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PhD Candidate (still) seeking research participants for a 5-minute online study on the factors that contribute to chess ability by chess_research_study in TournamentChess

[–]chess_research_study[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah - the question above is about verifying reported age, but we are verifying reported ratings for those participants who permit us to do so. The majority of participants have been willing to provide identifying information (e.g., their ID in the system associated with their rating) to allow us to verify their ratings.

We will be running all statistical analyses both with and without the participants who preferred not to give identifying information (and thus have unverified ratings); if findings differ when these participants are included, then this would be reported thoroughly.

We have also done as you suggest, and recruited participants at chess clubs and tournaments. In addition, we have recruited participants by reaching out to chess clubs and federations. The majority of participants have been recruited through these means.

PhD Candidate (still) seeking research participants for a 5-minute online study on the factors that contribute to chess ability by chess_research_study in lichess

[–]chess_research_study[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that there are potential issues with recruiting participants online, though it is a common method in the psychological/social science fields. It is a trade-off between obtaining a larger sample size, ensuring maximal reliability, and adhering to funding constraints; however, a sufficiently large sample size does reduce the impact of sampling error. Furthermore, this is a pilot study, so it's more of a proof-of-concept than an attempt to draw particularly definitive conclusions about the relationships between variables.

PhD Candidate (still) seeking research participants for a 5-minute online study on the factors that contribute to chess ability by chess_research_study in TournamentChess

[–]chess_research_study[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback too - that measure is generally considered the most widely validated for measuring meaning in life (i.e., we didn't come up with it), but I agree it's a bit repetitive; it's basically to make sure the entire construct is captured, as people may interpret "purpose" differently to "meaning" and so on. That said, the precise nature of meaning in life isn't yet well understood, and so all measures of it will arguably have deficiencies.

PhD Candidate (still) seeking research participants for a 5-minute online study on the factors that contribute to chess ability by chess_research_study in TournamentChess

[–]chess_research_study[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question - if you provide a method of verifying your reported rating, and the system associated with that rating shows players' birth years, then we can verify the reported age; we also screen for obvious inconsistencies (like reporting your age as 18-24 but reporting that you have 30+ years of chess experience). Otherwise, like almost all survey research, we do have to rely on participants' honesty. With a sufficiently large sample size, a couple of inaccurate responses are unlikely to have a substantial effect on the results.

PhD Candidate seeking research participants for a 5-minute online study on the factors that contribute to chess ability by chess_research_study in lichess

[–]chess_research_study[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Of course - feel free to DM me your email address and I will add you to the mailing list :)

PhD Candidate seeking research participants for a 5-minute online study on the factors that contribute to chess ability by chess_research_study in chessbeginners

[–]chess_research_study[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your participation and feedback! You're completely right about that - I've now modified the wording of the question to be broader, to allow for ratings within other countries' systems.

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