Participant studies
Build a composable experiment timeline
Arrange consent, baseline measurement, stimuli, assigned interaction, process tasks, final outcomes, and debriefing in a clear participant journey.
The basic idea
A timeline is part of the treatment protocol, not merely page navigation. Stage order can prime participants, expose information, and determine whether a measure is genuinely pre- or post-treatment, so AI Deliberator preserves scientifically necessary boundaries while allowing meaningful ordering choices within them.
Show a policy vignette, collect an initial judgment, assign a solo-AI or council discussion, collect a revised judgment, run five reaction-time trials, and finish with the post-treatment questionnaire.
How to do it
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Enable only the modules the hypothesis requires.
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Use the timeline arrows to order eligible pre-interaction and post-interaction stages.
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Confirm that consent, assignment, the final questionnaire, and completion remain in their protected positions.
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Preview and pilot the complete journey before opening recruitment.
What to watch for
- Moving a measure across treatment changes its interpretation.
- Long study journeys increase attrition and satisficing.
- A future external module such as ConjointSurvey.com should return a signed completion state rather than exposing participant bearer links.
What a useful result looks like
The saved study specification contains one readable, reproducible participant journey with ordering constraints that prevent common treatment-timing mistakes.