Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Date of Award
5-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Experimental Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Grant Benham
Second Advisor
Dr. Darrin Rogers
Third Advisor
Dr. Mark Winkel
Abstract
A major proportion of psychological research uses subjects from undergraduate populations. Increasingly, researchers are exploiting the Internet to reach beyond the traditional undergraduate sample. The current study sought to compare data obtained from a conventional undergraduate student sample to data collected via two online survey recruitment platforms: Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) crowdsourcing site and the virtual environment of Second Life (SL). Data obtained via these online recruitment platforms was statistically equivalent to the data obtained from the college sample, based on standardized measures of psychological stress and sleep quality. Additionally, correlations between the sleep and stress measures were not statistically different between the groups. These results, along with practical considerations in the use of these platforms, are discussed.
Granting Institution
University of Texas-Pan American
Recommended Citation
Briones, E. M. (2014) An evaluation of alternative methods for online survey recruitment: the equivalency of data collected through amazon mechanical turk and second life to traditional undergraduate student samples [Master's thesis, University of Texas-Pan American]. ScholarWorks @ UTRGV. https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/leg_etd/934
Comments
Copyright 2014 Elizabeth M. Briones. All Rights Reserved.
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