successfully applied for a Registered PG Membership This message states that to activate that account applicants must click on the activation link e After clicking on the activation link applicants get a page in the ProtoGenie composer labeled SHARE This page contains the message Your account has been activated and you have been signed in This page also contains places to enter your profile information 1f you desire e From this page users can browse the ProtoGenie composer by clicking Home or other item in the top menu bar or they can apply for a subscription membership by clicking Account the top menu bar See next page ProtoGenie Help Center 63 Major Features Functions NEXT PG Subscription Memberships See also PG Subscription Memberships PG Subscription Memberships To apply for ProtoGenie Subscription Membership users must be Registered PG Members See Becoming a Registered PG Member To become PG Subscription Members with full access applicants NEXT Open the ProtoGenie Web link htip orotogenie con Log in to their Registered Member Account by clicking on Log in the top menu bar Enter their Login name and password and click Log In To apply for a PG subscription applicants click on their account name on the right side of the top menu bar This is usually the applicant s name If the mouse is moved over that name the
44. cal Support System including a comprehensive Help Center FAQs PG Library of Research Design PG Library of Template Protocols PG Library of Blank Protocol Tutorials and the PG Library of Template Protocol Tutorials It also provides a Printable User Manual A contact form for requesting personal technical assistance is provided GO TO BEGINNING My Home Welcome Page See also My Home Welcome Page ProtoGenie Help Center Index A account info 60 across time 23 26 Adobe Flash 8 allowed choices 36 announcements 16 answer 37 assurances 71 73 67 67 atlarge 56 author 29 automated help system 76 B billing 60 binary choice 35 blank protocol tutorials 6 bookmark 27 branching 41 C can edit 51 can run 51 can view 51 can view results 51 case 32 case manager 59 case study 24 cases 55 cases 59 58 48 change email 60 change password 60 change variables 38 checkbox 35 34 choice 36 34 36 choice event 36 circled question mark 10 12 10 cohort 24 collaborate 51 18 collection 43 collection event 43 comma delimited 59 communicate 54 composer 28 18 compound 32 33 34 Compound Events 41 contacts 53 49 continuous scale 38 control group 21 23 21 23 22 copy 34 copy protocol 29 create tickets 57 creating events 32 creating groups 30 creating sessions 46 D data 59 58 55 data collection 9 data file 59 data format 34 default answer 37 delete protocol 29 description 29 d
45. ccess to a protocol in the composer with specific permissions and restrictions including permission to view results to edit the original and to make personal copies under different protocol names and numbers and authors names For information on Tickets click here On the Permissions page you ll see a list of all the protocols that you ve given out or received permissions for As you can see on the Permissions Page there s a third level navigation bar that lets you toggle between protocols in which you ve given permissions and protocols in which you have received permissions Adjacent to the title of each protocol listed there is a number indicating the number of collaborators persons for whom you have given permissions Permissions is the first sub area of the Collaborate main area This page presents a list of all the protocols that you have given permissions for or have been given permissions for A tertiary navigation bar lets you toggle between protocols where you have given permissions and protocols where you ve received permissions NEXT Permissions Given Permissions Received Public Library of Participate Contacts Everyone Messages Protocols See also Public Library of Protocols Participate Contacts Everyone Messages Permissions Given ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features amp Functions 52 Under Permissions Given is a list of protocols that you have given access to other ProtoGenie members To navigate
46. ces is specified Number of choices is determined by typing in a choice and hitting Return Setup operations consist of Event Name Main Prompt Choices Allowed Choices Event Description Event Variable Event Keywords Feedback and Time Limit NEXT Checkbox Event Choice Event Numeric Event Short Answer Event Slider Event See also Checkbox Event Choice Event Numeric Event Short Answer Event Slider Event ProtoGenie Help Center 37 Major Features Functions amp Functions gt MAKE gt Creating Events gt Measurement E Home gt Major Features amp O m D J UN m c 3 gt D o m D J Numeric Event The Numeric event is a question or prompt followed by box for entering a number The minimum and maximum admissable numbers and the starting value are specified by the user Setup operations consist of Name Prompt Minimum Maximum Start Value Label Description Variable Keywords Prompt for Feedback and Time Limit NEXT Checkbox Event Choice Event Multiple Choice Short Answer Event Slider Event See also Checkbox Event Choice Event Multiple Choice Short Answer Event Slider Event Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt MAKE gt Creating Events gt Measurement Events gt Short Answer Event Short Answer Event The Short Answer event is a question or prompt followed by a field for entering an answer in text or numbers A default answer field is presented to giv
47. cipant you have a ProtoGenie account notice of change will be sent to you via email You will be considered as having expressly consented to changes in the privacy policy if you continue to use ProtoGenie services or continue to participate in a research study 1 Security cookies and other information ProtoGenie s Security Statement provides details about security practices ProtoGenie is dedicated to keeping the data secure that you submitted as a participant Despite using stringent security measures there is always a risk that personal information may be compromised or accessed by unauthorized parties as a result of collecting and transmitting data through the internet Absolute security cannot be guaranteed Cookies are used on the ProtoGenie website By using the ProtoGenie website and agreeing to this Privacy Policy you expressly consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy The use of cookies enable a smooth experience when using the ProtoGenie website You can choose to remove or disable cookies via your browser but this will hamper your ability to use ProtoGenie services Cookies are small bits of data that are transferred to your device through your web browser when you use the ProtoGenie website Cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the ProtoGenie site ProtoGenie uses cookies for the following reasons To make the ProtoGenie site easier to use and to authenticate your identity ProtoGenie uses cookies
48. click on Cases under the Make navigation bar Delete any cases listed in the list of Cases by clicking on the Delete option associated with each case on this page An alternative wet testing procedure is to copy a group give it a name like Testing Group run the protocol for that group using Tickets examine the results and then delete the testing group NEXT Personal Library of Protocol Summary Creating Groups Creating Events Creating Sessions Protocols Description See also Personal Library of Protocols Protocol Summary Description Creating Groups Creating Events Creating Sessions SHARE A ProtoGenie protocol is a detailed software specification of research events including intervention control and guidance events groups sessions and implementations including prompts and program instructions to execute the protocol Protocols are what is shared by ProtoGenie users Share reflects the working together spirit of ProtoGenie whose motto says Share unto others as you would have them share unto you It is one of five PG Action Areas located in the top navigation bar Its opening page is the Public Library of protocols To go to Share Public Library open ProtoGenie Log In and click on Share You will be on the Public Library page under Share In addition to the opening page Public Library the Share area consists of four other pages all involving sharing communicating and collaborating They are Permissions Participate
49. d by a third party change your password immediately by visiting http protogenie herokuapp com accounts password reset ProtoGenie offers SSL to secure the transmission of participant responses but it is your responsibility to ensure that the SSL feature is enabled on your account According to the U S Department of Health and Human Services researchers must obtain written informed consent from all prospective participants MANAGEMENT OF SECURITY VULNERABILITY ABSOLUTE SECURITY CANNOT BE GUARANTEED Despite using best efforts and stringent security methods there is always a risk that data on the internet may be compromised or accessed Absolute security cannot be guaranteed If ProtoGenie learns of a security vulnerability or the potential of a vulnerability attempts will be made to notify affected users electronically so they can take appropriate protective steps ProtoGenie may also post a notice on the ProtoGenie website if a security problem occurs NEXT See also Terms of Service Privacy Policy Getting Started ProtoGenie Help Center 75 Major Features 4 Functions Getting started in a ProtoGenie session after signing up is simply a matter of opening ProtoGenie in your browser by clicking on https protogenie com and logging in NEXT Logging In MY HOME MAKE SHARE GATHER Implement ACCOUNT By ProtoGenie User amp Monitor Name Relationships See also MY HOME MAKE SHARE GATHER Implement amp Monitor
50. d under My Home in the vertical navigation bar on the left side of the Home Page The Research Designs page presents a list of research methods or designs Each method label contains a link to a description of the design and a link to a protocol template that illustrates the design All protocols have a research design associated with it This information is important in library searches by other researchers who may wish to collaborate or swap information on similar studies it also is important for connecting users to Templates and other protocols that can be used to create protocols In today s complex and costly research environment users may not know the best research design tor their studies given its objectives and resources For this reason ProtoGenie provides three powerful tools One is the ProtoGenie Template Program The Template program provides generic templates that cover a wide range of research designs These templates can be browsed and used to create protocols to try out designs Another PG tool for design assistance is a wizard like program called ProtoGenie Design Genie This program asks users a hierarchy of key questions regarding their research objectives and resources and from that determines the design that best fits their needs NEXT List of Designs with Design Genie Project Descriptions Templates Tutorials Favorites Stimuli ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 20 See also Templates
51. e multiple ProtoGenie Help Center 41 Major Features amp Functions choice numeric short answer and slider The full list of setup operations consists of Event Name Main Prompt Image Stimulus Followup measurement Event Description Event Variable Event Keywords Feedback and Time Limit NEXT External Treatment Flash Stimulus Event Video Stimulus Event Event See also External Treatment Event Flash Stimulus Event Video Stimulus Event Video Stimulus Event A Video Stimulus Event is a treatment or intervention event in which a video is presented on the ProtoGenie screen followed by the subject s response This treatment requires that you select a video file from your image library The Followup Measurement is selected from the ProtoGenie list of measurement events including the checkbox choice multiple choice numeric short answer and Slider The full list of setup operations consists of Event Name Main Prompt Video Stimulus Followup measurement Event Description Event Variable Event Keywords Feedback and Time Limit NEXT External Treatment Flash Stimulus Event Image Stimuls Event Event See also External Treatment Event Flash Stimulus Event Image Stimuls Event Compound Events ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features amp Functions 42 A major task in the construction of research protocols is the definition of simple events But an equally critical task is to make explicit exactly where
