The Big-Mad Behavioral Study · Good Citizens Corporation · Phoenix, Arizona
How the study texts
The study has a text number for people who would rather answer by text. This page shows how a person opts in, in the order it happens, and the exact words they are shown. The study is not open and nobody can text the number yet.
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An invitation
Nobody is added from a list or a form on a public page. The study’s lead, Robert Duebelbeis, invites each person himself, and each of them is an adult who has agreed to take part in the study described at goodcitizens.us/big-mad-study.
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An agreement, on their own page
Each person has a private page of their own. Among four separate agreements there is one for texts. It is optional, it can be refused without leaving the study, and it is not ticked for anyone. Its words are exactly these: “I agree to receive text messages with check-in prompts. I understand these are recurring and I can reply STOP at any time.” The other three agreements are on the consent page.
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The number and one instruction
Only after that agreement does the page show the number, and only to that person. It reads as set out in the panel below. Texting JOIN is the second step, taken from the person’s own phone.
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One confirmation, then replies only
We reply to JOIN once, to confirm: “Good Citizens (Big-Mad Study): You’re in. Text whenever something at work changes your mood: a number 0-10, where most of it went, and what happened. We only reply. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help, STOP to stop.” After that, we reply to each message a person sends and never text first, send reminders or send marketing.
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Stopping
Reply STOP at any time and the number never texts that person again. Reply HELP for help, or write to study@goodcitizens.us. The full terms are on the terms page and what we keep is on the privacy page.
What a person sees on their page
This panel appears on a participant’s private page after they agree to texts. It is the whole of the opt-in: there is no other form, and no number is collected from anyone, because people text us rather than give us theirs.
Answer by text instead. Text JOIN to the study’s number, shown on that page from your phone. After that, text your answers the same way: the number, where most of it went, and what happened. We only reply to what you send, never first. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to stop and HELP for help. Privacy · Terms