The negative impact of goal-oriented instructions

Shatz, Itamar

doi:10.1080/03055698.2015.1043982

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“…Without the requirement of travelling nontangible incentives can play a greater role, especially if the goal of the study aligns with the participant’s interests (e.g., health, well-being, disorders; Krueger & Casey, 2009). Realizing the potential of Reddit with its pre-existing online communities, ability to recruit for free, and potential for large samples, previous studies have used it successfully as a source of participants (Shatz, 2015).…”

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A Guide to Conducting Online Focus Groups via Reddit

Richard

Sivo

Ford

et al. 2021

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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Now more than ever there exists a need to conduct data collection online in a safe environment while ensuring that methodological rigor is not sacrificed. Widely available online platforms allow for text-based focus groups to be conducted quickly, easily, and efficiently, but protocols must be maintained to ensure they do not descend into casual observation of naturally occurring conversations. Various online platform options and their merits are discussed. Reddit is provided as a case study to illustrate the steps through which researchers can conduct an asynchronous online focus group. Key opportunities such as a similar quality of results, a lower cost, easier recruitment, and the ability to accommodate more sensitive topics are discussed, as well as challenges including a stigma against online focus groups, when they are most appropriate, and the potential for deviant behavior.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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A Guide to Conducting Online Focus Groups via Reddit

Richard

Sivo

Ford

et al. 2021

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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“…The present sample is markedly different than the ones used in previous studies on the topic of goal orientation, based on a comparison with the three studies cited in the original article by Shatz (2015). These studies were authored by Bell and Kozlowski (2002); Steele-Johnson, Beauregard, Hoover, and Schmidt (2000); and VandeWalle, Cron, and Slocum (2001).…”

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confidence: 95%

“…There are currently very few published articles where participants were recruited through Reddit, making it difficult to assess its efficacy as a source for recruitment. However, the author of the current article used Reddit to recruit participants for a study on the effects of goal-oriented instructions in learning tasks (Shatz, 2015). Recruitment took place through a posting on a subreddit named “Language Learning”, which called for participation in a short survey.…”

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Fast, Free, and Targeted

Shatz

2016

Social Science Computer Review

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Recruiting participants is a necessary step in many studies. With the advent of online research techniques, scientists are looking for new places where participants can be recruited online, in order to overcome the limitations of current sources and avoid the issues associated with sample overuse. The social media website “Reddit” is a potential source for recruitment, as it allows for free and rapid data collection from large samples, while enabling researchers to target specific populations when needed. The ability to recruit for free is especially important because it enables students and early career researchers, for whom even low recruitment costs can be prohibitive, to benefit from the opportunity of conducting research that they otherwise would not be able to. The current article therefore aims to bring this prospective, untapped resource to the attention of the research community. The article discusses current online recruitment sources and their limitations, provides an overview of Reddit, validates its use for research purposes, examines participation data from previous studies which recruited through Reddit, highlights its advantages and limitations as a participant pool, and suggests guidelines that can improve recruitment and retention rates for scientists looking to use Reddit for their research.

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“…Due to its typical structure, i.e. divided in multiple interrelated subforums, Reddit allows the researcher to target specific interest groups (Shatz 2015) and to mitigate the recruited respondents' self-selection bias (Shatz 2016). Further, Reddit is basically a network of communities established, managed, and made active by users without any external party intervention.…”

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“…We posted the survey to Reddit communities in two waves, to account for the fact that the highest interaction in the subforums typically occurs during the first 24 h after the initial posting (Moyer et al 2015;Shatz 2015). The first wave resulted in 118 responses.…”

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Hands off my data: users’ security concerns and intention to adopt privacy enhancing technologies

2020

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As the number of data leak scandals and data infringements increase by the day, people are becoming more concerned than ever about their online security. As a result, software and applications designed to reduce, eliminate, or prevent unauthorized processing of users' online personal data, referred to as privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) are gaining momentum. Yet, research investigating what drives users' intention to adopt these technologies is still scant. Drawing on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2), this study develops a research framework and tests it with a research design combining structural equation modelling and multi-group analysis. As participants, we recruited 198 members of four online communities where discussion of PETs takes place. Besides confirming the UTAUT2 variables' predictive power on the intention to use PETs, the results of applying the baseline model also provide interesting insight on the mediating role UTAUT2 core constructs play in the relationship between security concerns and intention to adopt PETs. The multi-group analysis, in contrast, revealed that the underlying mechanisms of the theoretical framework we tested work differently when the users' level of expertise is taken into account. This work concludes with managerial implications addressed to both PET providers and any business dealing with online consumer data.

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The negative impact of goal-oriented instructions

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

A Guide to Conducting Online Focus Groups via Reddit

A Guide to Conducting Online Focus Groups via Reddit

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Hands off my data: users’ security concerns and intention to adopt privacy enhancing technologies

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