52. e new members to learn more about ProtoGenie This page also contains links that initiate actions under the labels Things to Do People to See and Places to Go For example under Things to Do there is a link labeled Work on Existing Protocol which takes users to their personal library of protocols where they can select a protocol for editing or other actions This page also provides a news corner labeled Announcements NEXT Top Menu Bar Side Vertical Menu Bar See also Top Menu Bar ProtoGenie Help Center 17 ProtoGenie Home Page Side Vertical Menu Bar ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 18 Major Features amp Functions There are five major sets of ProtoGenie functions They are associated with the five links plus Logout in the primary top navigation bar of every page of ProtoGenie They are MY HOME MAKE SHARE and GATHER NEXT RA Q MY HOME MAKE SHARE GATHER Implement ACCOUNT By ProtoGenie User amp Monitor Name Relationships Getting Started ProtoGenie Help PG Help Features ProtoGenie Home Center Page See also ProtoGenie Help Center PG Help Features ProtoGenie Home Page MY HOME My Home is the opening page after logging in It is the user s personalized center of activity It is one of five PG Action Areas located in the top navigation bar namely Make Share Run Home and Account user s name This page also provides a news comer labeled Announcements It
53. e protocol author The protocol author is using the tools provided by ProtoGenie services to construct a research plan to collect data from you If you have any questions about the study please contact the author directly because ProtoGenie and its provider Pasadero Inc are not responsible for the content of the protocol created or the research data generated The protocol author may have a privacy policy for your review Anonymity of participants depends on the protocol author s research design and explicit request The results generated by executing a protocol are not associated with specific individuals ProtoGenie decouples potentially identifiable participant information from study results A protocol author using ProtoGenie services must explicitly request that results be associated with specific individuals by name for study results to be linked to identifiable participants Your responses are not sold to third parties Pasadero Inc does not sell or share your responses with third party advertisers or marketers Pasadero Inc through ProtoGenie services merely acts as a custodian on behalf of the protocol author who controls your data You should inquire of the protocol author as to the use of your responses If you think a research protocol violates the ProtoGenie terms of service or involves illegal activity click here to report it SPECIFIC PRIVACY POLICY ProtoGenie provided by Pasadero Inc is used by protocol authors and research pro
54. e the author the opportunity to specify a default answer Setup operations consist of Name Prompt Default Answer Description Variable Keywords Prompt for Feedback and Time Limit NEXT Checkbox Event Choice Event Multiple Choice Numeric Event Slider Event See also Checkbox Event Choice Event Multiple Choice ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features amp Functions 38 Numeric Event Slider Event Slider Event The Slider event is a question or prompt followed by thermometer like graphic with an indicator that can be moved to indicate the degree of something such as strength of an opinion This instrument measures variables on a continuous scale On this graphic the author specifies the minimum and maximum values and the starting value The author also can specify labels for positions lying between the minimum and maximum values Setup operations consist of Name Prompt Minimum Maximum Start Value Labels Description Variable Keywords Prompt for Feedback and Time Limit NEXT Checkbox Event Choice Event Multiple Choice Numeric Event Short Answer Event See also Checkbox Event Choice Event Multiple Choice Numeric Event Short Answer Event Treatment Events A Treatment Event is one of the four categories of ProtoGenie events A treatment stimulus or intervention event is an action taken to manipulate something in an experiment to study its effects on a dependent variable For example you might be interest
55. ecorded according to research protocols or scripts on M Devices Data can be video or audio recorded for later analysis Mobile devices can also be used by participants in experiments in the lab or in the field For example participants in clinical trials can be instructed by a ProtoGenie protocol on inexpensive mobile devices in their homes to self administer treatments and interventions and to input their responses and self reporting of study relevant material The low price and ubiquity of M Research by ProtoGenie will open the way for research that would never be done without it It will enable the analysis of human behavior in its natural settings M Research means the leveling of the playing field It is in the emergence of small science to fill the innumerable gaps left by big science ProtoGenie is the heretofore missing ingredient that makes M Research happen by providing the online tools that enable the design of studies the automated collection of data and the organizing of data for data analysis NEXT Protocol Create Tickets Monitoring amp Implementation Reviewing Results See also Protocol Implementation Create Tickets Monitoring amp Reviewing Results Create Tickets Tickets gives protocol authors control over the who how and when of their protocol executions These tickets ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 58 specify which protocol and group particular runs apply to the number of times the t
56. ed in studying the effects of drinking coffee on reading performance Treatment variables are called treatments interventions change variables and stimuli depending on the nature and field setting of the study The statistical term for these variables is generally Independent variable Treatment variables can be categorical in measurement as in gender or continuous as in letter contrast In statistical analysis categories are generally called levels These levels are often treated as separate treatments For example one might investigate and compare the effects of blue green gray and no filters on reading speed The planned manipulation of an independent variable is a Treatment Event Automated Stimuli presented directly by ProtoGenie include Flash Stimuli Image Stimuli and Video Stimuli video clips Non Automated Treatments not presented directly by ProtoGenie are mediated by individuals personally or by external hardware In Non Automated Treatments ProtoGenie gives instructions as to how and when to administer the designated treatments Automated Treatments are presented online via URLs There are four 4 types of Treatment Events e External Non Automated Event e Flash Stimulus Event ProtoGenie Help Center 39 Major Features amp Functions NEXT Image Stimulus Event Video Stimulus Event External Treatment Flash Stimulus Event Image Stimuls Event Video Stimulus Event Event Events
57. ed Questions FAQ ProtoGenie Help Center PG Help Features 4 ProtoGenie provides a comprehensive Frequently Asked Questions FAQ system Categories covered include What is ProtoGenie and Why Use it In addition it covers the categories involving research design security browser amp platform support system requirements ethics amp compliance definitions amp terminology screen formats image production amp handling and case management NEXT Online Help System PG Tooltips See also Online Help System PG Tooltips ProtoGenie Resource Libraries Printable Manual PG Design Genie Development Project System Requirements ProtoGenie Resource Libraries Home gt PG Help Features gt ProtoGenie Resource Libraries ProtoGenie Resource Libraries Printable Manual PG Design Genie System Requirements Development Project There are four major PG Resource Libraries They are the Library of Research Designs the Library of Template Protocols the Library of Blank Protocol Tutorials and the Library of Template Protocol Tutorials These libraries provide detailed descriptions of PG research designs and PG Templates and their use in the construction of protocols They also provide step by step instructions on how to create protocols from scratch and from templates These libraries can be visited in the vertical navigation bar of the My Home Page NEXT PG Library of PG Library of Research Designs Templa
58. een a great longing in research for hand held devices for entering data about people and events in structured experimental and observational research in the field and in the laboratory But these devices never came to pass simply because of the cost In recent years research technology became a fortuitous benefactor of 700 million interactive computer phones and millions of touch tablets all technically able to connect with the Internet and with each other and all owned by people who know how to use them The missing ingredient was software that could exploit this new potential for primary data collection That ingredient is ProtoGenie the online software toolkit created by and for researchers whose very reason for existence is to serve the building and execution of protocols for experimental research This coincidence of available hardware and powerful generic software technology foreshadows an online mobility revolution in structured primary data collection a simple example of which would be the daily entry of information by subjects on a smart phone or touch tablet in a clinical trial See more details about M Research Back See also M Research Mobile Research M Research Mobile Research is a new kind of research that is made possible by mobile telecommunication and Internet technology M Research is new but it is bursting out in the footsteps of M Health which is the use of mobile devices to support health care delivery systems Both are made
59. emplate 29 maximum 37 measurement 32 33 34 Measurement Event 34 menu 10 messages 54 49 method 26 methods 19 18 42 20 minimum 37 mobile data collection 9 9 mobile devices 9 mobile research 9 mobility 8 monitor 55 monitoring 58 monitoring 4 reviewing results 58 mouse over 76 3 m research 9 9 multiple choice 34 36 my home 11 my home 27 13 13 26 26 75 my profile 60 N new event 33 new session 46 null event 45 number repetitions 47 numeric 34 37 numeric event 37 O observational 24 offsite connected 56 overdue 32 P page break 45 participate 53 49 password 60 permissions 51 51 52 49 permissions given 51 permissions page 53 permissions received 52 personal 12 personal account 12 18 personal library 28 29 personal library of protocols 29 place holder 45 places togo 16 polling 25 posttest 21 26 26 posttest only 21 preferences 60 pretest 21 26 26 pretest posttest 21 preview 48 preview button 34 printable 7 printable manual 2 76 Privacy policy 71 66 73 67 67 protoco summary details page 29 protocol 19 27 29 29 56 protocol library of protocols 29 protocol make 28 protocol permissions 51 protocol share 49 protocol summary page 30 31 29 protocols 15 27 protogenie membership 11 public library 50 29 Q question mark 12 R repetitions 46 43 47 research design 20 7 26 research designs 19 42 5 14 13 26 results ow 4 reviewin
