This chapter reviews studies published in American Psychological Association (APA) journals from 2003-2004 and additional studies (received in response to listserv requests) that used the Internet to collect data (N=121 total studies). Specific examples of three kinds of Web-based research are reviewed: (a) translational (established methods and research questions are adapted to the Web), (b) phenomenological (behavior on the Web is the focus of study), and (c) novel (methodologically innovations unique to Web-based research). Among other findings, our review indicated that 21% of APA journals published at least one article that reported on Web-based research, most Web-based psychological research uses experimental methods, a surprising number use college student samples, and deception in Web-based research is not uncommon. Strengths and weaknesses of Web-based psychological research in general, and our sample of studies in particular, are reviewed with special attention to possible concerns about sampling and the use of deception.

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互联网作为心理实验室。

本章回顾了2003年至2004年在美国心理学会（APA）期刊上发表的研究，以及使用Internet收集数据的其他研究（响应于listserv请求而收到）（总共N = 121个研究）。审查了三种基于Web的研究的具体示例：（a）翻译（已建立的方法和研究问题要适应Web），（b）现象学（Web的行为是研究重点）和（c）新颖的（基于Web的研究在方法论上的创新）。在其他发现中，我们的评论表明，有21％的APA期刊至少发表了一篇有关基于Web的研究的文章，大多数基于Web的心理学研究使用实验方法，数量惊人的使用大学生样本，以及基于Web的欺骗研究并不少见。