Common use of Deception Clause in Contracts

Deception. Each experiment will inform subjects about the decisions they can make, and how these decisions will affect their payment for the experiment. This information will always be true. Specifically, if a standard economics experiment informs subjects that "if you take action A, then X will happen", then X will happen after the subject takes action A. Payments STUDIES CONDUCTED WITH SONA SUBJECTS. Participants will be paid $5 for appearing at the Stanford Economics Research Lab (XXXX). Participants will be paid at least $10 per hour for completing the experiment. Participants will be paid $20-$25 per hour on average. For experiments in which a participant takes part in more than a single study session, sessions other than the last will pay at least the $5 show-up payment. All other payments for the study may be deferred to the last session. Subjects may be paid at a pre-specified date after the study, either by using xxxxxx.xxx gift cards emailed to them, by asking them to come to the lab at a pre-specified point in time and paying them in cash, or by mailing a check to them. STUDIES CONDUCTED ONLINE. Participants will be paid an average of $10 per hour. For experiments in which a participant takes part in more than a single study session, all payments for the study may be deferred to the last session. Identifiable data STUDIES CONDUCTED AT XXXX: You may obtain the participants' names, email addresses and SUIDs for payment purposes. STUDIES CONDUCTED ONLINE: No identifiable data may be collected. Handling identifiable data: • Analysis of identifiable data will happen on password-protected computers; • Identifiable data will be stored on password-protected computers, or, if on paper, in the locked cabinets in the lab, or, temporarily, in the researcher's own locked cabinets; • Identifiable data may be accessed by the research team, and by the administrators of the Economics department. • Identifiable data will be transferred using USB memory devices, Stanford's email system, and DropBox. The electronic transmission mechanisms are password protected. Consent and subjects' rights STUDIES CONDUCTED AT XXXX. Subjects will be given written information about the experiment. After the information is read, the subjects will be told that they consent to participating in the study by continuing with it. Subjects will be informed that participation is voluntary. Subjects may refuse to participate or withdraw at any time. Non-participation will not affect students' grades or academic standing.