Dynamic online surveys and experiments with the free open-source software dynQuest
Dynamic online surveys and experiments with the free open-source software dynQuest
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DOI：
10.3758/bf03193011
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发表时间：
2007-08-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Lippke, Sonta
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作者：
Rademacher, Jens D. M.;Lippke, Sonta
随着计算机和万维网的广泛使用，通过网络浏览器收集数据是社会科学使用的一种有吸引力的方法。在本文中，描述了使用软件包dynQuest进行PC和基于web的试验。如果涉及两个或更多组，该软件可以在互联网或单台计算机上管理基于动态问卷的试验，可能是随机对照试验（RCT）。后续问题的选择可以取决于先前的回答，如需要匹配的干预措施。数据收集在一个简单的基于文本的数据库中，可以很容易地导入其他程序进行后处理和统计分析。该软件由用编程语言PERL编写的独立于平台的脚本组成，这些脚本使用Web浏览器和服务器之间的公共网关接口，通过HTML表单提交数据。dynQuest的优点是简单、使用和安装简单、透明和可靠。该程序是作者提供的开源免费软件。
With computers and the World Wide Web widely available, collecting data through Web browsers is an attractive method utilized by the social sciences. In this article, conducting PC- and Web-based trials with the software package dynQuest is described. The software manages dynamic questionnaire-based trials over the Internet or on single computers, possibly as randomized control trials (RCT), if two or more groups are involved. The choice of follow-up questions can depend on previous responses, as needed for matched interventions. Data are collected in a simple text-based database that can be imported easily into other programs for postprocessing and statistical analysis. The software consists of platform-independent scripts written in the programming language PERL that use the common gateway interface between Web browser and server for submission of data through HTML forms. Advantages of dynQuest are parsimony, simplicity in use and installation, transparency, and reliability. The program is available as open-source freeware from the authors.