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Thank you for participating in our recruiting survey for the OSU Sensory & Consumer Group at the OSU Food Innovation Center in Portland, Oregon!

In an effort to improve our current test recruiting procedure, we are working to develop a more thorough understanding of our potential participants’ buying habits, resulting in a more precise recruiting model. Our new system will only send you surveys for opportunities that align with your buying habits. Because of this, your odds for selection as a taste tester or focus group participant are likely to increase.

The following survey includes questions about your purchasing behavior for many different categories of food, allowing us to understand your food buying habits. This survey is considerably longer than our usual questionnaires, but we believe that by filling it out, you will save time with fewer questions to complete in the future; the surveys you do receive will be targeted and succinct. This survey should only be filled out for yourself; please do not submit the survey for other people.

For a general overview of our recruiting and testing procedure, please read our Testing Overview. Feel free to save the document to your own computer for future reference. It will give you some tips on how to improve your chances of being selected to participate in our taste tests or focus groups, as well as some guidelines to follow to ensure that you are not removed from our email distribution list and barred from future participation.

The transition to this new system will take time to implement. In the interim, you may continue to receive surveys in our current format. We just ask for your patience during the transition. We welcome questions and feedback on our test recruiting process, so contact us by email at consumer.info@oregonstate.edu. Thank you!