Using Facebook to Supplement Participant Pools for Class Research Projects: Should We Like It?

Autor/in	Sciutto, Mark J.
Titel	Using Facebook to Supplement Participant Pools for Class Research Projects: Should We Like It?
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 42 (2015) 2, S.157-162 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
DOI	10.1177/0098628315573140
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Psychology; Student Projects; Student Research; Social Networks; Technology Uses in Education; Recruitment; Sampling; Statistical Analysis; Sample Size; Social Bias; Social Attitudes; Mental Disorders; Disabilities; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Effect Size; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologie; Schulprojekt; Studentenforschung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Statistische Analyse; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Handicap; Behinderung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	In-class research projects are a valuable way of providing research experience for undergraduate students in psychology. This article evaluates the use of online social networks to supplement sample recruitment for in-class research projects. Specifically, this article presents a systematic analysis of seven student research projects that recruited through social networks and a traditional participant pool. Data from these studies suggest that the social network and participant pool samples were very similar in participant characteristics and overall levels of the dependent measures. Similarly, the magnitude and direction of the effect sizes were very similar across the studies. Results suggest that online recruiting may be a viable way of supplementing sample sizes while also providing additional opportunities to address learning goals related to statistical analyses. However, the pedagogical benefits of increasing sample size through online recruiting must be considered in conjunction with the potential ethical and methodological limitations of recruiting through online social networks. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01