2009/02/05 by Ulf‐Dietrich Reips · 2 citations
Computer Science · #Advanced Text Analysis Techniques
paper · doi:10.1117/12.823416
openalex publication_date 2009/02/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
The Internet experiment is now a well-established and widely used method. The present paper describes guidelines for the proper conduct of Internet experiments, e.g. handling of dropout, unobtrusive naming of materials, and pre-testing. Several methods are presented that further increase the quality of Internet experiments and help to avoid frequent errors. These methods include the "seriousness check", "warm-up," "high hurdle," and "multiple site entry" techniques, control of multiple submissions, and control of motivational confounding. Finally, metadata from sites like WEXTOR (http://wextor.org) and the web experiment list (http://genpsylab-wexlist.uzh.ch/) are reported that show the current state of Internet-based research in terms of the distribution of fields, topics, and research designs used.