<p>I often supervise student research projects. Often these projects involve recruiting participants by placing one page flyers in strategic locations. The most common scenario is that the flyer is targeted at university students, there may be some small financial reimbursement for their time, and the study might involve spending an hour or so in lab.</p>

<p>When writing such a flyer, there is a balance between making participation sound like a worth while thing to do, but at the same time being ethical and accurate in describing what the study involves.</p>

<p>Thus, while I have a bunch of tips and tricks for writing such materials, I wasn't aware of any particular material that I could provide to research students to get started.</p>

<ul>
<li><strong>What is best practice in participant recruitment flyer design?</strong></li>
<li><strong>What is a good repository of examples of good participant recruitment flyers?</strong></li>
<li><strong>What are some good online resources outlining tips for creating a participant recruitment flyer?</strong></li>
</ul>

<p>I'd also be interested in materials about the surrounding context (e.g., flyer placement; streamlining the process between reading a flyer and participation).</p>

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IMO this is a little too open-ended and "discussion-y"; unless of course there an empirical paper on which techniques are most effective! also, it's not very specific to cogsci-- lots of disciplines post recruitment fliers. perhaps a question better asked in [chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/2250/the-axon-terminal)...
Jeff
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We recruit most of our participants through online/social media nowadays. At our university, every student has a account for the campus software and it is pretty easy to get participants via advertising there.
H.Muster
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How to design research participant recruitment flyer to maximise participant response?
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# How to design research participant recruitment flyer to maximise participant response?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-13)

I often supervise student research projects. Often these projects involve recruiting participants by placing one page flyers in strategic locations. The most common scenario is that the flyer is targeted at university students, there may be some small financial reimbursement for their time, and the study might involve spending an hour or so in lab.

When writing such a flyer, there is a balance between making participation sound like a worth while thing to do, but at the same time being ethical and accurate in describing what the study involves.

Thus, while I have a bunch of tips and tricks for writing such materials, I wasn't aware of any particular material that I could provide to research students to get started.

* **What is best practice in participant recruitment flyer design?**
* **What is a good repository of examples of good participant recruitment flyers?**
* **What are some good online resources outlining tips for creating a participant recruitment flyer?**

I'd also be interested in materials about the surrounding context (e.g., flyer placement; streamlining the process between reading a flyer and participation).

**Tags:** methodology, experimental-psychology, sampling

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: IMO this is a little too open-ended and "discussion-y"; unless of course there an empirical paper on which techniques are most effective! also, it's not very specific to cogsci-- lots of disciplines post recruitment fliers. perhaps a question better asked in [chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/2250/the-axon-terminal)...  
> **username_2**: We recruit most of our participants through online/social media nowadays. At our university, every student has a account for the campus software and it is pretty easy to get participants via advertising there.  

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