Individual differences in online research: Comparing lab-based and online administration of a psycholinguistic battery of linguistic and domain-general skills.

IF 4.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL Behavior Research Methods Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI:10.3758/s13428-024-02533-x

Kyla McConnell, Florian Hintz, Antje S Meyer

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Experimental psychologists and psycholinguists increasingly turn to online research for data collection due to the ease of sampling many diverse participants in parallel. Online research has shown promising validity and consistency, but is it suitable for all paradigms? Specifically, is it reliable enough for individual differences research? The current paper reports performance on 15 tasks from a psycholinguistic individual differences battery, including timed and untimed assessments of linguistic abilities, as well as domain-general skills. From a demographically homogenous sample of young Dutch people, 149 participants participated in the lab study, and 515 participated online. Our results indicate that there is no reason to assume that participants tested online will underperform compared to lab-based testing, though they highlight the importance of motivation and the potential for external help (e.g., through looking up answers) online. Overall, we conclude that there is reason for optimism in the future of online research into individual differences.

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在线研究中的个体差异：比较基于实验室和在线管理的语言和领域一般技能的心理语言学电池。

实验心理学家和心理语言学家越来越多地转向在线研究来收集数据，因为可以方便地同时对许多不同的参与者进行抽样。在线研究显示了有希望的有效性和一致性，但它适用于所有范式吗？具体来说，它对个体差异研究是否足够可靠？目前的论文报告了心理语言学个体差异电池在15项任务中的表现，包括对语言能力的定时和非定时评估，以及领域一般技能。从人口统计学上相同的荷兰年轻人样本中，149名参与者参加了实验室研究，515名参与者参加了在线研究。我们的研究结果表明，没有理由认为在线测试的参与者会比基于实验室的测试表现不佳，尽管他们强调了动机的重要性和外部帮助（例如，通过在线查找答案）的潜力。总的来说，我们得出结论，我们有理由对在线研究个体差异的未来持乐观态度。

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Behavior Research Methods Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Behavior Research Methods publishes articles concerned with the methods, techniques, and instrumentation of research in experimental psychology. The journal focuses particularly on the use of computer technology in psychological research. An annual special issue is devoted to this field.