60. ents ProtoGenie staff accept no responsibility for its content Design Genie is a little expert system designed to help users to help researchers identify the research method that best serves their objectives and practical needs given resources It responds to the reality that in practice research is not a neatly packaged one shot look at reality It is sometimes a rather messy process of fits and starts and adaptations to missing information sporadic peeks at the world replication and triangulation which ultimately is long term not short term ProtoGenie is attuned to this kaleidoscopic real world and the Design Genie was created to cut through the maze to help researchers identify what design best serves their objectives and practical needs Design Genie is both educational and practical in the sense that it will identify a design and a tutorial to guide the construction of a protocol to fit the user s study requirements Tutorials are based on the classification scheme underlying the PG Design Genie They also provide the basis for the organization of research methods courses a planned WBT Web based Training Application and a textbook that will elaborate the unique concepts and design of the ProtoGenie web authoring environment NEXT ProtoGenie Help Center PG Help Features 8 Online Help System PG Tooltips Frequently Asked ProtoGenie Resource Printable Manual System Requirements Questions FAQ Libraries See also Online Help Sy
61. er 21 Major Features Functions NEXT Posttest Only Pretest Posttest Solomon Four Group Across Time Control Fully Crossed Clinical Trials Design Control Group Design Control Group Design Design Group Design Factorial Design Descriptive Research Methods See also Descriptive Research Methods arch Designs gt List of Designs with Descriptions gt Experimental Methods gt Posttest Only Control a 3 Mm V Z y O 9 W P c D Ww xX TI c a R O 5 un L O Mm V U a UN O Posttest Only Control Group Design The Posttest Only Control Group Design is used to study the effects of an independent or predictor variable X on a dependent or response variable Y using the Posttest Only Control Group research method or design It uses the strategic deployment of control groups rather than the strategic deployment of treatments and measurements over time to make causal inferences and minimize threats to validity It involves a single session or slice in time sometimes referred to as a Cross Sectional study In this design one group gets the treatment X and a measurement Y and the other group gets only the measurement at post test time This particular design is one of a larger number in the more generic category of designs involving more than one group with only one session In many respects this class of designs is the workhorse of research designs because it is simple low cost powerful wide
62. escriptive 24 descriptive research 24 25 design 7 Design Genie 19 7 2 25 designs 19 42 20 14 14 dryruns 48 E edit 34 edit profile 60 edit protocol 29 email 32 email alerts 30 32 event presentation 48 event variable 35 36 events 28 32 34 33 events description page 34 events summary 33 events summary page 32 everyone 54 49 experiment 20 experimental design 20 expert system 7 25 external 39 38 external treatment event 39 F factorial 23 26 26 FAQs 3 2 12 favorites 18 27 15 13 flame 11 10 flame icon 10 10 Flash 40 Flash movies 27 16 Flash stimuli 38 Flash Stimulus 40 Followup measurement 40 40 form 41 Frequently Asked Questions 3 fully crossed 23 G gather 18 55 group 30 32 group description page 31 group size 31 groups 28 30 31 31 groups summary page 30 31 guidance 32 44 44 guidance event 44 H help 2 help center 1 12 76 help features 2 help file 76 home 11 18 16 13 18 10 10 home page 16 10 home page my hub 11 image 40 image stimuli 38 image stimulus 40 images 27 16 implement 55 implementation 56 independent variables 38 interventions 38 iterator 41 43 iterator event 43 L lap top 9 left menu 32 31 Libraries 4 library 50 29 6 18 library of template based tutorials 5 library of tutorials 2 library research designs 2 library template protocols 2 login 75 Login 74 logging on 8 make 28 18 manual 7 76 mark a t
63. for new protocols and whether to receive automated notifications NEXT Account Info My Profile Edit Profile Change Password Change Email See also Account Info My Profile Edit Profile Change Password Change Email Home gt Major Features Functions gt ACCOUNT By Name gt Change Password Change Password Change Password is located in the second navigation bar under Account Name To go to Change Password open ProtoGenie log in click on Account Name and then on Change Password Change Password is where you change the password associated with your account NEXT Account Info My Profile Edit Profile Preferences Change Email ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 66 See also Account Info My Profile Edit Profile Preferences Change Email Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt ACCOUNT By Name gt Change Email Change Email Change Email is located in the second navigation bar under Account Name To go to Change Password open ProtoGenie log in click on Account Name and then on Change Password Change Email is where you can change the email address associated with your account NEXT Account Info My Profile Edit Profile Preferences Change Password See also Account Info My Profile Edit Profile Preferences Change Password Home gt Major Features Functions gt ProtoGenie User Relationships ProtoGenie User Relationships The relationships between Proto
64. g 58 run 57 55 S scheduling 47 scheduling groups 47 scheduling sessions 47 search 18 search tool 50 security statement 71 66 73 67 67 serial presentation 48 session 32 sessions 28 46 47 47 sessions summary page 46 share 51 53 54 50 54 53 52 18 49 sharing 49 short answer 34 37 side menu 15 14 13 16 14 15 signing up 8 slide show presentation 48 slider 34 38 slider event 38 slider measurement 38 smart phone 9 solomon 22 26 26 solomon four group 22 start value 37 stimuli 18 13 27 16 38 38 stimulus stimulus library 40 summary 28 29 support 32 33 34 7 support event 44 Support Events 44 survey 24 25 26 26 survey research 25 system requirements 8 T template 19 6 template protocols 5 templates 18 5 14 13 26 14 terms of service 66 Terms of Use 71 73 67 67 testing 48 things to do 16 tickets 59 48 57 55 time intervals 47 time units 47 title 29 tool tips 2 76 tooltips 3 top menu 12 10 touch tablet 9 traditional 56 treatment 32 33 34 27 treatment event 27 Treatment Events 38 tutorial 26 tutorials 6 14 14 6 15 types of events U unspecified event 44 45 URL 57 user relationships 66 users 54 V vertical menu 12 13 video 38 41 video stimulus 41 videos 27 16 W welcome page 75 wet runs 48 wizard 25 work on existing protocol 16
65. g influences AND the strategic placement of treatments and measurements in time to strengthen inferences about the effects of treatments and their generality to larger populations In effect these designs are combinations of the cross sectional multiple groups and overtime designs The pervasive clinical trial is a variation on this design As a memory aid think of a matrix consisting of rows and columns containing events where the rows represent groups and where the columns represent time slots containing treatment and measurement events NEXT Posttest Only Pretest Posttest Solomon Four Group Fully Crossed Clinical Trials Design Control Group Design Control Group Design Design Factorial Design See also Posttest Only Control Group Design Pretest Posttest Control Group Design Solomon Four Group Design Fully Crossed Factorial Design Clinical Trials Design Fully Crossed Factorial Design A factorial design is used to evaluate two or more independent variables factors simultaneously The treatments are combinations of levels of the factors The advantages of factorial designs over one factor at a time experiments is that they are more efficient and they allow interactions to be detected The objective of this design is to compare the effects of multiple treatments on an outcome variable The best way to handle this objective is to assign each treatment to its own group Thus if you are comparing two teaching methods for males and females w
66. g of the playing field It is in the emergence of small science to fill the innumerable gaps left by big science ProtoGenie is the heretofore missing ingredient that makes M Research happen by providing the online tools that enable the design of studies the automated collection of data and the organizing of data for data analysis Proceed to next topic ProtoGenie Home Page See also ProtoGenie Help Center ProtoGenie Home Page ProtoGenie Home Page 10 The ProtoGenie Home Page is the first page users see after opening ProtoGenie at https www protogenie com The top menu bar in blue contains four links e ProtoGenie Flame Icon e Home e User s Personal Account by Name e Circled Question Mark Icon NEXT Top Menu Bar Side Vertical Menu Body Home Page Bar See also ProtoGenie Help Center PG Help Features Major Features 8l Functions Top Menu Bar The top menu bar in blue contains four links e ProtoGenie Flame Icon See image upper left This link connects to the ProtoGenie Home Page The PG Flame appears at the top when users are on the PG Home Page and It appears in the same place on every other page It is important to distinguish between this Home Page and individual user s My Home Pages e Home This link is to the user s personal page called My Home The My Home link is active only if the user has already signed up for a ProtoGenie membership It is important to distinguish between this Home which is
67. ge lists all of the groups in a selected protocol It also contains a link to create New groups providing the user has permission to edit the protocol NEXT Group Description Email Page Alerts Feedback See also Group Description Page Email Alerts Feedback Group Description Page The Group Description Page is where a particular group in a protocol is defined On this page a group is named and described The size of the group is specified The criteria for who goes into the group is specified and it is decided who will receive emails This page also contains an Edit button to make changes a Copy button to make a copy of the group a New Session button to add a session to this group and three implementation buttons for Cases Data and Tickets NEXT Groups Summary Email Page Alerts Feedback ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features amp Functions 32 See also Groups Summary Page Email Alerts Feedback Email Alerts Feedback Email alerts feedback settings are located under a selected Group of a selected protocol To navigate to and peruse email settings open ProtoGenie Log In click on New Protocol click on Groups select a Group and scroll down toward the bottom of the Group Summary Email settings are made by clicking on the check mark boxes associated with them Options are as follows 1 E mail the author when the subject completes a session 2 E mail the author when the subject completes all of the sessions
68. he reality that in practice research is not a neatly packaged one shot look at reality 1t is sometimes a rather messy process of fits and starts and adaptations to missing information sporadic peeks at reality replication and triangulation which ultimately is long term not short term ProtoGenie is attuned to this kaleidoscopic real world and so the Design Genie was created to cut through the maze to help researchers identify what design best serves their objectives and practical needs The Design Genie Wizard presents the names of five broad categories of research design with thumbnail descriptions of each and a Go button The user s choice of the five takes him or her to a page containing a list of sub categories for that category Each sub category has a Go button that takes the user to a page containing a list of sub categories within that sub category At each level of detail users may decide to backtrack and take another look at the options at the higher level and take a different branch In this way users progressively zero in on the design that best fits their research aims and resources NEXT List of Designs with Descriptions ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features amp Functions 26 See also List of Designs with Descriptions Templates A template is a protocol selected or designed to exemplify or demonstrate a method A link to Templates is located in users My Home Page The Templates page presents a list of avail
