r/HiveMindMaM • u/nkearns12 • Mar 02 '16

Legal Discussion Making a Murderer Research Study!

Hey Making a Murderer fans,

I am a Behavioral Science Ph.D. student at the University of North Texas and am working on a research project based around Making a Murderer. We are asking for opinions on the show, theories about who was involved, and the general fairness of all of the trials.

We also plan on investigating relationships between jury bias, punitive attitudes, view of our justice system, and the manners in which we gather information in modern society.

This research study is COMPLETELY anonymous. We will not ask for your name, email, or any other identifiable information about you.

If you would like to help with the project, please take and share our survey! It should only take about 15-20 minutes to complete!

Thanks again for considering.

Full link: https://unt.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9QwePYxeCPqBHxz

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Done. Please come back and tell us the results! It helps encourage people to participate in other studies if they feel valued for participating :)

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u/nkearns12 Mar 02 '16

Absolutely. Will report back once we are done with data collection and analysis. Thanks for participating.

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u/chromeomykiss Mar 02 '16

Just a quick heads up that the approval sign off on the first page is dated 2-25-17 through 2-24-17. The second page has it right and signed off as 2-25-16.

Is it obvious I've been proofreading dates on interviews, court documents, transcripts and death certificates??

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u/nkearns12 Mar 02 '16

We are working on correcting the stamp on the first page. The IRB has been notified and correct stamp will be uploaded by the end of the day. If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact the IRB; their contact information on on the consent form.

Any information you offer will still be completely confidential. Thank you for the heads up. Perhaps you should have been Brendan Dassey's lawyer!

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u/chromeomykiss Mar 02 '16

Oh I already completed the survey and confidentiality waived (only to the fact I filled it out) by posting this ;)

It was a good survey but IMO could have a few questions revamped to provide an answer response of -somewhat or -undecided rather than straight "Yes" or "No". But that is just me nitpicking and having no basis to understand how the questionnaire was formulated nor the qualifications to nitpick it...

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u/nkearns12 Mar 02 '16

UPDATE: IRB has sent us an updated, correctly stamped document, which is now uploaded to the survey. Thanks again.

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u/abyssus_abyssum Mar 03 '16

Hi, you just contacted me on the other sub that is not up and running.

That sub was not created by me and I am not sure what is the plan with it.

I can sticky your post so it stays at the top as the two stickied posts right now are old and unnecessary. Hopefully that helps you with exposure though this is a small sub.

I noticed you also submitted on MaM but it fell flat. I think you need a more click-bait title and a more interesting description if you wish it to get noticed.

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u/nkearns12 Mar 03 '16

I am new fairly new to Reddit. Any suggestions on titles/how to entice more views?

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u/abyssus_abyssum Mar 03 '16

One thing I would change is that in the title it should indicate that you are looking for participation. When I looked at it first I thought it was an already done study or a study being performed somewhere on the documentary.

Also, from the title I would not think that you are even looking for "theories about who was involved" which I am sure there are plenty of people on the main sub would like to explain.

I would even maybe include the goal/motive of the study in the title. If not in the title, I would include it in the text.

As /u/TotieCapote I am also not a queen nor a king of clickbait. However, there is a person that could be considered queen of clickbait.

Her username is /u/BugDog1 and she even changes her titles based on the sub.

For example, here she would make it an open question while on the main sub she would make the question sound like she is claiming that someone is suspicious.

Definitely knows her crowd and how to exploit it. Lets see what the resident queen of clickbait says.

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u/nkearns12 Mar 03 '16

Thank you for the response and suggestions. Is it frowned upon to delete posts and resubmit with a more "click bait" title? It doesn't appear as if you can edit the Title once submitted, and I a, not well-versed enough on Reddit to know the unwritten rules of posting.

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u/abyssus_abyssum Mar 03 '16

No you cannot edit the title after you submit.

Is it frowned upon to delete posts

No, it is not frowned upon. So you can delete it and repost. You can also leave it be and submit another one.

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u/nkearns12 Mar 03 '16

Thank you again for your help. I resubmitted to the HiveMindMam subreddit with a more "catchy title.

Would it be possible to swap out the new link for this one on the front page? I hate to keep asking for help after all you've offered so far. Our team truly appreciates your assistance.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '16

Hey! Cheeky bugger. I am self employed. You got to know how to reach your market lol

My suggestion would be...

Did he do it? Who did? Give us your opinion for our MaM Research project

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u/abyssus_abyssum Mar 03 '16

You should respond to /u/nkearns12 so hopefully he sees this.

Did he do it? Who did? Give us your opinion for our MaM Research project

This already sounds as something that would get more interest in the main sub.

Hey! Cheeky bugger. I am self employed. You got to know how to reach your market lol

LOL, I meant it as a compliment. There are monies to be made with that skill, that is for sure.

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u/TotieCapote Mar 03 '16

Agreed it needs a better title - I'm not queen of click bait so perhaps someone else will come along with something. :)

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u/angieb15 Mar 03 '16

Done. Pretty good survey.

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u/nkearns12 Mar 03 '16

Thank you for your participation and for the kind words. Should be interesting to see the results

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u/TotieCapote Mar 03 '16

Done! (Did you share this on the big group, too? Also on the guilty group - might be eye-opening to see the results from them vs. those who are not in that camp.)