research.outofservice.com: psychology experiments, papers, publications, and the lessons learned from running online personality tests

This site describes experiments, papers, publications, and the lessons learned from running online psychology tests. www.outofservice.com, created by Jeff Potter, has run several personality / self-awareness tests for research purposes since 1997.

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If you want to take a personality test, please click here.
If you are an academic researcher and are interested in using data from this site as part of a study, contact me.
If you are interested in collaborating with me, read about the services I offer and how I can help you. If you are looking to set up your own studies online, you may find Chris Farley's book of use: How to Conduct Behavioral Research on the Internet.

Publications: Self-esteem research, Big five research
Presentations: APA talks and posters
In the Media: documentation of how the media covers online tests

Samuel D. Gosling, University of Texas, Austin. Big Five, Music Preferences; also youjustgetme.com
Oliver John, University of California, Berkeley. Big Five
Richard W. Robins, University of California, Davis. Big Five
Sanjay Srivastava, University of Oregon, formerly Stanford University. Big Five
Frank Sulloway, University of California, Berkeley. Big Five and Birth-Order
William B. Swann, University of Texas, Austin. Brief Loquaciousness and Interpersonal Responsiveness Test (BLIRT)

Collecting data raises privacy concerns. My privacy policy states that data is shared only with researchers at accredited universities and reviewed institutions and that results are only released by them in aggregate form.