Democracy for Good Reasons

Start a sandbox interview

Sandbox only. This is not an IRB-approved participant flow; do not enter private, identifying, sensitive, or human-subjects research data.

Based on Sandbox default v1. Changes here apply only to this interview.

Interview configuration
[?]Choose cognitive interviewing to study how someone understands a question, or deliberative interviewing to explore reasons and alternatives.
[?]The AI model that asks interview questions. The available choices were smoke-tested through the OSU proxy and favor low cost.
[?]Controls how variable the AI's wording is. Lower values are more consistent; higher values are more varied. Around 0.2 is a sensible starting point for research interviews.
0.00 to 2.00
[?]The maximum length of one AI reply. A token is roughly three-quarters of an English word; 200 to 350 tokens is usually enough for a concise question.
[?]How many participant replies are accepted before the sandbox closes the interview. The opening question does not count as a participant turn.
[?]An optional audience description available to the prompt, such as “Ohio undergraduates.” It does not create participant accounts or verify age.
[?]The survey question or policy topic that the interviewer will explore. It is supplied to the selected opening prompt as {{ topic }}.
[?]Optional common material a participant should read before beginning. Any text here requires acknowledgement before the interview can start.
[?]Required whenever background material is present, so the interview begins from the shared material rather than assuming it was read.
Prompt material

Cognitive interview

[?]The standing instructions that guide every cognitive-interview response. Use it to set method and guardrails, such as asking one non-leading question at a time.
[?]Instructions used only to generate the first interviewer question. You can use {{ topic }}, {{ background }}, and {{ age_group }} as placeholders.

Deliberative interview

[?]The standing instructions that guide every deliberative-interview response. It should elicit a view, clarify it, and then explore reasons without debating.
[?]Instructions used only to generate the first deliberative question. You can use {{ topic }}, {{ background }}, and {{ age_group }} as placeholders.