Board Thread:The Wiki Tavern/@comment-24656855-20140308111131/@comment-177-20140309013914

Catcher, I didn't think you were a fraud, or anything like that. :) I was surprised that you're at a point in your degree where you're allowed to recruit 60 members of the HabitRPG-playing public (not, say, your own classmates) to fill out a survey and that I (as a member of the public) have to ask you about your ethical framework for this research, and point out that there could be an issue with Gem-based prizes (which you'd have to address in your write-up).

I don't doubt that you're a student, or that you won't look after our data as best as you can, but I'm surprised that you didn't articulate how you're going to go about this research ethically in as explicit a manner as I'm used to. I guess the practice that I'm familiar with is to have a section of the report about Ethical Considerations, and communicating the relevant ones to your potential participants, and things may be different in your institution.

By asking the question, I'm trying to help you. :)