[CogSci] Labvanced compared to Millisecond and Qualtrics

[Titus von der Malsburg]

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  Titus

On 2020-06-05 Fri 14:07, Lee Leah wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>  
> Let’s start with a comparison to “Inquisit Web”. The most
> fundamental difference here, which is also the main advantage
> of Labvanced, is that Labvanced runs natively in any browser
> (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari), and on any device (PC, Laptop,
> Mobile, Tablet) without the need for the participant to install a
> plugin. Most internet users and potential participants will not
> install the Inquisit plugin and hence with Labvanced you have
> access to a much larger audience / participant base with your
> experiment. The second main difference is that Labvanced offers
> a graphical UI editor to create your experiment, while still being
> able to implement the most advanced studies, with features,
> such as, automatic video audio presentation, audio (and soon
> also video) recordings, longitudinal studies, webcam based
> eyetracking, multi-participants experiments and much more. A
> third major advantage is that the Labvanced source code is open
> source  https://github.com/Labvanced/  and we also have an open
> access library https://www.labvanced.com/expLibrary.html  with
> hundreds of existing studies where researchers freely share and
> import studies (for template use, or review for instance).  Also
> Labvanced offers live chat support and great email support with
> regards to the study implementation, in case there are any
> questions. 
>
>  
>
> Now what’s the main difference to Qualtrics? Qualtrics
> functionality is mainly focused around the creation of
> questionnaires. While slightly more complex use cases might be
> possible there, it is not comparable to what you can do with
> Labvanced. In particular with the Labvanced event system you
> can create the most sophisticated experiment logic, using array
> operations, variable changes as triggers to execute other
> events, advanced balancing mechanism (e.g. balance levels of
> one factor within each level of another factor), interactions
> between multiple participants in the same study, and much much
> more. In short, many studies can just not be realized with
> Qualtrics but with Labvanced they can. Finally, the points
> regarding being open source and providing a vast experiment
> library for templates are also advantages compared to
> Qualtrics. 
>
>  
>
> Of course there are many more differences in the details, but I
> hope this will give you a high level comparison of Labvanced
> compared to other platforms. If you are interested in further
> exploring our platform I would be happy to offer you a Skype or
> Hangouts demo at your convenience. 
>
>  
>
> Leah Lee
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Dr. Titus von der Malsburg
Dept. Linguistics, University of Potsdam
Dept. Brain & Cognitive Sciences, MIT
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