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To examine the suitability and functional features of Prolific.ac as a specialized participant recruitment pool for social and economic experiments.

December 21, 2017Journal of Behavioral and Experimental FinanceOpen Access

Prolific.ac—A subject pool for online experiments

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SPStefan PalanUniversity of Graz CSChristian SchitterUniversity of Graz

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Methodological review outlines the utility of Prolific for behavioral research, highlighting dedicated participant recruitment features over generic crowdworking platforms.

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To examine the suitability and functional features of Prolific.ac as a specialized participant recruitment pool for social and economic experiments.
Reviewed the architecture and development history of the Prolific.ac platform relative to conventional laboratory pools and commercial crowdworking services.
Evaluated platform features against standard methodological requirements for online experimental designs in social and economic sciences.
Identified dedicated researcher-oriented features that mitigate common data quality, ethical, and subject management issues prevalent in general commercial crowdworking pools.
Demonstrated alignment between platform capabilities and the technical demands of varied social and economic experiment formats.

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Palan et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d696ef96200ba434db8336 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2017.12.004

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Methodological review outlines the utility of Prolific for behavioral research, highlighting dedicated participant recruitment features over generic crowdworking platforms.

Prolific.ac—A subject pool for online experiments

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Prolific.ac—A subject pool for online experiments

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