在线进行发育研究与亲自进行发育研究:一个元分析
Aaron Chuey1, Veronica Boyce1, Anjie Cao1
1Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science
|July 3, 2024
概括
与儿童进行的在线与面对面的心理实验显示结果的差异很小. 这次元分析发现,在发展研究的在线和面对面数据收集方法之间,效果大小没有显著差异.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 研究方法研究方法研究方法学
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,在线平台的采用加速了涉及儿童的心理实验.
- 之前的研究已经比较了特定实验的在线和面对面的数据收集,但对数据收集方法的影响缺乏一般的理解.
- 了解在线和实体数据收集之间的差异对于儿童心理学研究的有效性和可比性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 进行一项元分析,估计在线和实体发展研究之间的平均效果大小差异.
- 确定数据收集方法 (在线与面对面) 是否对儿童心理学研究中的发现产生重大影响.
- 根据数据收集方法,探索影响效果大小差异的潜在调节者.
主要方法:
- 对30篇发表论文中的211个效果大小进行了元分析.
- 这些研究包括3282名4个月至6岁的儿童.
- 分析了数据,以比较在线实验中的效果大小与实验中的效果大小.
主要成果:
- 在线研究的平均效果大小略小于实验研究 (d = -0.05).
- 这一差异在统计学上并不显著,其95%的置信区间为[-0.17,0.07].
- 对于依赖性措施 (外观与口头),在线研究方法 (中度与非中度) 或儿童年龄,没有发现显著的适度效应.
结论:
- 目前的文献表明,与儿童进行面对面和在线实验之间的结果差异一般平均很小.
- 这些发现支持使用在线平台对儿童进行心理实验,表明结果与传统的面对面方法相似.
- 进一步的研究可能会探索特定的背景或人群,可能会出现小差异,但总体而言,在线数据收集似乎可靠的发展研究.
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