𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲: 𝑹𝑨𝑷𝑰𝑫: 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆: 𝑨 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒚-𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝑶𝑽𝑰𝑫-19 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚:𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑰𝑹𝑩 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 20-349

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: Prof. Yaling Yang - yyang8@vt.edu             
𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬: Xiang Cheng - xiangcheng@vt.edu, Hanchao Yang - hcyang@vt.edu

You are invited to participate in an online survey on questions related to digital contact tracing apps. This is a research project being conducted by Yaling Yang (faculty at Virginia Tech) and Xiang Cheng and Hanchao Yang (students at Virginia Tech). The study should take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲?
The goal of this study is to gain your opinion about digital contact tracing apps. This research will help us understand user perceptions on usages of digital contact tracing apps and produce design guidelines for futuristic contact tracing app that can be well acceptable by the general public.

𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: The following is more detailed information about this study in addition to the information listed above.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝?
We plan to include about 100 people in this research study.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡?
You will become a participant in this research. You will be invited to complete an online survey, which will take no longer than 15 minutes.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫?
You can leave the research at any time, for any reason, and it will not be held against you.
If you decide to leave the research, just close the survey on your web browser. Your data will be removed from the server.

𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞? (𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬)
There are no known risks to participating in this study.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡?
We will make every effort to limit the use and disclosure of your personal information only to people who have a need to review this information. We do not collect identifying information such as names or IP addresses, and your responses to this survey will remain confidential.We cannot promise complete confidentiality. Organizations that may inspect and copy your information include the IRB, Human Research Protection Program, and other authorized representatives of Virginia Tech.
Your information or samples that are collected as part of this research will not be used or distributed for future research studies, even if all of your identifiers are removed.
The results of this research study may be presented in summary form at conferences, in presentations, reports to the sponsor, academic papers, and as part of a thesis/dissertation.

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨?
If you have questions, concerns, or complaints, or think the research has hurt you, talk to the research team at yyang8@vt.edu, xiangcheng@vt.edu or hcyang@vt.edu
This research has been reviewed and approved by the Virginia Tech Institutional Review Board (IRB). You may communicate with them at 540-231-3732 or irb@vt.edu if:
● You have questions about your rights as a research subject
● Your questions, concerns, or complaints are not being answered by the research team
● You cannot reach the research team
● You want to talk to someone besides the research team to provide feedback about this research

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰?
This research is being funded by National Science Foundation under fund number 2028174.
If you agree to take part in this research study, you can choose to be included in a drawing for $20. The odds of receiving $ 20 are one in 100.

𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭
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