STEM4Youth: Games xViladecans

STEM4Youth: Games Viladecans

Data collected during the performance STEM4Youth: Games xViladecans in Viladecans on May 12th, 2017. 

The participants played a public goods game. There were 6 experimental stations, one per individual, spatially distributed so that participants could not see each other. Also, they were rigorously prevented from talking or signaling one another. To further guarantee that potential interactions among players did not influence the results of the experiment, the assignment of players’ partners was completely random. All of the participants played through Citizen Social Lab, a web interface specifically developed for the experiment. 

The participants were shown a brief tutorial, but were not given any clue. They were informed that they had to make decisions under different conditions and against different opponents. We made sure the interface be the most simple and understandable to ensure the correct understanding of the tasks. Also, the interface was the same for everybody. We made sure to avoid the research be upsetting or harmful for the participants by presenting the experiment as a game and playful activity. One researcher closely monitored each session to guarantee the experimental protocol be strictly followed. Yet, the researchers provided help when required. All participants in the experiment signed an informed consent to participate and no association was ever made between their real names and the results, in agreement with the Spanish Law for Personal Data Protection. This procedure was approved by the Ethics Committee of Universitat de Barcelona, and all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.

STEM4Youth：维拉代坎斯游戏
本数据集采集自2017年5月12日于西班牙维拉代坎斯（Viladecans）开展的STEM4Youth实验游戏项目。
参与者参与了公共品博弈实验。本次实验共设置6个实验工位，每位参与者独占一个工位，工位在空间上独立排布，确保参与者之间无法互相目视。同时严格禁止参与者交谈或向彼此传递任何信号。为进一步排除玩家间潜在互动对实验结果的干扰，实验对手的分配完全采用随机方式。所有参与者均通过专为本次实验开发的网页界面Citizen Social Lab（公民社会实验室）完成全部实验流程。
参与者首先观看了简短的操作教程，但未获得任何额外实验提示。实验方告知参与者需在不同实验条件下与不同对手进行决策。为确保参与者准确理解实验任务，我们保证界面设计极简且易于理解，且所有参与者使用的界面完全统一。此外，为避免实验给参与者带来困扰或身心伤害，我们将实验包装为游戏与趣味活动形式。每场实验均有一名研究人员全程监督，以确保严格遵循实验流程，同时在参与者需要时提供必要协助。所有参与实验的受试者均签署了知情同意书，且根据西班牙《个人数据保护法》要求，受试者的真实姓名与实验结果未进行任何关联。本实验流程已获得巴塞罗那大学（Universitat de Barcelona）伦理委员会批准，所有实验方法均严格遵循相关指南与法规要求。