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Comparative Study
. 2019 Sep 4;14(9):e0221802.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221802. eCollection 2019.

Testing the effectiveness of the Internet-based instrument PsyToolkit: A comparison between web-based (PsyToolkit) and lab-based (E-Prime 3.0) measurements of response choice and response time in a complex psycholinguistic task

Jonathan Kim  1 , Ute Gabriel  1 , Pascal Gygax  2
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Comparative Study

Testing the effectiveness of the Internet-based instrument PsyToolkit: A comparison between web-based (PsyToolkit) and lab-based (E-Prime 3.0) measurements of response choice and response time in a complex psycholinguistic task

Jonathan Kim et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

To test the effectiveness of the Internet-based instrument PsyToolkit for use with complex choice tasks, a replicability study was conducted wherein an existing psycholinguistic paradigm was utilised to compare results obtained through the Internet-based implementation of PsyToolkit with those obtained through the laboratory-based implementation of E-Prime 3.0. The results indicated that PsyToolkit is a viable method for conducting both general and psycholinguistic specific experiments that utilise complex response time tasks, with effects found to replicate for both response choice and response time.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. The effect of Stereotype and Name Gender on response.
Error bars indicate the 95% confidence interval.
Fig 2
Fig 2. The effect of Version, Stereotype, and Name Gender on response.
Error bars indicate the 95% confidence interval.
Fig 3
Fig 3. The main effect of Version on response time.
Error bars indicate the 95% confidence interval.
Fig 4
Fig 4. The effect of Stereotype and Name Gender on response time.
Error bars indicate the 95% confidence interval.
Fig 5
Fig 5. The effect of Version, Stereotype, and Name Gender on response time.
Error bars indicate the 95% confidence interval.
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