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Human
Participant Pool (HPP)
IMPORTANT:
When signing up for HPP you need to make sure that you
pick the correct course and section number in order to get credit. If
you have already chosen your course, but you chose the wrong section
number, you need to go back in and change it.
HPP stands for “Human
Participant Pool,” and CSUSM, like all institutions that conduct research,
has a pool of human participants. This is the group of individuals who
volunteer to participate in research projects conducted at the university.
Click here for more information about HPP.
Students in lower-division
psychology courses such as Introduction to Psychology (Psyc 100),
Introduction to Statistics (Psyc 220), and Research Methods (Psyc 230) make
up the bulk of the HPP at CSUSM. This happens through the course requirement
that students participate in research in order to gain an understanding of
the process and outcomes of experiments and other types of research studies
(e.g., surveys, interviews, focus groups).
Although participation is a
requirement in many of the lower division psychology courses, any student age
18 or older can
participate in the studies.
For students who do not wish
to participate in the pool, an alternative research assignment is available.
Students who choose this option read, summarize, and critique a published
empirical article (i.e., a study with methods, results, and discussion and
not a review article) to earn HPP credits.
Since Fall 2005, students can
sign up for HPP studies from any computer that has internet access. Students not
only sign up for studies, but can also track the number of
credits they've earned to date and receive emails to remind them of upcoming
appointments for studies they have selected.
To sign up to participate in a study, please visit
http://hpp.csusm.edu/
At this site you will be required to register as a new user. Once you have
registered, a password will be sent to you via the CSUSM email you
provide. You will want to change this password to something only you
know. There are instructions on the site which tell you how to do
this. At
this point, you will be able to participate in any study listed in the "sign up
for an experiment" section as long as you meet the prerequisites of the
study.
If you are having problems and need to contact the administrator about the
online sign-up scheduling system, go to
hppadmin@csusm.edu.
Students must conduct studies under the supervision of a faculty member. Faculty and students who are
conducting studies that use human participants must get
approval for the project from the Institutional Review Board (IRB). First, a proposal outlining the
project is submitted to the IRB. Second, the IRB members review proposals
and meet to discuss them. Projects may commence once the IRB has
notified the experimenter in writing that the proposal has been approved.
For more information on this process and the appropriate forms for
submitting your proposal, follow this link:
CSUSM
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
After receiving IRB approval, the researcher must complete the "Request
for Human Participant Pool Use" form and return the completed form to
the HPP Coordinator. Once this
form is completed, the HPP Coordinator will follow up with the researcher regarding
further instructions on how to use HPP.
For further information, or to report study issues or ethical problems, contact the HPP Coordinator:
Dr. Maureen Fitzpatrick
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