Screen potential subjects to determine their suitability as study participants.

“Screen potential subjects to determine their suitability as study participants.” is a supplemental task performed by Social Science Research Assistants. Among the occupation's 23 rated tasks, workers place it 17th by importance (#7 most important). About 49% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Perform recruiting or hiring activities. in Staffing Organizational Units

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Design and create special programs for tasks such as statistical analysis and data entry and cleaning. · importance 4.5
• Obtain informed consent of research subjects or their guardians. · importance 4.5
• Administer standardized tests to research subjects, or interview them to collect research data. · importance 4.4
• Provide assistance with the preparation of project-related reports, manuscripts, and presentations. · importance 4.2
• Prepare tables, graphs, fact sheets, and written reports summarizing research results. · importance 4.2
• Recruit and schedule research participants. · importance 4.2
• Perform descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses of data, using computer software. · importance 4.1
• Track research participants, and perform any necessary follow-up tasks. · importance 4.1
• Verify the accuracy and validity of data entered in databases, correcting any errors. · importance 4.0
• Develop and implement research quality control procedures. · importance 4.0
• Prepare, manipulate, and manage extensive databases. · importance 3.9
• Edit and submit protocols and other required research documentation. · importance 3.9
• Perform data entry and other clerical work as required for project completion. · importance 3.9
• Code data in preparation for computer entry. · importance 3.9

See all tasks on the Social Science Research Assistants page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-12966,
  title  = {Screen potential subjects to determine their suitability as study participants.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-12966}
}