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FYI Chockstoners; We are being watched ... 2-Jul-2008 At 3:26:00 PM billk

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I noticed this in anthro's profile:

>Your participation in this project is completely voluntary, and you are not required to do anything other than what you would normally do, aside from tolerating my presence. You are free to refrain or withdraw from this project at any time without explanation or prejudice and to withdraw any of the data that you have previously provided."

>The research I do involving interviews etc always has a provision like this in the informed consent form but it is meaningful, because subjects can withdraw. In what way are we able to withdraw from being studied apart from withdrawing from Chockstone?

>I would have thought that the polite thing to do would have been to approach the entire forum prior to commencing the study and explain why he was proposing to do it and what beneifts, if any, it could possibly bring to the climbing community.

I would have said: "sure, go ahead" but would also have said: "Why not do some real research?"