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70. ibrary is opened by clicking the link Templates located in the vertical navigation bar under Home NEXT PG Library of PG Library of Blank PG Library of Research Designs Protocol Tutorials Template Protocol Tutorials See also PG Library of Research Designs PG Library of Blank Protocol Tutorials PG Library of Template Protocol Tutorials ProtoGenie Help Center PG Library of Blank Protocol Tutorials ProtoGenie Blank Protocol Tutorials consist of step by step instructions for creating new protocols from a blank protocol which PG Help Features 6 means from scratch no templates The purpose of the Library of Blank Protocol Tutorials is to help PG users master the construction of ProtoGenie protocols from blank protocols by making entries into the blank fields as instructed by the tutorial These blank protocol tutorials cover all of the research designs in the PG Library of Research Designs The Library of Blank Protocol Tutorials is opened by clicking the link Tutorials in the vertical navigation bar just under Templates NEXT PG Library of PG Library of PG Library of Research Designs Template Protocols Template Protocol Tutorials See also PG Library of Research Designs PG Library of Template Protocols PG Library of Template Protocol Tutorials PG Library of Template Protocol Tutorials ProtoGenie Template Protocol Tutorials consist of step by step instructions for creating new protocols from template protocols
71. icket can be re used and the expiration date Additionally the ticket specifies whether the subject will be anonymous or must have a ProtoGenie account email amp password It also specifies whether subjects are to be assigned to groups randomly and it specifies how many tickets will be issued Every ticket that is issued contains a URL for running the protocol under the conditions of that ticket That URL can be run in the laboratory by researchers or subjects or it can be copied and pasted into emails webpages social networks or other communication formats for recipients to run NEXT Protocol Mobile Data Monitoring amp Implementation Collection Reviewing Results See also Protocol Implementation Mobile Data Collection Monitoring amp Reviewing Results Monitoring amp Reviewing Results Monitoring amp Reviewing Results involves Cases and Data which are located under Gather amp Share in the left vertical menu or under Gather in the top menu The Cases page contains all of the information for one subject participating in one protocol In effect the Cases Page is your case manager page where you keep track of all of the sessions for all of the cases for all of the people participating in your protocols The Data page presents the results data of your study in your choice of format up to the moment that you look at it NEXT Cases Data Run Results Protocol Mobile Data Create Tickets Implementation Collection
72. in a case 3 E mail subjects on the day they are due for a session This only applies to the second and subsequent sessions of multiple session cases 4 E mail the author on the day that a subject becomes overdue for a session If the subject has been due for a session for 24 hours without completing it they re considered overdue and the author will receive this e mail No reminders ever go out more than once Every email sends recipients where they need to go For example every notice and reminder to authors includes a link that takes them to the corresponding case details page Every notice or reminder to subjects sends them to the page where they can continue their case Mail reminder settings for a Group automatically apply to every Case subject in that Group However authors can override these settings and set them manually for individual cases Daily reminders go out once per day at 9 00 PM PST NEXT Groups Summary Group Description Page Page See also Groups Summary Page Group Description Page Creating Events An Event is something that is programmed to happen in an experiment including treatments measurements and controlling events You can think of an event as anything that subjects will see on their screens when they participate in the protocol It also can involve a set of instructions from you or a survey question or an image from your stimulus library accompanied by a question The Events Summary Page is viewed b
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75. ith complete blocking there would be eight groups A control group would make a ninth group NEXT Posttest Only Pretest Posttest Solomon Four Group Across Time Control Clinical Trials Design Control Group Design Control Group Design Design Group Design ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features 8 Functions 24 See also Posttest Only Control Group Design Pretest Posttest Control Group Design Solomon Four Group Design Across Time Control Group Design Clinical Trials Design Clinical Trials Design A Clinical Trial is a study that follows selected individuals forward in time from a pre set baseline typically in conventional phases with some participants receiving an intervention and some not or receiving different interventions Typically such studies measure the effects of medical interventions including therapeutic agents devices regimens and procedures Case Management tracking and recording the actions of participants is an important dimension of clinical trials This usually involves the opening of a case by Case Number taking some prescribed action and recording results closing the case and reopening it later at scheduled times Each opening signals a new session Clinical Trials are most commonly used in medical pharmaceutical and public health research A major component of the design of clinical trials is usually the provision of mechanisms and procedures for maximizing and as
76. itle author description general approach topic keywords method public private when created and when last modified The Protocol Summary Page also includes buttons to Mark a Template Edit the protocol Copy the protocol or Delete the protocol NEXT Personal Library of Creating Groups Protocols See also Personal Library of Protocols Creating Groups Creating Events Creating Sessions Testing Previews amp Trial Runs Creating Events Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt MAKE gt Creating Groups Creating Groups Creating Sessions Testing Previews amp Trial Runs A Group is a set of subjects or participants that have been selected to participate in a study The Groups Summary Page is viewed by clicking on Groups located in the vertical navigation bar on the left side of the Protocol Summary page NEXT Groups Summary Pag Group Description Pag Email Alerts Feedback Personal Library of Prc Protocol Summary De See also Creating Events Creating Sessions Testing Previews amp Tr ProtoGenie Help Center 31 Major Features 4 Functions Personal Library of Protocols Protocol Summary Description Creating Events Creating Sessions Testing Previews amp Trial Runs Groups Summary Page The Groups Summary Page is brought up by clicking on Groups located in the vertical navigation bar on the left side of the Protocol Summary page This pa
77. l Tutorials including Blank Protocol Tutorials and Template Protocol Tutorials Blank Protocol Tutorials Research Designs Template Protocols and Template Protocol Tutorials are closely related To view what is in these libraries click here NEXT Research Designs Templates Favorites Stimuli See also My Home Research Designs Templates Favorites Stimuli Home gt ProtoGenie Home Page gt Side Vertical Menu Bar gt Favorites Favorites The fifth item in the side menu bar is Favorites The Favorites link goes to a page containing a list of protocols that you have bookmarked NEXT My Home Research Designs Templates Tutorials Stimuli See also My Home ProtoGenie Help Center ProtoGenie Home Page 16 Research Designs Templates Tutorials Stimuli nome gt rrotovenie nome rage gt Side Vertical gt SUMUII Stimuli The bottom item in the side menu bar is Stimuli The Stimuli link goes to a page containing a library of images videos and Flash movies that a user has collected for use as treatment stimuli in his or her experiments NEXT My Home Research Designs Templates Tutorials Favorites See also My Home Research Designs Templates Tutorials Favorites LJA mp 3 Deska Cm r LJ gt m Daan s Y AP ln 1 A 3 a a pr INMa Drata MIO na Pana s WIN imme Pana Home gt rrolouenie nome rage gt body nome rage Body Home Page The body of the Home Page presents an invitation to prospectiv
78. l skills This system includes PG Online Help File Full Too Tips Mouse Over system that brings up a description or explanation of the word under the cursor Comprehensive Frequently Asked Questions FAQ system Design Assistance by the ProtoGenie Design Genie PG Library of Research Designs PG Library of Template Protocols PG Library of Blank Protocol Tutorials PG Library of Template Protocol Tutorials Printable Manual Online Help System PG Tooltips Frequently Asked ProtoGenie Resource Printable Manual PG Design Genie Questions FAQ Libraries Development Project System Requirements See also ProtoGenie Help Center ProtoGenie Home Page Major Features 8l Functions Online Help System ProtoGenie provides a complete online help system covering all major topics and subtopics necessary for the successful use of ProtoGenie It is opened by clicking on the word HELP that appears in several convenient places in the ProtoGenie application including the Home Page and the user s MyHub Page Help features include the familiar Contents and Index The Contents feature is like a table of contents that is organized by topic and subtopic It is used by clicking on the label Contents at the top of the page on the left side of the screen and then clicking on the topic of interest Pages also provide links to more detailed discussions and to related topics The PG Index contains a long list of key words associated with the contents and
79. l system or as regular e mails to people who aren t registered ProtoGenie users NEXT Data Run Results See also Data Run Results Data Run Results The link to Data is located under Gather in the top menu bar and then under Data in the vertical bar on the left side of the page The Data page presents the results data of your study in your choice of format up to the moment that you look at it For example you can view the data in a tabular format that shows you all of the protocols that have been run at least once listed in order of most recent activity Protocols that you ve marked as archived do not appear in the list To view the results for a particular protocol you click on the protocol name in the list of protocols In addition to table format you can view your data in chart format You can view it one datum at a time or you can view it aggregated across groups and protocols You also can download the entire data set for a protocol in a comma delimited format which you can import into the spreadsheet or statistical analysis program of your choosing A datum is one response from a subject to one of the your events If you asked subjects to write a short answer or choose an item from a menu their response will be recorded in the datum for that event A datum is created for every event even ones such as guidance events that don t ask the subject to give a response In those cases ProtoGenie still records the exact time the event
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81. ly used and produces the most bangs for the buck Anything more is generally going to cost more often prohibitively and anything less is going to risk threats to validity due to inadequate control NEXT Pretest Posttest Solomon Four Group Across Time Control Fully Crossed Clinical Trials Design Control Group Design Design Group Design Factorial Design See also Pretest Posttest Control Group Design Solomon Four Group Design Across Time Control Group Design Fully Crossed Factorial Design Clinical Trials Design Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt MY HOME gt Research Designs gt List of Designs with Descriptions gt Experimental Methods gt Pretest Posttest Control Group Design ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features amp Functions 22 Pretest Posttest Control Group Design This design 1s used to study the effects of an independent or predictor variable X on a dependent or response variable Y using the Pretest Posttest Control Group Design to control for confounding factors The appeal of a Pretest Post Design is that it provides a measure of the dependent variable before and after a treatment A downside may be that the effects of pretest carry over onto the posttest These effects can be estimated by using the Solomon s Four Group design Pretest Posttest Control Group designs use BOTH the strategic employment of groups for control of confounding influences AND the strategic placement of treatments and measurements
