This is REQUEST FOR INFORMATION for behavioral science experiments survey system. With this RFI Aalto University is seeking
information on suppliers interested in delivering the services described.Aalto University is seeking a tool for behavioral
science experiments research. We have several research groups in School of Business and School of Science. Estimated number
of users is between 60 and 100. These ...
This is REQUEST FOR INFORMATION for behavioral science experiments survey system. With this RFI Aalto University is seeking
information on suppliers interested in delivering the services described.Aalto University is seeking a tool for behavioral
science experiments research. We have several research groups in School of Business and School of Science. Estimated number
of users is between 60 and 100. These research studies may accumulate from 30 000 to 40 000 experiment responses yearly. REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE SYSTEMTo professionally design and conduct research experiments with desired quality, we are looking for the system
that supports the following features:1. Supporting common question types used in behavioral experiments. Also option weighting
(zero-sum weighting), categorizing (dragging options to categories) and labelling (assigning multiple categories to items)
questions as built-in options without a need for extra coding or importing objects from external sources.2. GDPR: System has
to meet GDPR requirements and personal data has to be secured.3. System must comply with accessibility standards set in EU
Accessibility Directive (2016/2102)4. Enabling participants to interact with pictures and graphics (tag, like, color-code
etc.) and record such interactions in detail for the researcher.5. Ability to activate/deactivate the experiment manually,
and limit automatically access to the experiment link based on pre-defined criteria (e.g., time, participant ID, etc.)6. Ability
to trigger tasks based on scheduled items, or external triggers (e.g., for a longitudinal study, automatically creating and
emailing a link to a second version of a survey/experiment exactly n hours/days/weeks after the completion time/date of the
earlier version of the experiment for each individual participant).7. Having own pool of verified and categorized participants
with several thousands participants per category.8. Ability to generate reusable links, reusable QR codes as well as individual
(traceable) experiment links for distributing the experiment. Ability to handle such distribution via email within the platform
(using lists or text files). Ability to interact directly with major social networks (like LinkedIn, Facebook) in order to
distribute experiments within professional groups. 9. Tracking participants’ actions while reacting to the experimental
elements. At the very minimum: tracking time spent on each action/element and tracking mouse/ clicks on the screen (location
& clicks) when exposed to a graphical manipulation.10. Common features used to improve security, reliability, and efficiency
of experimental designs: captcha verification, signature entry, recording user’s screen size, OS & browser type for experiments
that are not compatible with certain settings (e.g., small screens), and timing the elements of experiment (putting minimum
and maximum time allowances for each element).11. Experiment flow options that include at least: randomized assignment of
participants with and without quota, creating using embedded data for branching survey/experiment flow for different participants
based on their actions within the experiment, defining different endings based on embedded data (provided by the researcher)
or based on participant actions, seamless connection within the experiment flow to the common online participant pools (e.g.,
MTurk, Prolific, CrowdFlower etc.)12. Ability to use multi-layer conditional logic to activate / show items to each participant
base on different interdependent criteria. Ability to randomize sequence of all or a subset of items within a set of items
(and record the sequence along with participant actions for each participant individually). 13. Ability to use automatically
(not manual entry for each participant) simulated multivariate data from an external source to create individually customized
manipulations. Ability to do such simulation for univariate data (for common uniform and normal distributions) within the
platform itself (recording both the simulated value and the participant responses).14. Tracking changes made by each collaborator
(and its time). Recording historical experiment versions, making it possible to determine what version is seen by just having
the completion date.15. Having advanced programmability features for modifying the environment, items, flow etc., like reconsidering
some previous decisions based on participant’s actions or criteria, or using an external factor to trigger actions (amount
of time passed, etc). Also, features to edit source code (e.g. JavaScript or HTML) for each item, for inserting codes from
external sources (e.g., behavioral games).INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS RFIWe request you to inform us about your
interest to participate in this RFI by Monday 27th of November 11:00 CET / 12pm EET by email to venla.virtanen@aalto.fi and
antti.laari@aalto.fi (Please use both names as recipients.). Please use this subject in email: "RFI for Behavioral science
experiments survey system”.Please send the following information in your response:- General presentation of your system- Technical
description, specific list of how our required features are fulfilled.- Technical description of system security- License
model for the system
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