TY - JOUR
T1 - Autism and Online Recruiting Methods: A Comparison of Mechanical Turk and Discussion Forums
AU - Anderson, Amelia
AU - Everhart, Nancy
AU - Woods, Juliann
N1 - pAnderson, A., Everhart, N., Woods, J. (2019). Autism and online recruiting methods: A comparison of Mechanical Turk and discussion forums. emFirst Monday, 24/em(9), 1-14. doi:10.5210/fm.v24i9.10105/p
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - In a study by a team at the intersection of information and communication sciences and disorders, researchers worked to design an interactive, online professional development system for academic librarians to better serve students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In creating this program, it was imperative to have stakeholder input and support; recruiting members of this population, students with ASD, was critical. Amazon's Mechanical Turk and online discussion forums, including Reddit, were used for recruitment for an online survey. While there was some overlap in results, there were also marked differences in responses based on online sampling frame. This paper details the online methods used for recruiting members of this community, and compares and contrasts success rates, challenges, and numbers associated with each method.
AB - In a study by a team at the intersection of information and communication sciences and disorders, researchers worked to design an interactive, online professional development system for academic librarians to better serve students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In creating this program, it was imperative to have stakeholder input and support; recruiting members of this population, students with ASD, was critical. Amazon's Mechanical Turk and online discussion forums, including Reddit, were used for recruitment for an online survey. While there was some overlap in results, there were also marked differences in responses based on online sampling frame. This paper details the online methods used for recruiting members of this community, and compares and contrasts success rates, challenges, and numbers associated with each method.
KW - Electronic discussion groups
KW - Autism spectrum disorders
KW - Career development
KW - Autism
KW - Scientific communication
KW - Forums
KW - Discussion and debate
KW - Amazon Web Services Inc.
UR - https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/stemps_fac_pubs/107
U2 - 10.5210/fm.v24i9.10105
DO - 10.5210/fm.v24i9.10105
M3 - Article
VL - 24
JO - First Monday
JF - First Monday
ER -