82. n protocol To navigate to and peruse the Contacts page open ProtoGenie Log In click on Share and then on Contacts The Contacts page contains a list of people you ve specifically added as contacts It will be empty to start but once you ve added people as contacts you can connect with them on this page After you have added someone to your contacts list with one click you can send them an inside ProtoGenie message Your contact list is also used to pre populate pull down menus inside the Permissions page NEXT ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 54 Public Library of Permissions Participate Everyone Messages Protocols See also Public Library of Protocols Permissions Participate Everyone Messages Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt SHARE gt Everyone Everyone Everyone is located under Share inside an active open protocol To navigate to and peruse the Everyone page open ProtoGenie Log In click on Share and click on Everyone The Everyone Page contains a list of all ProtoGenie users If you wish you can set your privacy settings so that your name does not appear in this list This page also contains a search field where you can type in names e mail addresses or any word to match any part of the users profile associated with the person you want to reach You can add people to your Everyone contacts list with one click and you can view a person s profile by clicking on his or her po
83. ng your account will not delete your research data ProtoGenie will promptly fulfill an explicit request to delete personal information unless the request is not technically feasible or such data is required to be retained by law 1 Changes to Privacy Policy Security Cookies and Safety of Minors This privacy policy may be modified at any time Any change will be published on the ProtoGenie website If the changes are material you will be provided with additional appropriate notice such as email notification For any material changes you will be provided with notice of such changes before they become effective and with the opportunity to consent to such changes If you do not cancel your subscription and continue to use ProtoGenie services you will be considered to have consented to the changes in this privacy policy If you disagree with the terms of this privacy policy or any updated privacy policy you may close your account at any time ProtoGenie s Security Statement provides details about security practices As stated in this Security Statement despite using stringent security measures there is always a risk that personal data may be compromised or accessed by unauthorized parties as a result of collecting and transmitting data through the internet Absolute security for personal information and research data cannot be guaranteed Cookies are used on the ProtoGenie website By using the ProtoGenie website and agreeing to this Privacy Policy
84. nly if the user has previously signed up for a ProtoGenie membership It is important to distinguish between this Home which is the user s My Home Page and the ProtoGenie Home Page which is for everyone NEXT ProtoGenie Flame Personal Account By Circled Question Name Mark Icon Help See also ProtoGenie Help Center ProtoGenie Home Page 12 ProtoGenie Flame Personal Account By Name Circled Question Mark Icon Help Personal Account By Name The user s Personal Account by Name is active only if the user has previously signed up for a ProtoGenie membership The Account Page provides information as to whether the user s subscription is active or not the type of account and the date on which the membership was activated The vertical menu bar on the left side contains six links Account Profile Preferences Change Password Change Email and Billing NEXT ProtoGenie Flame Web Home Page Circled Question Mark Icon Help See also ProtoGenie Flame Web Home Page Circled Question Mark Icon Help Circled Question Mark Icon Help The Circled Question Mark Icon link connects to the Help Center Page containing links to help resources including the Help System and FAQs Its purpose is to give new users access to ProtoGenie s host of help resources when they may have questions regarding ProtoGenie that may help them decide whether or not to sign up for a membership and to provide experienced users answers t
85. o their questions as they arise in practice NEXT ProtoGenie Flame Web Home Page Personal Account By Name ProtoGenie Help Center 13 ProtoGenie Home Page See also ProtoGenie Flame Web Home Page Personal Account By Name Hama S arata tania Hama Dasan E ProtoGenie Home Pa ge gt lartical Mani Par nome gt i ide Vertical Menu ba Side Vertical Menu Bar The side vertical menu bar contains six links e My Home e Research Designs e Templates e Favorites e Stimuli The top link is the user s My Home page The Research Designs link goes to a page containing a list and discussion of research methods The Templates link goes to a page containing a list and description of protocol Templates The Favorites link goes to a page containing a list of protocols that you have bookmarked and the Stimuli link goes to a page containing a library of images videos and Flash movies that a user has collected for use as treatment stimuli in his or her experiments NEXT My Home Research Designs Templates Tutorials Favorites Stimuli See also Top Menu Bar Body Home Page Home gt ProtoGenie Home Page gt Side Vertical Menu Bar gt My Home My Home The top item in the side menu bar is My Home My Home is the workplace and control center of PG users All PG activities are launched here including the construction and editing of protocols finding answers to questions and sharing protocols NEXT
86. ons 72 1 How information collected from you as Protocol Author is used In general information collected from you by ProtoGenie is in connection with providing ProtoGenie services to you and on your behalf to protocol participants Specific ways are listed below To provide you with support to assist you with protocol design implementation and data collection from participants ProtoGenie assistance with protocol design and implementation is automated and provided within ProtoGenie services Assistance with technical problems concerning data collection from participants can be obtained by contacting a customer service representative To manage our services by monitoring and improving services enforcing ProtoGenie Terms of Service Use preventing potential illegal activities and screening for undesirable or abusive activity To create new features by looking at public protocols and public results To contact you about your service or account To respond to legal requests and prevent harm 1 Information from you as Protocol Author is shared or disclosed in the following ways Pasadero Inc does not sell your research data Your protocols and research data are owned by you Your research protocols and protocol results are private unless you choose to share them with other ProtoGenie members who have a ProtoGenie account Research data is disclosed to third party service providers who help provide ProtoGenie services to you These service p
87. or possible use You can search by author name protocol number title description method and key word There are two levels or modes of searches Basic and Advanced Basic is the default mode Under this mode text you type into the search box will search for matches anywhere in the protocols including author name protocol title description and research method Under Advanced you can make discrete searches for just the fields in which you are interested NEXT Permissions Participate Contacts Everyone Messages See also Permissions Participate Contacts Everyone ProtoGenie Help Center 51 Major Features amp Functions Messages Permissions A ProtoGenie protocol is a detailed software specification of research events including intervention control and guidance events groups sessions and implementations including prompts and program instructions to execute the protocol Permissions is located under Share inside an active opened protocol To navigate to and peruse the Permissions page open ProtoGenie Log In click on Share and then on Permissions There are two ways that ProtoGenie protocols are used by people other than the authors The first category involves protocol development via Permissions while the second involves data collection by subjects through executing protocols via Tickets Permissions applies to the first category Specifically permissions involves giving designated study collaborators a
88. ord Change Email See also Account Info Edit Profile Preferences Change Password Change Email Hama S Maine Eaatiirae 2 Erinctinnce sS ACCOLIN Ry Nama s Ait Drafila Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt ACCOUNT By Name gt Edit Profile Edit Profile Edit Profile is located in the second navigation bar under Account Name To go to Edit profile open ProtoGenie log in click on Account Name and then on Edit profile Edit Profile is where you make changes in your profile You are free to change any or all of this information You can upload an image if you choose or use the randomly generated geometric picture you get by default The three levels of privacy are i Open everyone can see your profile even if they re not a ProtoGenie user ii Registered only registered ProtoGenie members can see your profile 111 Closed only administrators can see your profile NEXT Account Info My Profile Preferences Change Password Change Email ProtoGenie Help Center 65 Major Features Functions See also Account Info My Profile Preferences Change Password Change Email Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt ACCOUNT By Name gt Preferences Preferences Preferences is located in the second navigation bar under Account Name To go to Preferences open ProtoGenie log in click on Account Name and then on Preferences The Preferences page is where you select privacy settings privacy settings
89. ort for human participant protections There are three 3 Support Events e Guidance Event e Page Break Event e Unspecified Event NEXT Guidance Event Page Break Event Unspecified Event Events Summary Event Description Measurement Events Treatment Events Compound Events Page Page See also Events Summary Page Event Description Page Measurement Events Treatment Events Compound Events Home gt Major Features amp Funct ProtoGenie Help Center 45 Major Features amp Functions Guidance Event The purpose of the Guidance event is to provide a place to insert an instruction or information that guides subsequent events It is sometimes referred to as a Support event it is initiated under New Event on the Events Page Setup operations consist of Event Name Main Prompt Event Description Event Variable Event Keywords Feedback and Time Limit NEXT Page Break Event Unspecified Event See also Page Break Event Unspecified Event Page Break Event A Page Break event is just that It inserts a page between an event or collection of events and another event or collection of events In effect 1t spreads out your protocol onto multiple screens You can re use just one page break event over and over on the sessions screen or you can make multiple page breaks give them each a name and use them to organize your sessions as you see fit The Page Break event is initiated under New Event on the Events Page Setup ope
