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Evaluating Reddit as a Crowdsourcing Platform for Psychology Research Projects
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Luong, Raymond; Lomanowska, Anna M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2022
Background: Online crowdsourcing platforms, such as Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), have become popular alternatives to the ubiquitous student samples used in psychology research. r/SampleSize, an alternative pool on the website Reddit, allows for online participant recruitment without compulsory or immediate payment, making it potentially useful…
Descriptors: Social Media, Research Methodology, Data Collection, Psychology
Stats on the Cheap: Using Free and Inexpensive Internet Resources to Enhance the Teaching of Statistics and Research Methods
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Hartnett, Jessica L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2013
The present article describes four free or inexpensive Internet-based activities that can be used to supplement statistics/research methods/general psychology classes. Each activity and subsequent homework assessment is described, as well as homework performance outcome and student opinion data for each activity. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Internet, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
A Virtual Lab in Research Methods
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Sommer, Barbara A.; Sommer, Robert – Teaching of Psychology, 2003
A hands-on lab for a lower division research methods course used an online format with Web page, Web forms, an e-mail listproc, and chat room. The virtual section received a higher rating for overall value than did the in-person labs. Students liked its convenience and flexibility. There were no significant differences in examination performance…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Methods Courses, Computer Uses in Education, Internet