Lead Researcher
Sameer Singh, Assistant Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
(615) 945 6618
sameer@uci.edu

• We are asking you to take part in a study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Irvine. Participating in this study is optional.
• If you choose to be in the study, you will complete a survey. This survey will ask you to identify attributes of products given their images and textual descriptions. This survey will help us learn more about human performance on this task, and will be used to create a dataset to evaluate automated approaches to solving this task.
• The survey will take about 4-5 minutes to complete.
• We will keep your answers confidential and will not share your personal information with anyone outside the research team.
• The data you provide may be collected and used by Amazon as per its privacy agreement.
• This survey contains a number of checks to make sure that participants are finishing the tasks honestly and completely. As long as you read the instructions and complete the tasks, your HIT will be approved. If you fail these checks, your HIT will be rejected.
• You will receive $0.50 after each survey. You will receive compensation for each survey that you have completed.
• If you have any comments, concerns, or questions regarding the conduct of this research please contact the researchers listed at the top of this form.
• If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research participant, you can contact the UCI Institutional Review Board by phone, (949) 824-6662, by e-mail at IRB@research.uci.edu or at 141 Innovation, Suite 250, Irvine, CA 92697.
• What is an IRB? An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a committee made up of scientists and non-scientists. The IRB’s role is to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects involved in research. The IRB also assures that the research complies with applicable regulations, laws, and institutional policies.

If you want to participate in this study, click the Accept button to start the survey.