University Research — Cybersecurity Awareness
Research Study
This study is in two parts and takes about 20-25 minutes in total. Please read the Participant Information Sheet provided to you before continuing. All nine statements below must be checked to take part.
Already completed Part 1? Continue to Part 2 →
Part 1 of 2 — About You
This is your baseline assessment — no feedback will be shown until the study is complete.
🎉 Part 1 complete
Please write this code down now. You will need it to complete Part 2. It does not identify you personally.
Now try the tool
You are about to see how the tool classifies the same emails you just judged yourself, along with its plain-language explanation for each decision. Take a moment to read each explanation.
Part 2 of 2
Enter the code you were given at the end of Part 1 to continue. If you took a break, welcome back — this is exactly what the code is for.
These are new emails you have not seen before.
Almost done
Strongly Disagree (1) to Strongly Agree (5).
Last step
For each, move the slider from Low to High (or Good to Poor for Performance).
🎉 Study complete
Thank you for taking part. All emails shown to you today (including the "phishing" ones) were simulated for research purposes; no real phishing content or data request was ever involved. Your anonymous responses will contribute to research on phishing detection tools for university students.