Dear participant,
this online survey examines chess skills. For this purpose you'll be asked to submit move propositions for specific situations in chess. The survey will take about 25 minutes.
In order to participate in the survey you need an active (used during the last year) online chess account with at least one rating in Bullet, Blitz, Rapid or Classical based on at least 50 games and/or an official FIDE Rating.
THERE WILL BE A FREE GIVEAWAY OF THREE 50€ AMAZON GIFTCARDS AT THE END OF THE SURVEY.
VOLUNTARINESS OF PARTICIPATION/ EXCLUSION CRITERIA
Your participation in this survey is voluntarily. You can withdraw your consent of participation any given time. You can abort the survey any time and without justification. If required you can contactv the people responsible for the survey (section "contact"). Withdrawl of your consent of participantion won't cause any disadvantages. In order to participate in the survey you should be able to play chess and further possess an account on lichess.
RISK AND INCONVENIENCES
No risks or inconveniences are caused by this survey. To ensure high quality of data it is crucial that you are in an environment favouring concentration and no distractions are anticipated. We kindly ask you to refrain from participating in the survey, if one of the following circumstances applies:
• You are exhausted and/or tired
• You are strongly distracted (for instance through noise or other people)
• You are influenced by alcohol or other substances, which affect your ability to answer
CONFIDENTIALITY
All data is treated confidentially. Only the authors of the study have access to the data. These people are governed by professional confidentiality. For analyses data is anonymised, so conclusions to single data sets are impossible. The same applies for publication of the data.
CONTACT
If you have any questions during or after the study please contact Sofie Klenk (sofie.klenk@stud.sbg.ac.at).
By clicking on „Next“ you confirm being informed about the process, purpose, unwelcome effects and exclusion criteria regarding this survey. You have further been informed about the possibility to abort the survey at any time without naming reasons and having no disadvantage in doing so. You will follow the instructions of the survey, however retain your right to terminate your voluntary effort at any time.
Tip: Using Crtl + or Crtl - you are able to zoom in and out. Questions marked with a red star * are compulsory to answer. Questions without a red star don't have to be answered. We point out once more that all your answers are anonymous.
There are 22 questions in this survey.