The Role of MTurk in Education Research: Advantages, Issues, and Future Directions

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 329-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Jake Follmer ◽  
Rayne A. Sperling ◽  
Hoi K. Suen
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Mechanical Turk ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Amazon's Mechanical Turk

The advent of online platforms such as Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) has expanded considerably researchers’ options for collecting research data. Many researchers, however, express understandable skepticism of the viability of using platforms such as MTurk. In this article, we provide a background on the use of MTurk as a mechanism for collecting research data. We then review what is currently known about the advantages and issues associated with using MTurk and highlight important areas for future research. We conclude by discussing implications of the use of crowdsourcing platforms such as MTurk for education research.

scholarly journals TheChildLab.com A Video Chat Platform for Developmental Research

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Sheskin ◽  
Frank Keil
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Mechanical Turk ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Developmental Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Amazon's Mechanical Turk

Over the past decade, the internet has become an important platform for many types of psychology research, especially research with adult participants on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. More recently, developmental researchers have begun to explore how online studies might be conducted with infants and children. Here, we introduce a new platform for online developmental research that includes live interaction with a researcher, and use it to replicate classic results in the literature. We end by discussing future research, including the potential for large-scale cross-cultural and longitudinal research.

scholarly journals Variation among Mechanical Turk Workers Across Time of Day Presents an Opportunity and a Challenge for Research

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Fordsham ◽  
Aaron J Moss ◽  
Sam Krumholtz ◽  
Thomas Roggina ◽  
Jonathan Robinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Sampling Methods ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Mechanical Turk ◽  
Behavioral Characteristics ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Day Of The Week ◽  
Amazon's Mechanical Turk ◽  
Online Sampling ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Conducting behavioral research online allows researchers to gather more data in less time than conducting studies in person. But this efficiency may sometimes have a cost. Specifically, when researchers gather data within just a few hours, their study may be subject to a time of day bias. Because participants in online platforms are generally free to complete studies whenever they want, people who take studies in the morning may be different in important ways than those who take studies at night. We explored this possibility in two studies conducted on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. In both studies, we sampled participants at different times of the day and examined whether morning and evening active people differed on a variety of psychological and behavioral characteristics known to correlate with a preference for either morningness or eveningness. We found that participants active in the morning and the evening reported different circadian typologies. Additionally, we found that participants active in the morning reported more conscientiousness and less anxiety, depression, procrastination, internet compulsion, disruptive sleep behaviors, disordered eating, and neuroticism than those sampled in the evening. Study 2 demonstrated that many signs of sub-clinical behavior were uniquely high among evening oriented people and that differences between morning and evening oriented people remained robust after controlling for local time zones and day of the week. Overall, our findings have important implications for online sampling methods and indicate that time of day differences in the composition of online samples represent both an opportunity and a challenge for research.

scholarly journals Appraising positive aspects of shared history through contact- A preliminary model of reconciliation among Hindus and Muslims of the Kashmir Valley

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sramana Majumdar
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Kashmir Valley ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Shared History ◽  
Preliminary Model ◽  
Identity Based

The long-standing political conflict in the Kashmir Valley has resulted in identity based polarization and subsequent displacement of communities. Reconciliation between Hindus (also known as Pandits) and Muslims is viewed as an important step in any sustainable effort towards conflict resolution and peacebuilding in the Valley. This paper begins by examining the much debated territorial and cultural concept of ‘Kashmiriyat’ and instead proposes an alternative lens that emphasizes on shared history as opposed to common identity. We approach reconciliation through a socio-psychological lens by examining the role of a shared cultural past and historical coexistence- or simply put as shared history, as a positive resource that can be appraised by facilitating intergroup contact through certain channels. The possible impediments are discussed and future directions have been outlined. The conclusion emphasizes on the need to focus on intra-communal reconciliation in populations suffering from ongoing intractable conflict, and the necessary need for future research to focus on elements like shared history and collective memory that can be essential in post conflict recovery.

Assessing 40 Years of Group Vitality Research and Future Directions

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Y. Bourhis ◽  
Itesh Sachdev ◽  
Martin Ehala ◽  
Howard Giles
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Support ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Subjective Perceptions ◽  
Language Minorities ◽  
Future Research Directions

This article provides key group vitality concepts followed by a selective overview of four decades of research on vitality issues. Group vitality is what makes language communities behave as distinctive and active collective entities within multilingual settings. Three structural factors combine to foster strong to weak group vitality: demographic factors, institutional support, and status. The objective vitality framework uses available census and sociolinguistic indicators to measure the relative vitality of minority and majority language communities in contact. Two case studies show the crucial role of language policies in improving or undermining the vitality of language minorities in Canada. Studies of subjective perceptions of group vitality are reviewed as they relate to language and communicative outcomes. Key vitality models are noted along with future research directions highlighting the need for a theoretical integration of the vitality framework.

