3.2 Participant Sample
Participants were recruited through an online survey audience portal
from a population of working professionals across the U.S. Age and
gender were balanced to increase generalizability. A series of quality
control questions were included in the survey to ensure that active,
engaged participant data was analyzed. For example, the first question
instructed “There is a code above your video. Please carefully select
that code from the list below.” Survey responses that included an
incorrect response were discarded.
The sample totaled 561 participants, once entries that failed quality
control were eliminated.