Building, Hosting and Recruiting: A Brief Introduction to Running Behavioral Experiments Online
Researchers have ample reasons to take their experimental studies out of the lab and into the online wilderness. For some, it is out of necessity, due to an unforeseen laboratory closure or difficulties in recruiting on-site participants. Others want to benefit from the large and diverse online popu...
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| description | Researchers have ample reasons to take their experimental studies out of the lab and into the online wilderness. For some, it is out of necessity, due to an unforeseen laboratory closure or difficulties in recruiting on-site participants. Others want to benefit from the large and diverse online population. However, the transition from in-lab to online data acquisition is not trivial and might seem overwhelming at first. To facilitate this transition, we present an overview of actively maintained solutions for the critical components of successful online data acquisition: creating, hosting and recruiting. Our aim is to provide a brief introductory resource and discuss important considerations for researchers who are taking their first steps towards online experimentation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-470cdec06bd747919771de8e272fbc052023-11-19T22:37:30ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252020-04-0110425110.3390/brainsci10040251Building, Hosting and Recruiting: A Brief Introduction to Running Behavioral Experiments OnlineMarian Sauter0Dejan Draschkow1Wolfgang Mack2Institute for Psychology, Bundeswehr University Munich, 85579 Neubiberg, GermanyDepartment of Psychiatry, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UKInstitute for Psychology, Bundeswehr University Munich, 85579 Neubiberg, GermanyResearchers have ample reasons to take their experimental studies out of the lab and into the online wilderness. For some, it is out of necessity, due to an unforeseen laboratory closure or difficulties in recruiting on-site participants. Others want to benefit from the large and diverse online population. However, the transition from in-lab to online data acquisition is not trivial and might seem overwhelming at first. To facilitate this transition, we present an overview of actively maintained solutions for the critical components of successful online data acquisition: creating, hosting and recruiting. Our aim is to provide a brief introductory resource and discuss important considerations for researchers who are taking their first steps towards online experimentation.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/4/251online experimentsbehavioral sciencesonline methodsremote testing |
| spellingShingle | Marian Sauter Dejan Draschkow Wolfgang Mack Building, Hosting and Recruiting: A Brief Introduction to Running Behavioral Experiments Online Brain Sciences online experiments behavioral sciences online methods remote testing |
| title | Building, Hosting and Recruiting: A Brief Introduction to Running Behavioral Experiments Online |
| title_full | Building, Hosting and Recruiting: A Brief Introduction to Running Behavioral Experiments Online |
| title_fullStr | Building, Hosting and Recruiting: A Brief Introduction to Running Behavioral Experiments Online |
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| title_short | Building, Hosting and Recruiting: A Brief Introduction to Running Behavioral Experiments Online |
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| topic | online experiments behavioral sciences online methods remote testing |
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