ArticleExperimental and clinical psychopharmacology2023
Are the attention checks embedded in delay discounting tasks a valid marker for data quality?
Article in Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Delay discounting data in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study: Modeling and analysis considerations.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Naturalistic substance use before/during MTurk research participation is associated with increased substance demand and craving.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- High in the Cloud: Alcohol-, Cannabis-, and Co-Use Before and During Remote Research Participation.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Are the attention checks embedded in delay discounting tasks a valid marker for data quality?Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Spending Time in Nature Serves as a Protective Factor against Problematic Alcohol Use: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
To ensure good quality delay discounting (DD) data in research recruiting via crowdsourcing platforms, including attention checks within DD tasks have become common. These attention checks are typically identical in format to the task questions but have one sensical answer (e.g., "Would you prefer $0 now or $100 in a month?"). However, the validity of these attention checks as a marker for DD or overall survey data quality has not been directly examined. To address this gap, using data from two studies (total
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