Using Applets and Servlets to Examine Reaction Time on the Internet

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Using Applets and Servlets to Examine Reaction
Time on the Internet

• Brian Nosek
• Yale University
• Collaborators
• Mahzarin Banaji, Yale University
• Anthony Greenwald, University of Washington

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Server
Returns Result
Transfers Applet
Applet runs on users computer
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Applet runs on users computer
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Server
Returns Result
Client
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CGI Programming
Server
Returns Result
Transfers Applet
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The IAT websitewww.yale.edu/implicit

• Implicit Association Test
• Five measures of automatic attitudes
• Racial Attitudes
• Academic Attitudes
• Age Attitudes
• Family/Career Gender Stereotypes
• Self-Esteem

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Web Participants Demographics
Over 300,000 visits Females comprise slightly
over 50 of visitors
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www.yale.edu/implicit brian.nosek_at_yale.edu