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They are also referred to as Internet research, [1] Internet science [2] or iScience, or Web-based methods. [3] Many of these online research methods are related to existing research methodologies but re-invent and re-imagine them in the light of new technologies and conditions associated with the internet. The field is relatively new and evolving.
A Digital researcher is a person who uses digital technology such as computers or smartphones and the Internet to do research (see also Internet research). [citation needed] Digital research differs from Internet research in that digital researchers use the Internet as a research tool rather than the Internet itself as the subject of study.
Internet research is the practice of using data from the Internet, especially free information on the World Wide Web and Internet-based resources (like online forums and social media), in research. Internet research has had a profound impact on the way ideas are formed and knowledge is created.
Internet research ethics. Slideshare presentation (12 slides). "Which ethics apply to Internet research? If the Internet is conceptualised as space, then social science research ethics apply. However, if it is conceptualised as text/art, then the ethics of the humanities are more relevant." Berry, David M. (2004).
A web-based experiment or Internet-based experiment is an experiment that is conducted over the Internet.In such experiments, the Internet is either "a medium through which to target larger and more diverse samples with reduced administrative and financial costs" or "a field of social science research in its own right."
The subject, uses a web browser to view and respond to questionnaires that are included in an approved medical research protocol. Other fields such as geography also use IMR as a research tool. [1] The primary Internet-mediated research is classified into three main types: online questionnaires, virtual interviews, and virtual ethnographies. [1]
Mobile data collection or mobile surveys is an increasingly popular method of data collection. Over 50% of surveys today are opened on mobile devices. [6] The survey, form, app or collection tool is on a mobile device such as a smart phone or a tablet.
Survey methodology is "the study of survey methods". [1] As a field of applied statistics concentrating on human-research surveys, survey methodology studies the sampling of individual units from a population and associated techniques of survey data collection, such as questionnaire construction and methods for improving the number and accuracy of responses to surveys.