Re: Professional computer programmers wanted for Yale research study

From: eBob.com (eBob.com_at_totallybogus.com)
Date: 08/04/04 

Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:56:46 GMT

I think that they have already completed their research. Their real goal
was to determine how gullible/cautious computer programmers are.

Seriously, I would participate, but not if it means revealing my email
address to some unknown person at a Yahoo address.

Bob

"Joe Seigh" <jseigh_01@xemaps.com> wrote in message
news:4110EB4C.9997EB4C@xemaps.com...
>
>
> Yale Psychology Study wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I assure you that this is not a scam. We are students working on a
> > research project and we set up a yahoo account, insteading of using
> > our personal accounts, in order to avoid spam and make it easier for
> > all of us to check the same account. I agree that setting up a new
> > Yale account would have been better, but it would have been a lot more
> > trouble and I am working under a dissertation deadline :)
> >
> > Also, I can assure you that we do not collect any personal information
> > and that this research is fully approved by Yale's Human Subjects
> > Committee.
> >
> > If you are a computer programmer and would like to participate, please
> > contact us and we will send you instructions on how to reach our
> > survey website. You are always welcome to stop participating at any
> > time while you fill out the survey and at no point in the survey are
> > you asked to enter your name, e-mail address, or any other personal
> > information.
> >
> > If you have any further questions, I would be happy to answer them.
> >
> > Best,
> > A member of the Yale Cognition and Development Lab
> > (see our website: www.yale.edu/cogdevlab)
>
> There's no mention of this study on that website so what is that
> URL supposed to prove? And how do you think contacting via
> email does not disclose the sender's email address?
>
> Joe Seigh

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