Online Research

The lab maintains several participant pools and can help researchers distribute their online studies. Detailed information can be found below and in the sub-pages listed to the left.

Steps to Conducting Online Research
  1. Review our payment policy.
  2. Choose your participants:

    Columbia Students: SONA

    Use SONA if your target population is Columbia undergraduate or graduate students.

    Everyone else: Online Panel

    Use the online panel if your target population is non-specific or fits the parameters listed to the right. Steps to using the online panel

    Mechanical Turks

    Turks are a low-cost way to pilot studies and have shown improved response quality in the past year. More information about Turks

Other FAQs

Still need to build your survey?

Read about several survey software options.

Concerned about data quality?

We recognize that collecting good data online can be challenging, and we put great effort into maintaining a quality panel of participants. Your feedback, suggestions and experiences are a great help!

Still have questions?

Contact the lab coordinator!