Psychopathy as an Emergent Interpersonal Syndrome: Further Reflections and Future Directions

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 645-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott O. Lilienfeld ◽  
Ashley L. Watts ◽  
Brett Murphy ◽  
Thomas H. Costello ◽  
Shauna M. Bowes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Alternative Models

In our article (Lilienfeld et al., 2019), we hypothesized that psychopathy and some other personality disorders are emergent interpersonal syndromes (EISs): interpersonally malignant configurations of distinct personality subdimensions. We respond to three commentaries by distinguished scholars who raise provocative challenges to our arguments and intriguing suggestions for future research. We clarify the role of folk concepts in our understanding of psychopathy, offer further suggestions for testing our interactional hypotheses, consider the role of boldness in motivational accounts of psychopathy, and discuss future directions for incorporating developmental considerations and the role of victims in our EIS account. We are optimistic that this account will prove to be of heuristic value, and should encourage researchers and theoreticians to explore alternative models of psychopathy and other personality disorders.

Investigating Sport Fan Attitudes Towards Tanking: Th e Role of Values-Based Connections

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-268
Author(s):  
K. Damon Aiken ◽  
Ajay Sukhdial ◽  
Richard Campbell ◽  
Aubrey Kent
Keyword(s):  
National Sample ◽  
National Basketball Association ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Mechanical Turk ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Sport Fan ◽  
Amazon's Mechanical Turk

While previous research has found support for the existence of tanking in professional sport, attitudinal complexities surrounding the phenomenon have yet to be investigated. This study utilized Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service to obtain a national sample of National Basketball Association (NBA) fans. The sample contained fans of all thirty NBA teams. Respondents provided data regarding their overall attitudes toward tanking as well as their underlying old school values, time-oriented values, and ethics-based values. Results indicate that fans have a relatively strong dislike for perceived tanking and that a team’s win-loss record has very little influence on fans’ generally negative attitudes. Furthermore, these attitudes appear to be guided by fan values.

Identifying Managerial Influences on Exporting: Past Research and Future Directions

1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonidas C. Leonidou ◽  
Constantine S. Katsikeas ◽  
Nigel F. Piercy
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Export Behavior

Research on exporting frequently stresses the role of managerial characteristics as influences on the export behavior of the firm. This article reviews the conceptual, methodological, and empirical insights gained from a systematic analysis of 46 studies conducted on this subject. Undoubtedly, this stream of research has enhanced understanding of the importance of managerial elements in affecting exporting activities. However, conceptually this research is still in its exploratory phase of development, lacking an integral theoretical framework. Certain methodological limitations are also identified, especially with respect to sampling designs, fieldwork procedures, and analytical methods. Empirically, hypothesized associations between managerial factors and export dimensions lead to diverse and sometimes conflicting findings, except for attributes of a general-subjective nature that demonstrate a consistently strong relationship with exporting—particularly in relation to the firm's propensity to export. The review reaches certain significant conclusions and suggests directions for future research in the field.

scholarly journals Peran citra merek hijau, niat merek untuk meningkatkan loyalitas pembelian

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Sri Rahayu ◽  
Rin Nanik ◽  
Susi Sulastri
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
University Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Minimum Age

This study aims to determine the role of green brand image in an effort to increase brand intention, and purchase loyalty. Research locations were held in various universities in the province of D.I.Yogyakarta. The population of this research is university students, and the research sample is 222 students. The sampling technique uses purposive sampling technique, minimum age 18, and a maximum 25 years old, laptop users at least 1 year. Data were collected through a survey by distributing questionnaires. The research data is processed using structural equation modeling, AMOS 21 program. The results of this study indicate that green brand image has a positive and significant effect on brand intention, and purchase loyalty. The more the green brand image increases, the more brand intention and purchase loyalty increases. This study also has limitations, and includes suggestions for future research.    

scholarly journals PUBLISHING IN SERJ: AN ANALYSIS OF PAPERS FROM 2002–2009

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-26
Author(s):  
ANDREW ZIEFFLER ◽  
JOAN GARFIELD ◽  
ROBERT C. DELMAS ◽  
LAURA LE ◽  
REBEKAH ISAAK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Statistics Education ◽  
Publishing Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Statistics Education Research ◽  
Research Journal

SERJ has provided a high quality professional publication venue for researchers in statistics education for close to a decade. This paper presents a review of the articles published to explore what they suggest about the field of statistics education, the researchers, the questions addressed, and the growing knowledge base on teaching and learning statistics. We present a detailed analysis of these articles in order to address the following questions: What is being published and why, who is publishing research in SERJ, how is the research being carried out, and what do the results suggest about future research? Implications for future directions in statistics education research are suggested. First published November 2011 at Statistics Education Research Journal: Archives

scholarly journals Diet and Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: The State of the Art and Future Directions

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 5203
Author(s):  
Katherine Brain ◽  
Tracy L. Burrows ◽  
Laura Bruggink ◽  
Anneleen Malfliet ◽  
Chris Hayes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pain Management ◽  
Cancer Pain ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cancer Pain Management ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Current State ◽  
Monounsaturated Fats ◽  
Management Recommendations

Nutrition plays an important role in pain management. Healthy eating patterns are associated with reduced systemic inflammation, as well as lower risk and severity of chronic non-cancer pain and associated comorbidities. The role of nutrition in chronic non-cancer pain management is an emerging field with increasing interest from clinicians and patients. Evidence from a number of recent systematic reviews shows that optimising diet quality and incorporating foods containing anti-inflammatory nutrients such as fruits, vegetables, long chain and monounsaturated fats, antioxidants, and fibre leads to reduction in pain severity and interference. This review describes the current state of the art and highlights why nutrition is critical within a person-centred approach to pain management. Recommendations are made to guide clinicians and highlight areas for future research.

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