Web-based experiments
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A Web-based experiment is an experiment that is conducted over the Internet. Psychology is probably the discipline that has used these experiments most widely but web-based experiments have also taken place in a range of other disciplines. These have become increasingly popular in recent years because of the ability to collect large amounts of data from a wide range of locations cheaply. A web-based experiment is a type of online research method.
Some researchers are concerned that Web-based experiments may have weaker controls compared to laboratory-based experiments. For instance, it may be difficult to be sure that the subjects are who they say they are (age, race, gender, etc.) and that they are taking the experiment seriously. Others have argued (here and here) that brick-and-mortar experiments are just as affected by these problems, if not more so. Reips (2002) has produced a set of guidelines on standards for internet experimenting.[1]
An article by Reips and Lengler discusses experiences and results from running various web based experiments..
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[edit] Web-based experiments different disciplines
[edit] Economics
Laboratory experimentation has been a growing field in economics for the last decade or so. But the more experiments have been conducted in economics, the more the issue of an appropriate methodology and organization has been raised.[2]
[edit] External links
- Cognition and Language Laboratory -- Also has links to other Web-based labs
- Online Psychology Experiments Categorized by Type
- The Actual list of Online Psychology Experiments
- DoPoX.com More online surveys
- Online research in the UK A very comprehensive website that links to psychology related studies currently running on the internet.
- Social Psychology Network
- WebExp2 - free software for creating and running web based psychology experiments also see this site
- WEXTOR - a free and commercial Web service to create online Psychology experiments
- Visual Cognition Online Laboratory - Also has links to a number of other Web-based labs
- WebExperiment.net - Different types of online research studies including everything from social cooperation to rating bodies on attractiveness
- The web experiment list, developed by Ulf-Dietrich Reips
[edit] References
- ^ Reips, U.-D. (2002). Standards for Internet-based experimenting. Experimental Psychology, 49 (4), 243-256.
- ^ Ben Greiner,An Online Recruitment System for Economic Experiments, http://ockenfels.uni-koeln.de/download/papers/orsee_billing.pdf
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