Real Deal Study: Informed Consent Form

You are invited to participate in a study of Real Deal, a fast mobile alternative to promotion searching. We hope to learn how to automate and streamline the whole process of promotion searching, removing the tedious unnecessary steps to finding the best deals around you. You were selected as a possible participant in this study because you can represent of our several target user groups for our project.

If you decide to participate, we will ask you to test out an interactive prototype of our proposed promotion finding system for roughly thirty minutes. You will operate the system on a mobile device simulator on a laptop computer by clicking on the simulated key pad using the mouse. We will record and monitor responses and difficulties while you use our system, but don't feel like you are under any pressure to perform reasonably. We are simply looking for the average user's ability to use our interface.

Any information that is obtained in connection with this study and that can be identified with you

will remain confidential and will be disclosed only with your permission. The rest of the anonymous information will be posted for students in UI design at UC Berkeley, and only be used for purposes of user interface study.

Your decision whether or not to participate will not prejudice your future relation with UC Berkeley. If you decide to participate, you are free to discontinue participation at any time without prejudice.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you have any additional

questions later, please contact Zhou Li at who will be happy to answer them.

You will be offered a copy of this form to keep.

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You are making a decision whether or not to participate. Your signature indicates that you have

read the information provided above and have decided to participate. You may withdraw at any

time without penalty or loss of benefits to which you may be entitled after signing this form

should you choose to discontinue participation in this study.

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Signature Date

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Signature of Parent/Legal Guardian (If necessary) Date

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Signature of Witness (If appropriate) Signature of Investigator