Using crowdsourced online experiments to study context-dependency of behavior


Keuschnigg, Marc ; Bader, Felix ; Bracher, Johannes



DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.04.014
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
Additional URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27480372
Document Type: Article
Year of publication: 2016
The title of a journal, publication series: Social Science Research
Volume: 59
Page range: 68-82
Place of publication: Amsterdam ; Orlando, FL
Publishing house: Elsevier ; Academic Press
ISSN: 0049-089X , 1096-0317
Publication language: English
Institution: School of Social Sciences > Sociological Methodology (Gautschi 2009-)
Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Mannheim Centre for European Social Research - Research Department A
Subject: 300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Abstract: We use Mechanical Turk's diverse participant pool to conduct online bargaining games in India and the US. First, we assess internal validity of crowdsourced experimentation through variation of stakes ($0, $1, $4, and $10) in the Ultimatum and Dictator Game. For cross-country equivalence we adjust the stakes following differences in purchasing power. Our marginal totals correspond closely to laboratory findings. Monetary incentives induce more selfish behavior but, in line with most laboratory findings, the particular size of a positive stake appears irrelevant. Second, by transporting a homogeneous decision situation into various living conditions crowdsourced experimentation permits identification of context effects on elicited behavior. We explore context-dependency using session-level variation in participants' geographical location, regional affluence, and local social capital. Across “virtual pools” behavior varies in the range of stake effects. We argue that quasi-experimental variation of the characteristics people bring to the experimental situation is the key potential of crowdsourced online designs.




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