Invitation to participate in a study about scientific reasoning
Dear colleague, 
 
We are a research team from Carnegie Mellon University, the Santa Fe Institute, and Johns Hopkins University. We are conducting a study that explores how scientists reason about research findings. Your insights as a biologist would be essential for this research, and we invite PhD students, postdocs, research scientists and faculty to participate.
 
The study involves completing one online survey (approximately 20 - 40 minutes). In the survey, you will be invited to read a series of research findings and provide judgments about them, explain them, and reflect on possible follow-up studies that could be conducted to better understand these findings. Your participation will help advance our understanding of how scientists reason about and build on prior research findings.
 
Participation is entirely voluntary, and your responses will remain anonymous. To thank you for your time, you will be compensated with a $30 Amazon Gift Card following completion of our survey. 
 
If you are interested in participating, please contact the research team via email at scientificreasoningstudy@gmail.com.
 
Thank you for considering this opportunity to contribute to a project exploring how scientists reason about and build on prior research findings. Your insights will make a meaningful contribution to this research!

Best,
Di Liu, Johns Hopkins University
(https://www.di-liu.com/)
Marina Dubova, Santa Fe Institute
(https://www.mdubova.com/)
Kara Kedrick, Carnegie Mellon University (https://sites.google.com/andrew.cmu.edu/kara-kedrick?usp=sharing)

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