Are experiments conducted online field experiments or laboratory experiments?
Experiments that recruit from online participants pools such as MTurk and Prolific have become increasingly popular over the past two decades. However, since scholars have referred to such experiments as both laboratory and field experiments, which classification should we use?
August 6, 2021
Choosing the right participants
Choosing the right participant pool for your experiment is challenging. Which experiments require professional participants? Does it matter whether you recruit students or online participants? In this post, Jeremy Bentley explains his approach to participant pool selection.
July 18, 2021
Why PEQs do not provide the best process evidence
Mediation is widely used in experimental accounting to obtain process evidence. The primary benefits of mediation are its low cost and easy integration. However, it has a hidden cost that weakens its effectiveness as process evidence. This post explains why it's the least effective method and suggests two better alternatives.
April 23, 2021
Setting up a simple qualtrics experiment
Many doctoral students and researchers find it challenging to start conducting experiments. In this post, Razvan Ghita shows how to create a simple experiment using the Qualtrics platform.
March 17, 2021
Why ANOVA and linear regression are the same
Why do some experimentalists in accounting use ANOVA's while other use regressions? What's the difference? This post shows why they are merely different representations of the same thing.
February 26, 2021
Automize testing your experiments with 'bots'
Bots are a powerful yet often overlooked tool that helps experimental researchers test their applications more effectively and efficiently. In this post, Victor van Pelt explains their use and argues that their usefulness may even extend beyond testing.
December 4, 2020
What do participants think of accounting experiments?
Which design features of accounting experiments contribute the most to participant motivation, participant engagement, and perceived similarity to practice? Bart Dierynck and Victor van Pelt are in the process of providing an empirical answer
October 19, 2020
Effect sizes don't matter for experiments. Or do they?
Some accounting researchers argue that effect sizes do not matter in experiments. In this post, I explain why effect sizes do matter and why they can be particularly valuable for experiments in the field of accounting.
September 17, 2020
When and how to cluster standard errors in experimental data?
Choosing whether and on which level to cluster standard errors in experimental data turns out to be less straightforward that I originally thought. However, some practical advice for experimental researchers is emerging.
July 18, 2020
Deploying your experiment to a server
The consequences of the Coronavirus have made it impossible to run experiments in the laboratory. This post shows how you can launch your experiment to participants on the internet.
April 28, 2020