1. What about this study interests me?
2. Why do I want to participate in this study?
3. When does this study take place - times of day, days of week?
4. Where do I go to participate in the study?
5. How long does this study last?
6. Do I feel this is an okay and safe study to participate in?
7. Does the information about this study seem to come from a reliable source?
8. Who stands to gain from my participation in the study?
9. Has this study been reviewed by an Institutional Review Board ( IRB) for validity and safety?
10. Do I feel somehow pressured or obligated to participate in this study?

In his endless quest for ready money, Joe, a Purdue college student, stumbles across an opportunity to do something beneficial when he finds a peanut research study recruitment flyer on the kiosk between the Union and Stewart Center. However he also must consume dye pills and collect his feces. His friend Jill advises him to look before he leaps.

Will Joe bite on the bait - er, the peanut?

What questions would you ask, if you were Joe? Who would you ask them of?

Click on the picture link above to watch what Joe does.