On behalf of a research team from the Psychology Department at New York University, I am posting this announcement. They are looking for volunteers to take an online survey about political attitudes and voting behavior.
Here is the link to the survey:
NYU Psych Survey
On that page you will find more information about the study.
If you agree to be in this study, you will be asked to do the following:
1) Complete a questionnaire about your background (age, gender, education, etc.)
2) Report your opinions on various political and social issues and rate how important those issues are to you
3) Evaluate the Presidential candidates (Obama and McCain) on a number of traits and positionsWe are interested in learning about your opinions throughout the course of the election, so we also ask you to participate in three bimonthly follow-up surveys that will be shorter but similar in content to the one you are about to complete. You are not required to do the follow-up surveys if you complete this survey, but we encourage you to do so.
Participation in the first session of this study will involve 15-20 minutes of your time. If you agree to participate in the follow-up surveys, each will take an additional 15 minutes. The total time for participation in all four biweekly survey sessions will not exceed an hour.
Also, if you participate in the followup surveys you can win $100.
If you choose to provide your contact information (your email address), you will entered into a random drawing for 2 prizes of $100 for participating in the survey; if you withdraw before the end of the study, you will not be entered into the drawing. You will be entered into new drawing for $100 each time you complete a follow-up survey (up to four times total).
If you have questions about the survey or your participation they include contact info on that page as well.
By request I am turning off the comments for this essay. They don’t want the sample to be biased by people talking about the survey here.