LAB FEE
This class will have a $20 lab fee. We will collect this lab fee from students after the official drop date for the course. The professor will also pay a lab fee, although he won't earn anything from the pool.
The purpose of the lab fee is to provide incentives to students during our classroom demonstrations. Here is how it works:
In occassional classes we will conduct a demonstration of an "experiment" in class. You will be the "subjects" in the experiment. In each demonstration, you will earn points. At the end of the quarter, the class we will tally the total number of points across students. We will use a secret formula to convert your points into cash payments. The formula will make each classroom demonstration worth about the same amount of money. Your earnings from the demonstrations will be paid to you on the last day of class.
Paying the Lab Fee
We will collect the lab fee in the 4th week of class. We'll ask you to put $20 in a plain envelope with your name and student ID on the outside and give this to the TA.
IMPORTANT: Please let Professor Andreoni or the TA know if paying this lab fee presents a burden, and we can make special arrangements for you. I do not want this lab fee to prevent anyone from taking the class.