90. possible by the explosive growth of mobile telecommunications and mobile computer devices as they are manifest for example in the smart phone Worldwide the number of global mobile phone subscribers in 2007 was estimated at 3 1 billion of an estimated global population of 6 6 billion 47 These figures were projected to grow to 4 5 billion by 2012 or a 64 7 mobile penetration rate Today approximately 91 of all people on earth have a mobile phone and 56 own a smart phone M Research such as surveys and experiments conducted on mobile devices is used for data collection by researchers in the lab or in the field to administer treatments and take measurements as in observational studies of children in the class room or other settings Data can be systematically observed and recorded according to research protocols or scripts on M Devices Data can be video or audio recorded for later analysis Mobile devices can also be used by participants in experiments in the lab or in the field For example participants in clinical trials can be instructed by a ProtoGenie protocol on inexpensive mobile devices in their homes to self administer treatments and interventions and to input their responses and self reporting of study relevant material The low price and ubiquity of M Research by ProtoGenie will open the way for research that would never be done without it It will enable the analysis of human behavior in its natural settings M Research means the levelin
91. r the statistics involved may be very complex and difficult except for the most experienced and well sponsored project staff NEXT Posttest Only Pretest Posttest Across Time Control Fully Crossed Clinical Trials Design Control Group Design Control Group Design Group Design Factorial Design See also Posttest Only Control Group Design Pretest Posttest Control Group Design Across Time Control Group Design Fully Crossed Factorial Design Clinical Trials Design ProtoGenie Help Center 23 Major Features Functions Across Time Control Group Design The Across Time Control Group Design combines the popular ABA single subject research design and the control group design The ABA design involves the strategic placement of treatments and measurements over time to support making causal inferences across time associated with developmental and retention decay processes across time for a single group single person animal or other object This design 1s especially important for studies in which one otherwise lacks control such as the use of control groups to strengthen inferences about the existence direction and strength of treatment effects They also are important for clinical purposes as in evaluating the progress of a client s treatment program The Across Time Control Group Design adds the second method of control namely cross sectional groups Therefore this design uses BOTH the strategic employment of groups for control of confoundin
92. rations consist of only one operation which is the Event Name NEXT Guidance Event Unspecified Event See also Guidance Event Unspecified Event Unspecified Event ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features amp Functions 46 The Unspecified event is a catch all event For example you may want to insert a place holder or null event to align the execution of events in the control group with the events in the treatment group It is initiated under New Event on the Events Page Setup operations consist of Event Name Main Prompt Event Description Event Variable Event Keywords Feedback and Time Limit NEXT Guidance Event Page Break Event See also Guidance Event Page Break Event Creating Sessions ProtoGenie Sessions consist of different sets of events for the same group over time For example one session might consist of treatments 1 and 2 with measurements A and B and take place at time 1 Another session might consist of totally different treatments and measurement and take place at time 2 Sessions often correspond to the division of studies into phases For example clinical trials generally have a Phase I that gathers baseline data and a Phase II that presents an intervention or treatment These are Sessions and 2 respectively The beginning and ending of a session generally coincides with the opening and closing of a protocol The exception to this definition of a session is when events are repeated within ses
93. reating protocols ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features amp Functions 62 e Create tickets for running protocols but cannot execute them Registered Members without active subscription CANNOT e Execute protocols and collect data To execute protocols Registered Members must have a currently active paid subscription PG Subscription Memberships Subscription Members have full access to ProtoGenie including the ability to execute protocols and collect data Subscription Members are necessarily Registered Members There are three payment plans available to Subscription Members Monthly Plan Amnual Plan Four Month Student plan enrolled in a research oriented class NEXT Registered PG PG Subscription Memberships Memberships See also Registered PG Memberships To become Registered PG Members applicants do the following e Open the ProtoGenie Web link http orotogenie com e Click on the link labeled Sign Up or click on the Sign Up link at the top right of the top menu bar On the sign up page applicants e Enter a user name which is the person s email address or another name of your choosing e Enter a current personal email address e Create a password and confirm that password e Read the Terms of Service and click on the box that says I have read and agree to the Terms of Service e Type in the Captcha or type in the numerical day of the month e An application is submitted by clicking on Sign Up e After su
94. rmance and reaction time Variables must be operationalized meaning that one must specify exactly how they are measured For example a question might be asked or a blood pressure might be taken These actions are Measurement Events In surveys a Measurement Event is an action taken to determine attitudes beliefs knowledge skills memory dispositions and feelings In experiments a measurement event is an action taken to determine whether something happened or changed in an experiment in response to a treatment intervention or stimulus Measurement Events can be scaled at any level nominal ordinal interval and ratio There are six 6 types of Measurement Events e Checkbox Event e Choice Event e Multiple Choice Event ProtoGenie Help Center 35 Major Features Functions e Numeric Event e Short Answer Event e Slider Event Variations of these six types of events cover the full range of popular measurement instruments including List Boxes Fill In The Blank True or False Ranking and Rating and Matching Instruments NEXT Checkbox Event Choice Event Numeric Event Short Answer Event Slider Event Events Summary Event Description Treatment Events Compound Events Support Guidance Page Page Events See also Events Summary Page Event Description Page Treatment Events Compound Events Support Guidance Events Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt MAKE gt Creating Events gt Measurement Events
95. roviders Heroku com and Stripe com are contractually bound to keep your information confidential and to use it only for providing services that support ProtoGenie Stripe com handles billing information and sensitive credit card data for the ProtoGenie application Personal information such as username and password is available to Heroku com Information available to the ProtoGenie application is available to Heroku com used by ProtoGenie to deploy and operate the ProtoGenie application on its servers Sharing your personal information or research data is done only when you are given notice as in this privacy policy Where required by law ProtoGenie will obtain your express consent prior to disclosing any personal information Information may also be disclosed in the following ways Account details to your billing contact If your details as the account holder are different from the billing contact listed for your account we may disclose your identity and account details to the billing contact upon their request By using ProtoGenie services and agreeing to this privacy policy you consent to this disclosure Aggregated information to third parties to improve or promote services No individuals can be identified to aggregated information such as number of users or types of users Your information if required or permitted by law When disclosure is necessary to protect rights and or to comply with a judicial proceeding court order subpoena or other
96. rtrait NEXT Public Library of Permissions Participate Contacts Messages Protocols See also Public Library of Protocols Permissions Participate Contacts Messages me gt Major Features amp Functions gt SHARE gt Messages Jody ES Messages Messages is located under Share inside an active open protocol To navigate to and peruse the Messages page open ProtoGenie Help Center 55 Major Features Functions ProtoGenie Log In click on Share and click on Messages The Messages feature of ProtoGenie is in effect a miniature e mail application for sending messages to other users and receiving messages from them Its purpose is not to replace anyone s regular email service It purpose is to enable quick and easy communication among colleagues and other authors without having to leave ProtoGenie free of issues involving spam filters and other distractions This page will have dynamic alert features to let you know when you have a message The link called Messages is the fourth and last sub area of the Collaborate main area This page contains a miniature e mail application for sending messages to and from other ProtoGenie users This facility is not intended to replace users e mail systems but it is important for authors to have at their fingertips a way communicate with each other within the site itself free from spam this system will alert people when they have messages NEXT Public Library of Permi
97. s consists of Name Prompt Events Table containing All Available Events and Events in This Iterator The remaining setup operations are Number of times to repeat the collection Show the collection in random order Event Description Event Variable Event Keywords Feedback and Time Limit NEXT ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features amp Functions 44 Branching Event Collection Event See also Branching Event Collection Event Crimenes A M A Y TEN E EA E an or P wr va Functions gt MAKE gt Creatina Events gt ioport Guidance Eve Home gt Major Feal Support Guidance Events The tactical or operational part of research protocols by which we mean Treatments Measurements and Compound Events is vital in a study protocol But much of what has to be done in the conduct of a study involves study management functions such as alerts status reports explanations prompts and instructions and these tasks have to be carefully spelled Unlike Treatment or Measurement Events in a protocol Support Events are events and collections of events created and strategically placed to make ready facilitate guide or otherwise manage a study Developers are in the process of extending support beyond automated data collection into institutional support and accountability support such as that defined in the Food amp Drug Administration s recommendations for clinical trial research Examples include automatic audit trails and supp
98. s is private until you make it public You as an author of a ProtoGenie protocol determine who can access the protocol and who cannot You have the choice to make your protocol public or private If you set the protocol status to private then you are the only one who can access the protocol except to the extent that you specifically designate others who will have access If you set the protocol status to public then you as an author of a public protocol have the ability to limit the availability of certain operations otherwise available as to that protocol Your research data is private and confidential even if you change the status of a private protocol to public protocol If you change the status of your research protocol from private to public your research data generated by executing that protocol remains private unless you select the option of making the protocol results public as well Also the original of your research protocol is not affected in any way because users of the public status protocol can only edit the copy and can never edit the original protocol Your research data is kept secure Read our Security Statement for more information IF YOU RESPOND TO RESEARCH PROTOCOLS AS A PARTICIPANT Research studies are administered by authors of ProtoGenie protocols Protocol authors conduct their research using ProtoGenie services ProtoGenie hosts these research studies on its website and collects and stores the data that is generated for th
