Linguistics Department Experimental Protocol

The department has a general human subjects protocol for doing linguistic experiments that involve no risk or personal information (beyond information that we use to select speakers). Faculty members listed on the protocol and students they are supervising can do experiments under this protocol as long as they follow the conditions of the protocol.

If you plan to use the protocol, please download and read the protocol.

Before you begin your experiments, send Ivan Sag (sag@stanford.edu) an email with the name of your project and your expected completion date. When you have completed your experiments, send Ivan another email reporting:

1. how many subjects you ran.
2. the gender and ethnicity of your subjects (numbers of each)
3. (if you are a student) the name of the faculty member who is supervising your experiments.

If you are a student, be sure to copy the supervising faculty member on your emails. The department protocol must be renewed every September. Hence if you are in the middle of an experiment at this time of year, please submit an interim report by August 15.

You must use this consent form. You do not need to get signed consent, but all subjects must read and agree to it. If you are doing experiments on computer, the consent form can be shown on the computer at the beginning of the experiment.

If you plan to advertise your experiments, you must use this flyer. Note that if you are paying subjects under this protocol, you must pay them $7.00 per 30 minutes, no more and no less.

If you have questions, see Penny Eckert.