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Understanding Turkers: How Do Gig Economy Workers Use Amazon's Mechanical Turk?
Aaron Moss, PhD

Understanding Turkers: How Do Gig Economy Workers Use Amazon's Mechanical Turk?

By now, most people have heard of the gig economy and have some idea of how it works. In the gig economy, people perform short-term jobs or tasks to earn money. Gig economy jobs are considered independent or contract work, meaning people who work in the gig economy often trade the benefits and stability of traditional employment for the freedom and flexibility to decide when and how much they work.

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How Do Most MTurk Workers Work?
Aaron Moss, PhD

How Do Most MTurk Workers Work?

A persistent cause of concern for researchers who conduct studies online is understanding what participants might be doing while completing their study. When participants are outside the lab, they cannot be observed and distracting aspects of the environment cannot be controlled by the research team. As a result, researchers are left to wonder: how much attention are participants giving my survey?

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How to Easily Run a Pilot Study on CloudResearch
Aaron Moss, PhD

How to Easily Run a Pilot Study on CloudResearch

Last month, we published a blog titled, “Five Things You Should Not Be Doing in Online Data Collection.” Among the things we identified that you should not be doing was launching your study without piloting it first. As a way...

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Transfer Funds From One CloudResearch User to Another
Aaron Moss, PhD

Transfer Funds From One CloudResearch User to Another

Academic research is a collaborative endeavor. Faculty members work with post-docs, grad students, and undergrads. Sometimes one lab collaborates with another. During the course of such work, resources sometimes need to be shared or redistributed. At CloudResearch, we have sought...

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Spread Your Data Collection Over Days or Weeks With MicroBatch
Aaron Moss, PhD

Spread Your Data Collection Over Days or Weeks With MicroBatch

One reason Amazon Mechanical Turk has become so popular among researchers is the speed with which data can be collected. Compared to more traditional research methods — lab-based experiments, field studies, ethnographic interviews, etc. — MTurk is exceptionally fast, making...

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Tips for Navigating the CloudResearch Dashboard
Aaron Moss, PhD

Tips for Navigating the CloudResearch Dashboard

Overview of CloudResearch Dashboard changes and navigation tips for improved user experience.

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Five Things You Should NOT Be Doing in Online Data Collection
Aaron Moss, PhD

Five Things You Should NOT Be Doing in Online Data Collection

Three weeks ago, we published a blog explaining five things you should be doing in your online data collection. In this blog, we follow up with five things you should NOT be doing when collecting data on MTurk.

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Revisiting CloudResearch's Survey Group Feature
Aaron Moss, PhD

Revisiting CloudResearch's Survey Group Feature

What Is a Survey Group? Survey Groups are one of the most powerful and dynamic tools on CloudResearch for controlling which workers are eligible and ineligible for your study. A Survey Group is exactly what it sounds like: a collection...

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Announcing the CloudResearch Suggestion Box
Aaron Moss, PhD

Announcing the CloudResearch Suggestion Box

A new year represents the opportunity to consider priorities, set goals, chart new courses of action, and decide how to move forward in the coming months. At CloudResearch, we're moving into 2019 looking for ways to expand the tools and...

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Five Things You Should Be Doing in Online Data Collection
Aaron Moss, PhD

Five Things You Should Be Doing in Online Data Collection

Researchers are responsible for being an expert, or at least knowledgeable, in several areas. There's the topic of your research, the methods common within your discipline, best practices for open science, and the mediums used to communicate about your work—just to name a few. For many researchers, online data collection has been revolutionary, helping collect data faster and more affordably than ever before.

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