Finding a Comparison Group: Is Online Crowdsourcing a Viable Option?

Autor/inn/en	Azzam, Tarek; Jacobson, Miriam R.
Titel	Finding a Comparison Group: Is Online Crowdsourcing a Viable Option?
Quelle	In: American Journal of Evaluation, 34 (2013) 3, S.372-384 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-2140
DOI	10.1177/1098214013490223
Schlagwörter	Matched Groups; Control Groups; Comparative Analysis; Evaluation; College Students; Student Motivation; School Holding Power; Online Surveys; Research Design; Web Sites + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evaluierung; Collegestudent; Schulische Motivation; Forschungsdesign; Web-Design
Abstract	This article explores the viability of online crowdsourcing for creating matched-comparison groups. This exploratory study compares survey results from a randomized control group to survey results from a matched-comparison group created from Amazon.com's MTurk crowdsourcing service to determine their comparability. Study findings indicate that online crowdsourcing, a process that allows access to many participants to complete specific tasks, is a potentially viable resource for evaluation designs where access to comparison groups, large budgets, and/or time are limited. The article highlights the strengths and limitations of the online crowdsourcing approach and describes ways that it could potentially be used in evaluation practice. (Contains 3 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10