Seminars and Workshops

Large Language Models (LLMs) and Behavioral Research, Part Two

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | JMHH Suite 741 | 11:00 – 11:45 AM
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Speaker:

Robert Botto
IT Director of Research Programming

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Moderator:

Maurice Schweitzer, WBL Faculty Director
Cecilia Yen Koo Professor, Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, Professor of Management

LLM technology poses problems for online research integrity, but does it also offer opportunities to behavioral researchers? In part two of our LLM series, we will look at ways LLMs can aid in experiment design, survey testing, confederate chatbot engineering, and data analysis.

Large Language Models (LLMs) and Behavioral Research, Part One

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | JMHH Suite 741 | 11:00 – 11:45 AM
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Speaker:

Robert Botto
IT Director of Research Programming

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Moderator:

Alec Lamon
Executive IT Director, Research & Analytics

Survey-taking bots employing the latest LLM technologies, like ChatGPT, can mimic human responses to a high degree, making them very hard to detect. How do we defend against automated responses and ensure data quality? In part one of our LLM series, we will discuss the problem, and look at techniques for bot detection and response screening.

IRB Guidelines and Protocols

September 11, 2024

A discussion with IRB Associate Director, David Heagerty

Research Methods in a Virtual Reality Lab

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | JMHH Suite 741 | 11:00 – 11:45 AM
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Speaker:

Robert Botto
IT Director of Research Programming

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Moderator:

Maurice Schweitzer, WBL Faculty Director
Cecilia Yen Koo Professor, Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, Professor of Management

Researchers interested in designing a study using VR technology should reach out to Wharton Research IT for assistance.

Updated Eye Tracking Methods

November 1, 2023

Speaker:

Robert Botto
IT Director of Research Programming

Capturing Participant Responses: From Qualtrics to Transcription

October 11, 2023
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Moderator:

Maurice Schweitzer, WBL Faculty Director
Cecilia Yen Koo Professor, Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, Professor of Management

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Speaker:

Shawn Zamechek
IT Director
Research Programming

The Wharton Behavioral Lab (WBL) in collaboration with Wharton Research Programming invites you to join us for an informative seminar and demonstration.

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Data Scraping

June 21, 2023
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Wendy De La Rosa
Assistant Professor
of Marketing

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Shawn Zamechek
IT Director
Research Programming

Beyond APIs: The Power of Web Scraping for Researchers – When, Why and How to Overcome Common Challenges

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IRB Guidelines and Protocols

November 13, 2021

A discussion with IRB Associate Director, David Heagerty

Preparing for a Return to On-Campus Research

Fall 2021

The Wharton Behavioral Lab is heading back to campus and in-person studies. This meeting is designed as an overview of what researchers can expect in terms of participants, facilities and new technologies.

WBL Methods Workshop: Updates & Insights

August 4, 2020

A discussion with Barbara Mellers, Zab Johnson and Becky Schaumberg.

Wharton Behavioral Lab
Steinberg Hall – Dietrich Hall
3620 Locust Walk
Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Email: Wharton Behavioral Lab