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Discussion - Limits of Reviewed Studies (Hamari et al. 2014)

some papers had a small sample size
the psychometric measurements used when conducting surveys were not proper or validated
some experiments did not have a control group and only used user evaluation for their analyses
in terms of implemented motivational affordances: there were sometimes no controls between them; they were sometimes analyzed as a group, not at the individual level
several papers gave descriptive stats and could have presented details about the links between constructs but did not
short time frames when conducting the experiments (novelty could be a confounding factor)
reports of results were unclear
none of the experiments used all levels of measurements (motivational affordances, psychological outcomes, and behavioral outcomes)
it's important to be aware of these limits so future studies on gamification can be more clear and refined

Updated 2021-02-03

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