Online data collection, LIN4930/6932
Semester
Fall 2020
Description and Goals
The COVID-19 outbreak prevented many researchers, including linguists, from collecting human subject data face-to-face or in the lab. As a result web-based data collection gained a lot of attention. This course focuses on methods that allow linguistic data collection via the internet. We will discuss the pros and cons of web-based methods over lab-based or face-to-face methods, and discuss the ethical issues involved. We will discuss various types of research, including: questionnaires, reaction time studies, auditory studies, studies with children, interviews, and games. You will learn how to make a mini-study using Qualtrics and PCIbex, will learn how to write an IRB application, and will be encouraged to think out of the box and propose ways to make a study so much fun that you can attract thousands of participants.