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Our main focus this week is on the mechanics of using online survey software (namely Qualtrics), as well as using online sources of respondents (e.g., Amazon's Mechanical Turk and Qualtrics' Panel). To a lesser extent, we will also discuss some elements of questionnaire design and sampling.
In class we’ll be creating a qualtrics survey together and I will demonstrate how to get research subjects using mturk. Then we will all download the results from a qualtrics survey, and enter the data into Stata. So …
You need to have your qualtrics account up and running
You need to have stata up and running
If you like, go to the Amazon Mechanical Turk website and create a requester account for yourself.
Homework Due
I would like each person in the class to obtain IRB certification if you don't have it already. This is required in order to conduct any research at the University (although class projects are exempt). Instructions are here.
In addition, you need to get started on the Online Survey Exercise, which is due next week, and which will give you practice using Qualtrics.
Additional MaterialsTutorial on using Amazon mTurk with Qualtrics [html]
Longitudinal handout [html]
Visit the IRB Materials page. It includes:
A slide presentation on managing the IRB process, and
Sample documents from a successful IRB application at UK
Secondary Readings
Classic References
Dillman, D., Smyth, J. & Christian, L. (2009). Internet, Mail, and Mixed-Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method, New York: Wiley.
Primary ReadingsTrochim. Survey Research. [php] This is a lot longer than it looks because of all the links within it. Follow them all.
Chandler & Shapiro. 2016. Conducting Clinical Research Using Crowdsourced Convenience Samples. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. 12:53-81. [pdf] [added 17 Sept]
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