Internet-based psychological experimenting: Five dos and five don'ts

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 241-249

  Reips, Ulf Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Configuration errors; Internet based research; Online research techniques; Web experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036340499     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08939302020003002     Document Type: Article

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