Testing the effectiveness of the Internet-based instrument PsyToolkit: A comparison between web-based (PsyToolkit) and lab-based (E-Prime 3.0) measurements of response choice and response time in a complex psycholinguistic task

PLoS One. 2019 Sep 4;14(9):e0221802. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221802. eCollection 2019.

Abstract

To test the effectiveness of the Internet-based instrument PsyToolkit for use with complex choice tasks, a replicability study was conducted wherein an existing psycholinguistic paradigm was utilised to compare results obtained through the Internet-based implementation of PsyToolkit with those obtained through the laboratory-based implementation of E-Prime 3.0. The results indicated that PsyToolkit is a viable method for conducting both general and psycholinguistic specific experiments that utilise complex response time tasks, with effects found to replicate for both response choice and response time.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Choice Behavior*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Internet*
  • Laboratories*
  • Male
  • Psycholinguistics / methods*
  • Reaction Time*
  • Young Adult

Grants and funding

This research was partially funded by the Norwegian Research Council, with the funding awarded to all authors (JK, UG, PG). The grant number for this research is FRIPRO 240881. The Norwegian Research Council website is https://www.forskningsradet.no/. The Norwegian Research Council had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. There was no additional external funding received for this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.