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Are You Ready to Launch?

Before launching a recruitment session, make sure to check the following:

  • You have permission to launch a session of this study. You must either own the study yourself, or be a collaborator with session launching permissions. If you are not, contact the study owner to request the necessary permissions.
  • You have an active FindingFive subscription. A subscription is required to recruit participants. Plans start as low as $20/year, but you can find the right plan for your needs on our pricing page.
  • You have acquired all necessary permissions from your supervisory ethics board (IRB, REC, etc.). This is human subjects research, after all! You know the drill.
  • You have a PDF of your approved consent form on hand. You will need to upload it as part of session setup.
  • If using FindingFive’s cash payment system, you have sufficient funds in your account to cover all participant payouts and payment processing fees. This does not apply if you are using course credits or rewarding participants outside of FindingFive.
  • You have recently completed a full preview of your experiment. In some cases, FindingFive will not allow you to launch a recruitment session until you have completed a full preview. In other cases, it is still a good idea to help identify issues that might otherwise cause problems or confusion for your participants.
  • You have downloaded that preview data and verified that it includes what you expect. Nothing would be more frustrating than downloading your data after your experiment is complete only to find that critical response data were not properly collected. By checking the data after a preview, you greatly reduce the risk of this happening.

Once you can check each of these boxes, you are ready to set up a session and start recruiting participants!