<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">Hello Visualization Researchers, </div><div class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><br></div><div class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">In case you're not already aware of this resource, be aware that the Data Visualization Society supports researchers in recruiting study participants. </div><div class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><br></div><div class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">There's a nice introduction to this initiative in their launch article from last year: <a href="https://nightingaledvs.com/connecting-researchers-and-practitioners/">https://nightingaledvs.com/connecting-researchers-and-practitioners/</a> <br></div><div class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><br></div><div class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><div class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">If you're already a member or patron of the DVS, you can head directly to the Research <span class="gmail-sh-corrected-word gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">Recruitment</span> page and fill out the form there (DVS login required)</div><div class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><a class="gmail-sh-color-grey gmail-sh-color" href="https://www.datavisualizationsociety.org/research-recruitment">https://www.datavisualizationsociety.org/research-recruitment</a></div><div class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">For those who are not DVS members yet but are intrigued, here's the more detailed background information from that page</div><div id="gmail-yui_3_17_2_1_1692034628493_250" class="gmail-row gmail-sqs-row gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><div id="gmail-yui_3_17_2_1_1692034628493_249" class="gmail-col gmail-sqs-col-12 gmail-span-12 gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><div id="gmail-block-4432fce6c8ade71c844f" class="gmail-sqs-block gmail-html-block gmail-sqs-block-html gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><div id="gmail-yui_3_17_2_1_1692034628493_248" class="gmail-sqs-block-content gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><div id="gmail-yui_3_17_2_1_1692034628493_247" class="gmail-sqs-html-content gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><h2 style="color:rgb(74,74,74)" id="gmail-yui_3_17_2_1_1692034628493_246" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">DATA VISUALIZATION RESEARCH RECRUITMENT</h2></div></div></div></div></div><div id="gmail-yui_3_17_2_1_1692034628493_243" class="gmail-row gmail-sqs-row gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><div style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7)" class="gmail-col gmail-sqs-col-2 gmail-span-2 gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><div id="gmail-block-080b6b70ddc04662c1e7" class="gmail-sqs-block gmail-spacer-block gmail-sqs-block-spacer gmail-sized gmail-vsize-1 gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><div class="gmail-sqs-block-content gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">The academic data viz community plays a critical role in our field, advancing the depth of our knowledge on how people read and create data visualizations. Many research studies actively recruit data visualization practitioners as research subjects, while others explicitly look for folks outside of our field. </div></div></div></div><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);margin:0px" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><b class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">As a professional society, DVS aims to bring together data visualization communities, like academics and practitioners.</b> Every so often, we see a call for participants shared on our DVS Slack, but we know that Slack only reaches a subset of our members and it’s easy to miss out on one of those opportunities.</p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);margin:0px" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">To address that need to better connect researchers with potential study participants, when we launched our new membership intake form in 2021, members could opt-in to a dedicated list to learn about opportunities to participate as research subjects in academic studies.</p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);margin:0px" id="gmail-yui_3_17_2_1_1692034628493_239" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">To date, we have nearly <b class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">7,000 members</b> who have said ‘yes’ to receiving study invitations, and we want to make that resource more accessible to researchers interested in connecting with those members.</p><h3 style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.9)" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</h3><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);margin:0px" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><b class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">Value to the field: </b>As a Society, we believe in the value of connecting researchers and practitioners in different ways. The academic research distribution list is one tool for enabling those kinds of connections.</p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);margin:0px" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">Researchers can connect with potential study participants actively working in the field of data visualization, while practitioners can contribute to the generation of new knowledge to inform our work and learn more about how research studies are conducted by participating.</p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);margin:0px" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><b class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">Who is eligible to submit studies: </b>Currently, the distribution list is limited to sharing study invitations from academics and students affiliated with a university or evaluators who are conducting research for the purpose of informing the practice of data visualization.</p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);margin:0px" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">The rationale for these constraints is to amplify study invitations that have been reviewed for appropriate informed consent and study protocols by an Institutional Review Board or equivalent.</p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);margin:0px" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">At this time, questionnaires developed as personal projects or more informal studies are not eligible to be shared with the distribution list. These types of projects can be shared on the DVS slack workspace on the #-help_general channel that all members are added to upon joining our Slack workspace.</p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);margin:0px" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><b class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">Distribution timing: </b>Study opportunities will be distributed via email monthly to those who have opted in to receive those invitations. Requests received by the <b class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">10th </b>of the month will be compiled and shared by the <b class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">18th </b>of the month. Depending on the volume of requests we receive, we may opt to send opportunities on a more frequent basis.</p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);margin:0px" id="gmail-yui_3_17_2_1_1692034628493_232" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><b class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">Privacy considerations: </b>The Data Visualization Society does not distribute or share member names or contact information with partners, vendors, or other third parties, including researchers. Members who have opted in will receive the monthly email with study opportunities and can independently opt in to participating; DVS will only make the approximate total size of the distribution list publicly known, which is helpful for the purpose of researchers knowing the reach. <a style="color:rgb(29,89,149);text-decoration-line:none" href="https://www.datavisualizationsociety.org/privacy-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="gmail-sh-color-grey gmail-sh-color"><u class="gmail-sh-color-grey gmail-sh-color">Read the full DVS Privacy Policy here.</u></a></p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);margin:0px" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><b class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color">General disclaimer: </b>DVS is providing this opportunity to submit study participation requests and distribute to our members in support of our broader mission to continue to connect parts of our community and advance the field. DVS reserves the right to decline to share a study participation opportunity with our members if it does not have a clear connection to the field of data visualization or has content or study aims that are not aligned to our inclusive code of conduct as an organization. DVS assumes no responsibility for the experience of a study participant if they opt into a study that is distributed through this mechanism.</p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);margin:0px" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><br></p><p style="margin:0px" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><font color="#000000">Cheers, Tamara</font></p><p style="margin:0px" class="gmail-sh-color-black gmail-sh-color"><font color="#000000"><br>
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Tamara Munzner<br>
Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia<br>
<a href="http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm" target="_blank" style="">http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm</a>, <a style="">tmm@cs.ubc.ca</a></font><br></p></div></div>