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Anonymize Mechanical Turk Worker IDs
Jonathan Robinson, PhD

Anonymize Mechanical Turk Worker IDs

We recently launched a ground-breaking feature that helps protect Mechanical Turk worker identities. It has been reported in the literature that Mechanical Turk Worker IDs can be used to identify the worker. This is because Amazon uses the same value...

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Block Multiple Responses From the Same IP Address
Jonathan Robinson, PhD

Block Multiple Responses From the Same IP Address

Our most popular feature request has been to allow the blocking of multiple workers from the same IP address.

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HyperBatch – Run Batched HITs at Hyper Speeds
Jonathan Robinson, PhD

HyperBatch – Run Batched HITs at Hyper Speeds

You can now run your Amazon Mechanical Turk studies at Hyper speeds. We worked hard to make the experience identical to our classic MicroBatch option so that you simply launch your study and TurkPrime does all the heavy lifting for you.

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WorkerID (And All MTurk Fields) Sent to Qualtrics
Jonathan Robinson, PhD

WorkerID (And All MTurk Fields) Sent to Qualtrics

CloudResearch can now automatically add Worker ID, HIT ID, and Assignment ID to data files, including CSV and SPSS files. These variables can be very useful when you want to match Workers across multiple data files. For example, in longitudinal studies,...

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Easily Copy Past HITs
Jonathan Robinson, PhD

Easily Copy Past HITs

TurkPrime has just released a Copy feature which makes duplicating past TurkPrime HITs simple and fast. To copy the settings from an old survey to a new one, follow these simple steps: Go to the HIT you want to copy...

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Our Micro-Batching Feature Will Improve the Quality of Your Data
CloudResearch

Our Micro-Batching Feature Will Improve the Quality of Your Data

We have deployed a micro-batching feature which allows Requesters to break up their studies into smaller segments, and to include time intervals between the segments. We developed this feature to increase sample representation. This feature can also save 50% in MTurk fees.

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Bounce and Completion Rate
Jonathan Robinson, PhD

Bounce and Completion Rate

In the latest release of CloudResearch.com we added many new features and fixes among them 2 additional metrics for every survey: Bounce Rate Completion Rate The Bounce Rate is the percentage of Amazon workers who previewed your survey but decided...

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Reverse Rejections
Jonathan Robinson, PhD

Reverse Rejections

Problem: How can a Requester who rejected an assignment in error undo his mistake? A rejected assignment affects the Worker negatively and will often impact the Requester with negative feedback which can damage the Requester’s online reputation which lowers Worker...

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Maximizing HIT Participation
Jonathan Robinson, PhD

Maximizing HIT Participation

Problem: How can you increase Amazon Mechanical Turk HIT Worker participation rates and speed completion of a HIT? This is particularly an issue with HITs that have a large number of required participants or have Qualifications that limit the number...

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Qualtrics Studies Run on Mechanical Turk Can Be Integrated With CloudResearch
Jonathan Robinson, PhD

Qualtrics Studies Run on Mechanical Turk Can Be Integrated With CloudResearch

Run Qualtrics Surveys on MTurk using CloudResearch Running Qualtrics surveys on CloudResearch streamlines several major pain-points researchers using MTurk have dealt with: Researchers can setup a dynamic secret code so that each Worker receives a unique code upon completing the study....

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