I believe only one person mentioned this in the comments but the U of M had a role in reviewing the experiment. Thanks again to those who responded honestly here.
The experiment had four parts in the following order, a demographic/behavior questionnaire, a personality assessment, the primary task (reading and evaluating 12 emails), and wrap up questions. The University of Michigan Institutional Review Board reviewed this experiment, including the consent procedure and determined that the study was exempt from review (the official waiver is provided in the Supporting Information as the S2 Appendix). However, except for the personality test, all components of the experiment had been approved by the University of Michigan Institutional Review Board for in-person experiments [6]. Both the questionnaire and the personality test provided individual difference variables to predict how the emails would be evaluated on the Housemate Scale.
And it's great that many posters are fans who have no formal connection with the University. But hey, if you do post here, try to observe basic rules of grammar and try to ensure that your words are correctly spelled. A submission replete with grammar errors (it's for its, there for they're, etc.) and misspelled words reflects poorly on the poster and on the credibility of the post. I mean, would you submit a job application or an admissions app essay without checking it over first? If you have something to say, it will carry much more weight if it's grammatically correct and spell-checked. Your teachers and parents might even thank other posters for helping you out! :) If, however, you simply dash off whatever and post it, look out because the grammar police lurk here. They will detect you, and more power to them.
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