Investigation on influencing factors of online shopping of college students in China

Last registered on July 17, 2024

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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Investigation on influencing factors of online shopping of college students in China
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0014023
Initial registration date
July 14, 2024

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
July 17, 2024, 1:52 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
Renmin university of China

Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-08-01
End date
2024-09-01
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This study is mainly used to investigate the differences in online shopping behaviors of domestic college students and its objective influencing factors, including online time, Internet content, promotion methods, payment methods, etc., rather than the subjective factors in traditional research. At the same time, stratified sampling will be conducted in several major representative areas of the country to ensure the quality of our questionnaire data
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Yang, Shangfei. 2024. "Investigation on influencing factors of online shopping of college students in China." AEA RCT Registry. July 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14023-1.0
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention (Hidden)
Intervention Start Date
2024-08-02
Intervention End Date
2024-08-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Frequency of online shopping, category of goods purchased, difference of goods, cost of online shopping, delivery time of goods
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Our survey structure is mainly divided into three parts, which are: questionnaire survey on online shopping differences among college students, specific influencing factors and relevant suggestions of questionnaire survey, and basic influencing factors of questionnaire research.
First of all, the questionnaire investigates the differences of online shopping among college students, that is, what are the dependent variables, such as online shopping frequency, categories of goods purchased, product differences, online shopping cost, and delivery time of goods. At the same time, we investigate students' preferences and opinions on online shopping, as well as the reasons, and investigate possible problems in the provision of materials by schools, such as choosing online shopping because of the poor quality, high price and incomplete variety of goods provided by schools, so as to provide suggestions for schools.
Secondly, Secondly, questionnaire surveys specific influencing factors, namely independent variables, and relevant suggestions, such as online duration, online content and its impact on online shopping, promotion methods, payment methods, online shopping platforms, and obstacles encountered in online shopping. Among them, the time spent online can be regression analyzed with the frequency and expense of online shopping, paying attention to whether the time spent affects the frequency and expense, but it is necessary to control the grade variables in the analysis, because the length of time spent online may be related to the homework tasks of different grades.
When studying online content and its impact on online shopping, we focus on investigating whether the types of content that students pay attention to on the Internet are significantly related to the types and differences of goods purchased, that is, whether the impact of Internet content will affect students' online shopping behavior decisions. In this part, it is necessary to control factors such as hometown, tuition fees, and living expenses, because students who pay attention to finance and economics may have relevant families and relatively superior living conditions.
In terms of the promotion method, we investigated which promotion method would attract students' consumption more, so as to make suggestions for the merchant platform. However, gender variables need to be controlled, and the preferences between different genders are different, and the impact of promotion methods is also different.
In terms of payment method and online shopping platform, we pay attention to whether the choice of payment method and online shopping platform is related to the difference of students' online shopping, that is, which payment method and online shopping platform have the largest number of students and which payment method and online shopping platform have the highest consumption level. Gender variables should also be controlled here. For example, female consumers on Tmall account for the majority.
And in terms of the obstacles encountered in online shopping, we directly obtain the evaluation of the respondents and get the most direct and effective advice on the above influencing factors. This is because after investigating the above influencing factors, the advice given is also likely to be related to these factors.
Finally, the questionnaire studies the factors affecting the basic situation, such as gender, grade, hometown, tuition fees and living expenses. Here, the important questions to ask are scholarships, school allowances and hometown government allowances, so as to rule out the abnormal possibility that high tuition fees and low living expenses but high scholarships or subsidies lead to high levels of online shopping. This part is mainly the variables that need to be controlled when exploring the main influencing factors, and can also be studied as independent variables.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Choose the city and school for the first time;then randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
School and city
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
50 Schools
Sample size: planned number of observations
5000 pupils
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
There's no comparison. It's a full scale survey
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

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IRB Approval Date
IRB Approval Number

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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