TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizing the Methodological Toolbox
T2 - Lessons Learned From Implementing Developmental Methods Online
AU - Kominsky, Jonathan F.
AU - Begus, Katarina
AU - Bass, Ilona
AU - Colantonio, Joseph
AU - Leonard, Julia A.
AU - Mackey, Allyson P.
AU - Bonawitz, Elizabeth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2021 Kominsky, Begus, Bass, Colantonio, Leonard, Mackey and Bonawitz.
PY - 2021/9/13
Y1 - 2021/9/13
N2 - Adapting studies typically run in the lab, preschool, or museum to online data collection presents a variety of challenges. The solutions to those challenges depend heavily on the specific questions pursued, the methods used, and the constraints imposed by available technology. We present a partial sample of solutions, discussing approaches we have developed for adapting studies targeting a range of different developmental populations, from infants to school-aged children, and utilizing various online methods such as high-framerate video presentation, having participants interact with a display on their own computer, having the experimenter interact with both the participant and an actor, recording free-play with physical objects, recording infant looking times both offline and live, and more. We also raise issues and solutions regarding recruitment and representativeness in online samples. By identifying the concrete needs of a given approach, tools that meet each of those individual needs, and interfaces between those tools, we have been able to implement many (but not all) of our studies using online data collection during the COVID-19 pandemic. This systematic review aligning available tools and approaches with different methods can inform the design of future studies, in and outside of the lab.
AB - Adapting studies typically run in the lab, preschool, or museum to online data collection presents a variety of challenges. The solutions to those challenges depend heavily on the specific questions pursued, the methods used, and the constraints imposed by available technology. We present a partial sample of solutions, discussing approaches we have developed for adapting studies targeting a range of different developmental populations, from infants to school-aged children, and utilizing various online methods such as high-framerate video presentation, having participants interact with a display on their own computer, having the experimenter interact with both the participant and an actor, recording free-play with physical objects, recording infant looking times both offline and live, and more. We also raise issues and solutions regarding recruitment and representativeness in online samples. By identifying the concrete needs of a given approach, tools that meet each of those individual needs, and interfaces between those tools, we have been able to implement many (but not all) of our studies using online data collection during the COVID-19 pandemic. This systematic review aligning available tools and approaches with different methods can inform the design of future studies, in and outside of the lab.
KW - behavioral methods
KW - developmental psychology
KW - early childhood
KW - infant
KW - metascience
KW - online studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85115824546&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.702710
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.702710
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:85115824546
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 12
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 702710
ER -