ABSTRACT This article introduces an accessible approach to implementing unmoderated remote research in developmental science – research in which children and families participate in studies remotely and independently, without directly interacting with researchers. Unmoderated remote research has the potential to strengthen developmental science by: (1) facilitating the implementation of studies that are easily replicable, (2) allowing for new approaches to longitudinal studies and studies of parent-child interaction, and (3) including families from more diverse backgrounds and children growing up in more diverse environments in research. We describe an approach we have used to design and implement unmoderated remote research that is accessible to researchers with limited programming expertise, and we describe the resources we have made available on a new website (discoveriesonline.org) to help researchers get started with implementing this approach. We discuss the potential of this method for developmental science and highlight some challenges still to be overcome to harness the power of unmoderated remote research for advancing the field.

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通过无节制的儿童远程研究推进发展科学

摘要 本文介绍了一种在发展科学中实施无节制远程研究的可访问方法——儿童和家庭远程独立参与研究的研究，无需与研究人员直接互动。无节制的远程研究有可能通过以下方式加强发展科学：(1) 促进易于复制的研究的实施，(2) 允许纵向研究和亲子互动研究的新方法，以及 (3) 包括来自更多样化的背景和儿童在更多样化的研究环境中成长。我们描述了一种我们用来设计和实施不受限制的远程研究的方法，该方法可供编程专业知识有限的研究人员使用，我们描述了我们在新网站 (discoveriesonline.org) 上提供的资源，以帮助研究人员开始实施这种方法。我们讨论了这种方法在发展科学中的潜力，并强调了一些仍有待克服的挑战，以利用不受限制的远程研究的力量来推进该领域。