99. s use of research data from you and other information collected The research data coming out of your participation is owned and managed by the protocol author and ProtoGenie treats the data you submitted as private to the author Other information collected such as device data IP address and browser type and usage data is used by ProtoGenie to manage and improve its services 1 ProtoGenie s sharing or disclosure of your information The research data submitted by you is only disclosed to the protocol author You may contact the protocol author to understand how the author may share the data you submitted Information available to the ProtoGenie application is available to Heroku com Pasadero Inc uses Heroku to deploy and operate the ProtoGenie application Pasadero Inc does not sell research data and does not use it for its own purposes 1 Your rights to research data submitted by you as a participant Since research data submitted by participants is the protocol author s private information ProtoGenie cannot provide access for you to correct or change your personal information or other information You will need to contact the protocol author to access update or delete any information you submitted 6 Changes to privacy policy Changes to privacy policy can be made at any time with reasonable notice to participants by publishing the changes on the ProtoGenie website in a prominent way and timely manner If in addition to being a parti
100. sessing compliance as in taking a medication daily in the prescribed amount at the prescribed times An example of a clinical trial in vision science is a test of the efficacy of sustained release intraocular implants that deliver ganciclovir in the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS Typically the study would involve one or more control groups that receive another intervention or a placebo NEXT sibling See also Posttest Only Control Group Design Pretest Posttest Control Group Design Solomon Four Group Design Across Time Control Group Design Fully Crossed Factorial Design Descriptive Research Methods Descriptive research methods identify and describe properties of phenomena such as presence absence incidence distribution relationships correlates possible relationships with other phenomena and trends over time In general there are no deliberate interventions to establish causality Examples include the survey the case study qualitative research observational research cohort research archival research and content analysis NEXT Survey Research Experimental Methods ProtoGenie Help Center 25 Major Features Functions See also Experimental Methods Survey Research Survey research is the study of attitudes beliefs and behavior of people and their settings through questionnaires administered by mail handouts
101. sions having intervals longer than one day such that the protocol is naturally closed between repetitions These repetitions are not sessions even though they involve the opening and closing of a protocol The Sessions Summary Page is viewed by clicking on Sessions located in the vertical navigation bar on the left side of the Protoc Summary page This page contains a list of Sessions by Group and their major properties including the Time when the sessions will be executed whether there will be repetitions of sessions and the number of events in each group Sessions are added on the Sessions page by clicking on New Session and the group under it to which the the session should be added and then filling in the information requested This includes the scheduling of events for the selected group NEXT Repeating Events With Scheduling Groups amp Event Presentation Ser ProtoGenie Help Center 47 Major Features Functions Personal Library of Prc Protocol Summary De Creating Groups Creating Events Testing Previews amp Tr See also Personal Library of Protocols Protocol Summary Description Creating Groups Creating Events Testing Previews amp Trial Runs Repeating Events Within Sessions Events that are to be repeated within a session are scheduled on the Session Description Page for the relevant Session and group under the link labeled Scheduling options at the top of the page Options include setting the Initial
102. ss Time Control Group Design Fully Crossed Factorial Design Clinical Trials Design Survey Research Design NEXT Research Designs Templates Favorites Stimuli See also Research Designs Templates Favorites Stimuli Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt MY HOME gt Favorites A link to the Favorites Page is located in the user s My Home Page The Favorites Page lists all of the protocols that a user has bookmarked A bookmark is automatically added when a user opens someone else s protocol It provides a way for users to keep their eyes on protocols created by other ProtoGenie authors that they think may be relevant to their own studies NEXT Research Designs Templates Tutorials Stimuli See also Research Designs Templates Tutorials Stimuli Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt MY HOME gt Stimuli ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 28 Stimuli short for personal library of stimuli is located under Home To go to the Personal Library of Stimuli page open ProtoGenie Log In and click on Stimuli Every user has his or her own personal library of stimuli called My Stimuli Stimuli include audio Flash images and video Users can define a stimulus of any of the four types of stimuli for their library by clicking on the Define Stimuli link After adding a stimulus the main images link on the tertiary bar now shows a list of all of your image stimuli For each stimulus you ll see a
103. ssions Participate Contacts Everyone Protocols See also Public Library of Protocols Permissions Participate Contacts Everyone GATHER Implement amp Monitor The ProtoGenie Gather link covers the execution implementation and monitoring parts of ProtoGenie protocols It is one of five PG Action Areas located in the top navigation bar Its opening page is Cases To go to Gather open ProtoGenie log In and click on Gather in the top menu You will be on the page called Cases The Gather area contains three 3 links Cases Tickets and Data The Cases page contains all of the information for one subject participating in one protocol The Tickets page gives protocol authors control over the who how and when of their protocol executions The Data page presents the results data of your study in formats of your choice up to moment that you look at it NEXT Protocol Mobile Data Create Tickets Monitoring amp Implementation Collection Reviewing Results ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 56 a Pad MY HOME SHARE ACCOUNT By ProtoGenie User Getting Started Name Relationships See also MY HOME MAKE SHARE ACCOUNT By Name ProtoGenie User Relationships Getting Started Protocol Implementation Protocol Implementation and Control The overarching objective of research design is to achieve maximum control over extraneous and confounding influences that threaten the validity of the research
104. stem PG Tooltips Frequently Asked Questions FAQ ProtoGenie Resource Libraries Printable Manual System Requirements Home gt PG Help Features gt System Requirements System Requirements ProtoGenie supports mainframe computers desktop computers laptop computers touch tablets and smart phones The relatively new mobile capability has fulfilled the long desire in research for the capability to collect data on handheld devices in the field and laboratory For more about mobility click here Equipment and system requirements include Windows Vista or later or Mac OS X or later Internet Explorer 9 Chrome version 25 this auto updates in the background Firefox version 18 this auto updates unless you tell it not to Safari version 5 1 same The free Flash Player is required by authors who intend to insert Flash movies into a protocol and it required by subjects and assistants who run the protocols containing Flash movies In general mobile devices do not support Flash NEXT Online Mobile Data Collection Online Help System PG Tooltips Frequently Asked ProtoGenie Resource Printable Manual PG Design Genie Questions FAQ Libraries Development Project See also Online Help System PG Tooltips Frequently Asked Questions FAQ ProtoGenie Resource Libraries Printable Manual ProtoGenie Help Center 9 PG Help Features PG Design Genie Development Project Online Mobile Data Collection There has long b
105. sword inside the session cookie In addition the session cookie is always encrypted Secured Sockets Layer SSL technology protects user information Passwords are sent over secure encrypted SSL connections Responses of research participants in your research protocols are transmitted over a secure encrypted connection because accounts are SSL enabled Credit card information is accepted processed and stored by Stripe com a PCI DSS compliant company STORAGE SECURITY The ProtoGenie application deployed to the Heroku s platform is automatically backed up as part of the deployment process on secure access controlled and redundant storage Nightly backups deploy ProtoGenie across the Heroku platform and automatically bring the ProtoGenie application back online in the event of an outage SECURITY FOR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS AND PROTECTING DATA ProtoGenie security status protects protocols All research protocols are designated public or private by the principal author Private means that no one but the principal author and persons on the author s designated user list can access the protocol Every new protocol has the default access status of private Even when the security status is public original protocols cannot be opened or modified in any way Only the principal author or his designated users can view the original protocol and any results data associated with that protocol Only the principal author can change the securit
106. te Protocols Online Help System PG Tooltips See also Online Help System PG Tooltips PG Library of Blank Protocol Tutorials Frequently Asked Questions FAQ Template Protocol Printable Manual PG Design Genie System Requirements Development Project ProtoGenie Help Center 5 PG Help Features Frequently Asked Questions FAQ Printable Manual PG Design Genie Development Project System Requirements Home gt PG Help Features gt ProtoGenie Resource Libraries gt PG Library of Research Designs PG Library of Research Designs The ProtoGenie Library of Research Designs consists of a list of major research designs with their descriptions and links to related resources such as the tutorial libraries This library is opened by clicking the link Research Designs located just below My Home in the vertical navigation bar NEXT PG Library of PG Library of Blank PG Library of Template Protocols Protocol Tutorials Template Protocol Tutorials See also PG Library of Template Protocols PG Library of Blank Protocol Tutorials PG Library of Template Protocol Tutorials PG Help Features gt ProtoGenie Resource Libraries gt PG Library of Template Protocols T PG Library of Template Protocols Hama s HOME gt ProtoGenie Template Protocols are PG protocols built for their instructional value to guide research for each of the major Research Designs in the PG Library of Research Designs This l
107. to and peruse the Permissions Given page open ProtoGenie Log In click on Share click on Permissions and then on Permissions Given You can click on any protocol in this list and go back to the composer for it As always clicking on the name of a protocol takes you to the composer for that protocol To give permission to a protocol you enter the names of the persons to whom you want to provide access Then for each person in your list of people with permissions you click on which of four levels of access you wish to provide Can View Can Edit Can Run and Can View Results The Can View permission lets the designated user review the protocol in the composer even if it s private He she can review the groups sessions and events but cannot make any changes The Can Edit permission lets the designated person make changes in the composer The Can Run permission lets the designated person create and modify tickets Tickets are how runs are initiated The last permission which is Can View Results let s the designated person review all of the data gathered via the protocol even if the protocol is private Clicking this icon takes you straight to a review of all of the cases currently linked to the protocol sorted by group membership NEXT Permissions Received See also Permissions Received Permissions Received Under permissions received on the Permissions Page is a list of protocols for which you have received permission to use
