Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37789187›Full record

ArticleBehavior research methods2024

The impact of ChatGPT on human data collection: A case study involving typicality norming data.

Tom Heyman, Geert Heyman

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Behavior research methods, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Tom HeymanMethodology and Statistics Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333, AK Leiden, The Netherlands. t.d.p.heyman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-441X
Geert HeymanNokia Bell Labs Antwerp, Copernicuslaan 50, 2018, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tools like ChatGPT, which allow people to unlock the potential of large language models (LLMs), have taken the world by storm. ChatGPT's ability to produce written output of remarkable quality has inspired, or forced, academics to consider its consequences for both research and education. In particular, the question of what constitutes authorship, and how to evaluate (scientific) contributions has received a lot of attention. However, its impact on (online) human data collection has mostly flown under the radar. The current paper examines how ChatGPT can be (mis)used in the context of generating norming data. We found that ChatGPT is able to produce sensible output, resembling that of human participants, for a typicality rating task. Moreover, the test-retest reliability of ChatGPT's ratings was similar to that of human participants tested 1 day apart. We discuss the relevance of these findings in the context of (online) human data collection, focusing both on opportunities (e.g., (risk-)free pilot data) and challenges (e.g., data fabrication).

Indexed as

Data CollectionAdultAuthorshipFemaleHumansLanguageMaleReproducibility of ResultsSoftwareChatGPTHuman data collectionLarge language modelsTypicality

Identifiers

PMID37789187
PMCPMC11289022

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.