Really interesting research: “How WEIRD is Usable Privacy and Security Research?” by Ayako A. Hasegawa Daisuke Inoue, and Mitsuaki Akiyama: > Abstract: In human factor fields such as human-computer interaction (HCI) and > psychology, researchers have been concerned that participants mostly come from > WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) countries. > This WEIRD skew may hinder understanding of diverse populations and their > cultural differences. The usable privacy and security (UPS) field has > inherited many research methodologies from research on human factor fields. We > conducted a literature review to understand the extent to which participant > samples in UPS papers were from WEIRD countries and the characteristics of the > methodologies and research topics in each user study recruiting Western or > non-Western participants. We found that the skew toward WEIRD countries in UPS > is greater than that in HCI. Geographic and linguistic barriers in the study > methods and recruitment methods may cause researchers to conduct user studies > locally. In addition, many papers did not report participant demographics, > which could hinder the replication of the reported studies, leading to low > reproducibility. To improve geographic diversity, we provide the suggestions > including facilitate replication studies, address geographic and linguistic > issues of study/recruitment methods, and facilitate research on the topics for > non-WEIRD populations...