APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Time of Day Selection Bias on Online Platforms: Personality and Clinical Differences Between Mturk Participants Who Are Active in the Evening and the Morning.

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Methodology

  • Nathan Fordsham
    Lander College
  • Leib Litman
    Lander College
  • Jonathan Robinson
    Lander College

Abstract

Little is known about selection bias on online platforms. Two studies (morning/evening) were conducted on MTurk. Participants taking the study in the evening differed from those taking the study in the morning on a constellation of personality and clinical outcomes, including eveningness, anxiety, procrastination, internet compulsion, and hedonism, among others.

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