108. tocol participants people who participate in research studies Information collected by ProtoGenie from authors and participants is handled differently Therefore this privacy policy is in two parts Click on the one that applies to you Privacy for protocol authors Privacy for research protocol participants PRIVACY FOR PROTOCOL AUTHORS 1 Information collected by ProtoGenie from you as a Protocol Author Registration information When you register for an account your username password and email address are collected Billing information If you make a payment for ProtoGenie services you are required to provide billing details Financial information for billing purposes is collected by Stripe com a service provider Pasadero Inc the provider of ProtoGenie services can view and download certain payment information on the Stripe com site However this information does not include sensitive credit card data Pasadero Inc relies on Stripe com to manage sensitive credit card and keep it secure from unauthorized access Research data ProtoGenie stores your protocols and research data for you on Heroku com servers Protocols and protocol results you intentionally share If you designate your protocol design as public ProtoGenie will add your protocol to a library of public protocols If you choose the option of making your protocol results public as well the results will also be available ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features 8 Functi
109. tooltip will say Visit your account status area The page that comes up tells applicants that their subscription is inactive because they have not applied for it yet It also tells them that their account type is Registered User This page also contains a link that says Subscribe now to begin gathering data today Applicants click on this link The page that comes up is called Subscription Status containing the instructions Purchase a Subscription Provide your payment details to start your subscription today Under Select Plan applicants select one of three plans ProtoGenie Student ProtoGenie Annual and ProtoGenie Monthly This brings up a conventional page for credit card information When this is completed applicants will have a subscription membership with full access to ProtoGenie features including protocol execution and data collection Registered PG Memberships See also ProtoGenie Help Center Major Features Functions 64 Registered PG Memberships lome gt Major Features amp Ful ne gt My Profile My Profile My Profile is located in the second navigation bar under Account Name To go to to My Profile open ProtoGenie log in click on Account Name and then on My Profile My Profile is where you enter your profile information which is what other users see when they click on your profile from the list of all users in the Everyone page NEXT Account Info Edit Profile Preferences Change Passw
110. tted by study participants and manages this data The protocol author is responsible for the content of the research protocol ProtoGenie collects research data submitted by participants and stores this data on Heroku servers Information available to the ProtoGenie application is available to Heroku com ProtoGenie maintains the anonymity of participant data unless the protocol author explicitly requests otherwise Therefore please direct any questions about anonymity to the protocol author 1 Information collected by ProtoGenie about you as participant from other sources Your IP address and web browser type is recorded by ProtoGenie when you access ProtoGenie services Geolocation information is requested and collected only with your permission and is not presently requested Usage data about you is collected whenever you interact with ProtoGenie services Server log files contain data about the nature of each access This usage data is not linked to your participant research data ProtoGenie does not collect email addresses except for member users who have registered for a ProtoGenie account If you as a participant have not registered for a ProtoGenie account then your email address has not been collected by ProtoGenie A protocol author may include a measurement asking for an email address This email address is part of the collected and stored research data but is private to the protocol author and is not accessed by ProtoGenie 1 ProtoGenie
111. urts located in Maricopa County and federal courts located in the U S District Court for the District of Arizona with respect to the subject matter of this agreement NEXT ProtoGenie Help Center 71 Major Features 4 Functions See also Privacy Policy Security Statement Privacy Policy ProtoGenie Researcher s Toolkit by Pasadero Inc PRIVACY POLICY Updated February 1 2014 Skip to Next Page This privacy policy explains how Pasadero Inc handles your personal information protocols and research data We endeavor to present this policy in plain language This privacy policy applies to the ProtoGenie website and services services provided by Pasadero Inc This policy is incorporated by reference in the ProtoGenie Terms of Service If you have questions about this Privacy Policy contact Pasadero Inc by mail at 2043 E Libra Dr Tempe Arizona 85283 or electronically through this form GENERAL PRIVACY POLICY IF YOU AS PRINCIPAL AUTHOR CREATE AND EXECUTE RESEARCH PROTOCOLS Your research data is private and owned by you Pasadero Inc does not sell your research data to anyone and does not use your research data for Pasadero s own purposes Research protocols used to collect research data are private The default security status of every new protocol that is created using the Blank startup option in the composer is private In addition when you copy an existing public protocol to customize it to fit your study the statu
112. ws amp Trial Runs r e a a a a a adoos TE 48 CRPE e a T E E E to iaa a 49 Public Library Ol PPOO A aa A A E E E E E EE A a a e a e a a ta 50 Porm SIONS Aaa E A A E NA Noa 51 Panisse OVE aa fe se eo e St a og Oko nae a on a 51 Permissions Recewed rn a ia ia ewes Oe 52 Bo Cts ii AAN AA A OE a ap 53 COMS aoe a ee oe ee A 53 ENO ee ee ee eee ee ee A 54 MESSAJES oesie ita il il ios 54 GATHER Implement E MONIO NONE 5 O 55 PIOELOLINPIEMENENO arcaicas carrier cian a EPA WE at da PEAR RO CP AG gia EO aa 56 MOI Data Colechom asistan lr raras wks a Ra ea ad As 57 Croate MI a ar aiii a lila E 57 Monitoring amp Reviewing o Pr Un eee OOO A 58 PO ws oa A nd 59 Data Run Results OTOZ EE O 59 ACCOUNT By Name A O Bee tee O O eae ee te ea eee eee 60 BEAN A OCUP Geet aati AA eda a pao a ates doen He a ea Raa ct te waren baba nee ee 60 Types of cele laa chee amp 60h a ee A ne ad 61 Registered PONONBENNID ens A AA nee eee ee eee ee 62 Pi SUBSCIPIO R MEMbDOTSIIOS sesionar A AAA A 63 My POO RO O SO ON A 64 A A O EE o 64 MISCO rr o Doa its aia a ORE id oi dad data nati padecen 65 Change Password A E e on O II 65 Change Emal ee ono o e 66 Prato sente User Relationships vesssercosornris taras A Oi ky 66 PG Assurances iciecninvricriira ia adi da EEEE EEEE dial airada 67 Tems o Service sr a AO AAN AS bee acd WRG AA e 67 Privacy Policy a Sa aia cai 71 Security SIO EEEE 73 Getting o A II O EST 74 Logging A No o O o CO oO A A
113. y clicking on Events located in the vertical navigation bar on the left side of the Protocol Summary page This page lists by name all of events that you have defined It also contains a ProtoGenie Help Center 33 Major Features Functions link to create new events providing you have permission to edit the protocol There are four types of Events 1 Measurement Events 2 Treatment Events including Image Stimulus Events 3 Compound Events 4 Support Guidance Events NEXT Events Summary Event Description Measurement Events Treatment Events Compound Events Support Guidance Page Page Events Personal Library of Protocol Summary Creating Groups Creating Sessions Testing Previews amp Protocols Description Trial Runs See also Personal Library of Protocols Protocol Summary Description Creating Groups Creating Sessions Testing Previews amp Trial Runs Home gt Major Features amp Functions gt MAKE gt Creating Events gt Events Summary Page Events Summary Page The Events Summary Page lists by name all of events that you have defined It also indicates the type of event as in measurement treatment support and compound and it presents the brief description that the user gave it It also contains a button to create a New event providing you have permission to edit the protocol NEXT Event Description Measurement Events Treatment Events Compound Events Support Guidance Page Events See
114. y status of a protocol from private to public SECURITY FOR DATA CENTERS ProtoGenie s use of Heroku s cloud application platform assures the physical security of data centers where your data is stored Heroku s physical infrastructure is hosted and managed within Amazon s secure data centers and utilizes the Amazon Web Service technology Due to the global nature of the ProtoGenie website and services personal information and research data may be transmitted stored and processed in a country other than the one in which you reside SOFTWARE SECURITY ProtoGenie engineers use best practices and industry standard secure coding guidelines to ensure secure coding ProtoGenie strives to always maintain the latest patches and security fixes to all operating system and application files Billing data is encrypted USER RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY OF DATA AND PROTOCOLS Sensitive personal information such as social security numbers should not be entered collected or stored on servers used by ProtoGenie You are responsible for employing accepted research privacy practices You should use secure usernames and passwords and carefully protect them from disclosure restrict your access to the ProtoGenie website to secure networks and implement updated internet security and virus protection software on your computer system If you suspect that your computer s security has been compromised or that your password may have been accesse
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116. you terminate a subscription prior to the end of a billing cycle you will not receive a refund for any period of time you did not use in that billing cycle A billing cycle is monthly or annual depending on what plan you select when purchasing a subscription d Prices for ProtoGenie services may be changed at any time provided that the change will become effective only at the end of the then current billing cycle of your subscription You will be provided reasonable notice in time to cancel your subscription before the price change becomes effective e If you are an Arizona resident applicable state and local taxes will be added to the subscription fee 3 What Services You Have Purchased In return for your agreed upon payment in full subject to the disclaimers and limitations of responsibility expressly stated below and subject to your performance of the obligations you undertake in this agreement Pasadero Inc agrees to provide services in the form of access to the ProtoGenie website and services ProtoGenie services See the description of ProtoGenie services ProtoGenie services may be altered added to or discontinued at any time without prior notice If a service is discontinued you will be given reasonable advance notice to provide you with time to save a copy of your content from that service 4 Personal Information Pasadero Inc agrees not to share information about you that you provided when you signed on to ProtoGenie or other

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