Abstract

Several options are available for computing the most common score for the Implicit Association Test, the so-called <i>D-score</i>. However, all these options come with some drawbacks, related to either the need for a license, for being tailored on a specific administration procedure, or for requiring a degree of familiarity with programming. By using the R <b>shiny</b> package, a user-friendly, interactive, and open source web application (DscoreApp) has been created for the <i>D-score</i> computation. This app provides different options for computing the <i>D-score</i> algorithms and for applying different cleaning criteria. Beyond making the <i>D-score</i> computation easier, DscoreApp offers the chance to have an immediate glimpse on the results and to see how they change according to different settings configurations. The resulting <i>D-score</i>s are immediately available and can be seen in easy-readable and interactive graphs, along with meaningful descriptive statistics. Graphical representations, data sets containing the <i>D-score</i>s, and other information on participants' performance are downloadable. In this work, the use of DscoreApp is illustrated on an empirical data set.

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Computer scienceTest (biology)ComputationTest scoreSet (abstract data type)Web applicationAssociation (psychology)Information retrievalArtificial intelligenceWorld Wide WebPsychologyProgramming languageMathematics education

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Year
2020
Type
article
Volume
10
Pages
2938-2938
Citations
14
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Ottavia M. Epifania, Pasquale Anselmi, Egidio Robusto (2020). DscoreApp: A Shiny Web Application for the Computation of the Implicit Association Test D-Score. Frontiers in Psychology , 10 , 2938-2938. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02938

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DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02938
PMID
31998191
PMCID
PMC6968522

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