Credibility
Ethics & Methodology
The standards the project holds itself to, and an honest account of what it can and cannot claim.
Ethics & scope
Research purpose
The lab is an educational behavioral finance capstone. Experiments study decision patterns under simulated pressure conditions. Nothing here is a clinical, psychological, or financial assessment of any individual.
Participant consent
Participation is voluntary and based on informed consent. Participants are told what the exercise involves before they begin and may stop at any time without penalty.
Anonymity
Responses are anonymous and analyzed only in aggregate. No individual result is published or interpreted on its own.
Data storage
Only the minimum data needed for analysis is retained, stored securely, and reported in aggregate. The public Pressure Test runs entirely in the browser and stores nothing.
No sensitive data
The project does not collect sensitive personal data unless it is genuinely necessary for a specific, disclosed purpose — and it avoids it by default.
No diagnosis or advice
Outputs are not medical or psychological diagnoses and are not financial advice. Profiles and indices are illustrative, built on transparent placeholder logic.
Limitations
Stating limits plainly is part of doing the work honestly. The project is careful not to overclaim.
- The sample may not represent the broader population.
- Simulated pressure is not identical to real-world market stress.
- Experimental results show associations and condition differences, not universal laws.
- Market-volatility analysis is exploratory and should not be interpreted as causal without stronger identification.
- Sample sizes are modest and drawn largely from a school-based population.