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Psychological Experiments on the Internet
Michael H. Birnbaum (Ed, 2000)
Review will soon follow!
Content
Section I: General Issues
- Decision Making in the Lab and on the Web (Birnbaum)
- Validity of Web-Based Psychological Research (Krantz & Dalal)
- A Brief History of Web Experimenting (Musch & Reips)
- The Web Experiment Method: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Solutions (Reips)
Section II: Individual Differences and Cross-Cultural Studies
- Potential of the Internet for Personality Research (Buchanan)
- Human Sexual Behavior: A Comparison of College and Internet Surveys (Bailey, Foote & Throckmorton)
- An Intercultural Examination of Facial Features Communicating Surprise (Pagani & Lombardi)
- What Are Computing Experiences Good For?: A Case Study in Online Research (Mueller, Jacobson & Schwarzer)
Section III: Computer Techniques For Internet Experimentations
- PsychExps: An Online Psychology Laboratory (McGraw, Tew & Williams)
- Techniques for Creating and Using Web Questionnaires in Research and Teaching (Baron & Siepmann)
- The Cognitive Psychology Online Laboratory (Francis, Neath & Surprenant)
- The Server Side of Psychology Web Experiments (Schmidt)
Text from the back cover
Until recently, most psychological research was conducted using subject samples in close proximity to the investigators - namely, university graduates. In recent years, however, it has become possible to test people from all over the world by placing experiments on the Internet. The number of people using the Internet for this purpose is likely to make the Internet the main venue for subject pools in coming years. As such, learning about experiments on the Internet will be of vital interest to all research psychologists.
Psychological Experiments on the Internet is divided into three sections. Section I discusses the history of the Web experimentation, as well as the advantages, disadvantages, and validity of Web-based psychological research. Section II discusses examples of Web-based experiments on individual differences and cross-cultural studies. Section III provides readers with the necessary information and techniques for utilizing the Internet in their own research design.
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