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Fast, Free, and Targeted: Reddit as a Source for Recruiting Participants Online
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The article discusses current online recruitment sources and their limitations, provides an overview of Reddit, validates its use for research purposes, examines participation data from previous studies which recruited through Reddit, and suggests guidelines that can improve recruitment and retention rates for scientists looking to use Reddit for their research.Abstract:
Recruiting participants is a necessary step in many studies. With the advent of online research techniques, scientists are looking for new places where participants can be recruited online, in orde...read more
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Modeling compliance with COVID-19 prevention guidelines: the critical role of trust in science.
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Passive and Active Social Media Use and Depressive Symptoms Among United States Adults.
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TL;DR: Assessment of the independent associations between active versus passive SMU and depressive symptoms in adults 18-49 of age found each one-point increase in active SMU was associated with a 15 percent decrease in depressive symptoms, however, in the same multivariable model, eachone-point decrease in activeSMU was linked to a 15% decrease in depression symptoms.
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Unorganized atheism and the secular movement: reddit as a site for studying ‘lived atheism’:
Evelina Lundmark,Stephen LeDrew +1 more
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Social Distancing and Lockdown - An Introvert's Paradise? An Empirical Investigation on the Association Between Introversion and the Psychological Impact of COVID19-Related Circumstantial Changes
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Are Daily Stand-up Meetings Valuable? A Survey of Developers in Software Teams
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TL;DR: The authors propose three recommendations to consider in participant recruitment, which are: (a) collaborate with gatekeepers; (b) use additional recruitment tools; and (c) understand your target population.
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Beyond traditional advertisements: leveraging Facebook's social structures for research recruitment.
Rupa S. Valdez,Thomas M. Guterbock,Morgan J. Thompson,Jeremiah D. Reilly,Hannah K Menefee,Maria S Bennici,Ishan C. Williams,Deborah L. Rexrode +7 more
TL;DR: The results of the study demonstrate that leveraging the social structures of Facebook for health-related research was feasible for obtaining small samples appropriate for qualitative research but not for obtaining large samples needed for quantitative research.
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Using Facebook as a Subject Recruitment Tool for Survey-Experimental Research
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the use of Facebook to recruit participants for online survey-experimental studies of public opinion and discuss sample composition, attention to the task, and the possibility of rewarding participants through a lottery.
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Why Can’t a Student Be More Like an Average Person?: Sampling and Attrition Effects in Social Science Field and Laboratory Experiments
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that experimental researchers should pay more attention to the characteristics of participants in their experimental design, despite the obvious practical difficulties this might entail with regard to recruitment and motivation of the participants.