Boston Bombings Survey
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Tell what happened to you after the Boston Marathon bombings and earn money for charity!
When you run this app, you participate in a study conducted by Northeastern University. The goal of the study is to find out how people use their cell phones during an emergency. The study donates $3 to The One Fund Boston (to help families affected by the bombings) for each person who completes the study.
This app includes a survey about the people you called and texted with before and after the bombings at the Boston Marathon. The survey also has questions about your other experiences after the bombings and your cell phone use in general. The survey takes less than 10 minutes. At the end of the survey, the app shows you a profile of your calling and texting after the bombings. The app also summarizes your phone's call and text logs for the study.
All information is anonymous – no names, phone numbers, or email addresses are collected for the study. There is no way you or any of your contacts can be identified in the information sent to the study.
To participate, you must:
* be age 18 or older,
* live in the USA, and
* run the app on your Android smartphone while you are connected to the Internet.
Your participation is voluntary, and you do not have to answer any question you do not want to answer.
All information you give will be used for research only.
See Boston Globe coverage of the app: http://is.gd/NhUUJw
Explanation of permissions
The app accesses:
* Your messages - to summarize your texting patterns
* Your personal information - to ask you questions about people you have talked and texted with on this phone
* Network communication - to send your survey responses and log summaries to the study
* Storage - to save your responses and log summaries until they can be sent to the study
* Phone calls - to summarize your calling patterns
* System tools - to check your time zone and whether your phone has an area code in the Boston area
Contact information
Questions or comments about the overall study? Contact David Lazer, the principal investigator, at Northeastern University (tel. 617-329-1010; email d.lazer@neu.edu).
Questions or comments about this app? Contact Devon Brewer at ISR (tel. 206-985-2398; email:interscientific@yahoo.com).
Questions about electronic privacy? Contact Mark Nardone, Northeastern Univ. Info. Security (tel. 617-373-7901; email privacy@neu.edu).
Questions about your rights as a participant? Contact Nan Regina at Northeastern Univ. Human Subjects Research Protection (960 Renaissance Park, NU, Boston, MA 02115; tel. 617-373-4588; email irb@neu.edu).
This research study was reviewed and approved by the Northeastern University Institutional Review Board (IRB #13-04-11).
Study web site: http://www.volunteerscience.com
When you run this app, you participate in a study conducted by Northeastern University. The goal of the study is to find out how people use their cell phones during an emergency. The study donates $3 to The One Fund Boston (to help families affected by the bombings) for each person who completes the study.
This app includes a survey about the people you called and texted with before and after the bombings at the Boston Marathon. The survey also has questions about your other experiences after the bombings and your cell phone use in general. The survey takes less than 10 minutes. At the end of the survey, the app shows you a profile of your calling and texting after the bombings. The app also summarizes your phone's call and text logs for the study.
All information is anonymous – no names, phone numbers, or email addresses are collected for the study. There is no way you or any of your contacts can be identified in the information sent to the study.
To participate, you must:
* be age 18 or older,
* live in the USA, and
* run the app on your Android smartphone while you are connected to the Internet.
Your participation is voluntary, and you do not have to answer any question you do not want to answer.
All information you give will be used for research only.
See Boston Globe coverage of the app: http://is.gd/NhUUJw
Explanation of permissions
The app accesses:
* Your messages - to summarize your texting patterns
* Your personal information - to ask you questions about people you have talked and texted with on this phone
* Network communication - to send your survey responses and log summaries to the study
* Storage - to save your responses and log summaries until they can be sent to the study
* Phone calls - to summarize your calling patterns
* System tools - to check your time zone and whether your phone has an area code in the Boston area
Contact information
Questions or comments about the overall study? Contact David Lazer, the principal investigator, at Northeastern University (tel. 617-329-1010; email d.lazer@neu.edu).
Questions or comments about this app? Contact Devon Brewer at ISR (tel. 206-985-2398; email:interscientific@yahoo.com).
Questions about electronic privacy? Contact Mark Nardone, Northeastern Univ. Info. Security (tel. 617-373-7901; email privacy@neu.edu).
Questions about your rights as a participant? Contact Nan Regina at Northeastern Univ. Human Subjects Research Protection (960 Renaissance Park, NU, Boston, MA 02115; tel. 617-373-4588; email irb@neu.edu).
This research study was reviewed and approved by the Northeastern University Institutional Review Board (IRB #13-04-11).
Study web site: http://www.volunteerscience.com
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What are users saying about Boston Bombings Survey
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You should change the background on the terms and conditions page its unreadable
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easy to use app - however it does not ask/obtain any information about facebook posts and tweets from the phone. Unfortunately, that is how I connected with most of my friends and family in the immediate aftermath of the bombings. Otherwise very simple and easy to use
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I work in a field related to natural disasters and safety. So interesting to see an app used in this kind of research.