Product Updates

What’s new: Recruitment time calculator, AI Research Summit, and more

Samara Zauhy
|August 22, 2024

We’re always experimenting to enrich your research experience on Prolific. And we’ve got another round of updates to share in this post. From a powerful new tool to estimate participant recruitment time to an opportunity to join us at a cutting-edge AI research event, here's what's new:

Estimate your recruitment time!

Planning your study effectively is crucial, especially when working on tight deadlines or managing multiple projects. To support your planning, we’re introducing an experimental feature for some users that estimates how long it will take to recruit the participants you need.

This feature considers a range of study parameters—like the profiles of the participant you need, study duration, and compensation rates—to provide an accurate time estimate. With this information at your fingertips, you can better plan your study timeline and avoid unnecessary delays.

As this is an experimental feature, it’s currently available to select researchers only. We’ll be evaluating its performance closely and look forward to making it available to all users in the near future.

Other Prolific news

Join us at the exclusive AI Research Summit

We're excited to collaborate with Asana for the upcoming AI Research Summit in New York City on September 12th 2024 - our exclusive, invite-only event for leading AI and research experts to discuss the latest trends and challenges in AI research.

Interested in joining us? Head over to this link to request your invite. Don’t miss this chance to connect with leading researchers and enjoy an evening of groundbreaking insights, all the while taking in some of the best views of New York City.

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Join our live product walkthrough

Curious about how Prolific can streamline your research? Join our upcoming webinar where we walk you through the platform and show how you can use Prolific with your preferred tools and enhance your research.

Don’t miss this chance to see Prolific in action and enhance your research. Sign up now!

Our commitment to participant wellbeing

Participants are the heartbeat of all the world-changing research made possible by Prolific. Their welfare isn’t an afterthought for us—it’s a priority. That’s why we launched our first Participant Wellbeing Report in April, using a widely recognized wellness metric to measure wellbeing.

We’ve recently returned to our wellbeing data analysis methodology, finding that taking studies on Prolific continues to have a neutral impact on our participants' mental wellbeing. To learn about our participant wellbeing commitments and our methodology, download our first Participant Wellbeing Report. 

Prolific joins the British Polling Council

We are proud to share that we are now a member of the British Polling Council. The British Polling Council is the leading authority for polling organizations dedicated to upholding the highest standards of transparency and integrity in polling research.

This membership is a testament to our unwavering commitment to excellence in data collection and research methodology, and it further enhances the trust and credibility you can place in studies conducted through our platform.