To cope with this issue, this paper recommends the use of within-subject designs alongside the more common between-subject designs (mixed designs). With fewer participants, the accuracy and generalizability of a study remains limited. A common problem in this research, however, is a lack of participants. Lay summary In the past decade, experimental research into Audiovisual Translation (AVT), such as subtitles, has been on the rise.

Drawing from the broader spectrum of Translation Studies and the case of the Subtitles for Access to Education (S4AE) research project, this paper highlights obstacles in the preparation of a within-subject AVT cognition, reception and perception experiment and proposes a possible approach to prepare similar within-subject AVT studies. This paper pleads for the introduction of complementary within-subject designs by illustrating the contrasts between the within-subject and between-subject research design. Within-subject studies are rarely used in experimental AVT cognition, reception and perception research, although they can increase statistical power due to the repeated testing and shed light on the idiosyncratic nature of the matter.

The few experimental studies that are aimed at other audiences tend to have small sample sizes.

The majority of these studies are between-subject studies, focused on subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). In the past decade, cognitive empirical AVT research has been on the rise.

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