How to conduct behavioral research over the internet : a beginner's guide to HTML and CGI/Perl /
How to conduct behavioural research over the internet How to conduct behavioural research over the internet : A beginner's guide to HTML and CGI/Perl
R. Chris Fraley.
- xx, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Methodology in the social sciences .
- Methodology in the social sciences. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-292) and index.
Introduction -- Getting Started: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using a Web Server -- HTML: How to Make a Web Page from Scratch -- HTML Forms: Collecting Research Data from Participants via the Internet -- An Introduction to CGI Scripting: Using Perl to Automatically Save Response Data to a File -- Providing Customized Feedback to Research Participants -- Randomizing the Order of Stimuli -- Random Assignment to Conditions -- Using Multiple Web Pages in Research: Carrying Responses Forward from One Page to the Next -- Using Conditional Branching Structures: An Example of "Skip Patterns" in Survey Research -- Advanced Feedback: Summarizing Data with Bar Graphs and Two-Dimensional Plots -- Tracking Participants over Multiple Sessions: PINs, Passwords, and Menus -- Measuring Response Times -- Additional Applications of Perl: Discussion Forums and Scored Tests -- Wrapping It Up. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15.
"Designed for researchers with no prior knowledge of programming or website design, this is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to creating interactive behavioral research instruments online."--BOOK JACKET.
1572309970 9781572309975
2003027516
Internet research Psychology--Research--Methodology Social sciences--Research--Methodology. Psychology--Research--Data processing. Social sciences--Research--Data processing. HTML (Document markup language) CGI (Computer network protocol) Perl (Computer program language)