Online Experiments

Jun 28

By Janet Salmons, Research Community Manager for Sage Methodspace

Laboratories without Walls

Since recall is imperfect, sometimes we need to do more than ask questions with surveys or interviews. How do people actually respond to a given situation or available information? Experiments offer a way to collect data for such studies. By conducting experiments online, researchers are not limited to local participants. They can conduct laboratory, field, and natural experiments with large global samples.

Dr. Guiseppe Veltri’s new book, Designing Online Experiments for the Social Sciences, offers practical guidance for designing and conducting ethical online experiments. In this interview he discusses advantages and strategies for different types of research. If you want to learn more, you can use the code COMMUNIT24 for a 25% discount when you order books from Sage, good until December 31, 2024.

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