Online Data Collection in Auditory Perception and Cognition Research: Recruitment, Testing, Data Quality and Ethical Considerations
2021
Online studies using recruitment services (such as Prolific or Amazon's MTurk) and online
testing platforms (such as Gorilla or PsyToolkit) are becoming increasingly common in
psychological science. Although auditory disciplines have been slower to adopt these
methods, uptake is rapidly increasing in auditory perception and cognition research. Utilising
online data collection and recruitment presents several advantages to researchers in terms of
the speed of research and the range of target demographics available compared to either
traditional lab studies or web-based recruitment via traditional means. Online platforms and
recruitment services also present a set of technical and ethical challenges owing to the fact
that the people completing experiments are working with their own devices from their homes.
This article discusses the potential technical and ethical implications of online studies,
including both recruitment services and online testing platforms, with specific reference to
auditory perception and cognition research. Rates of remuneration, sampling characteristics,
anonymity, quality control, and ethics are all discussed with respect to these approaches. We
also provide proposals for how researchers can ensure that online research meets present-day
ethical and technical guidelines as well as research transparency standards
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