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Dyadic studies

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A common question we get is whether or not Prolific can help with dyadic studies.

We don't offer the experimental software itself, but we can provide the participants. At any given moment during daytime in your local time zone, hundreds of participants are active on our site. This makes it possible to pair them up for dyadic experiments or run multiplayer games.

Prolific uses convenience sampling, meaning study places are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Good to know:

  • We cannot guarantee successful pairings

  • You will need to specify wait times for participants waiting to be matched

  • Participants may need a partial payment if they aren't matched

  • Participants cannot be rejected for failing to match

We have separate guidance on running studies on couples here: How do I run studies with couples?


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