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How to Use CloudResearch to Conduct Online Behavioral Research During COVID-19
Everyone knows things today are different than they were before COVID-19 became a global pandemic. Unfortunately, things won’t return to normal anytime soon. So, in the meantime, parts of society...
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The CloudResearch MTurk Toolkit Is Now Compatible With AWS Billing
Amazon recently announced that Mechanical Turk users can opt into Amazon Web Services (AWS) Billing. What this means is that rather than purchase prepaid HITs on Mechanical Turk, you can...
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Study: Are Election 2020 Poll Respondents Honest About Their Vote?
Lately, there’s been considerable debate over the accuracy of presidential polls. While recent polls show Joe Biden ahead, a number of pundits speculate that some Donald Trump supporters may be...
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Should I Reject This MTurk Worker? How to Fairly Identify Low-Quality Research Participants
When a research participant submits a survey on Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), you, as the researcher, have two options. You can accept the HIT (Human Intelligence Task), in which case...
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Mask Wearing Is Not Just About Political Party: Regional Infection-Rate Density Plays a Big Role in Who Is Wearing a Mask, and This Has Important Implications for Survey Sampling
The coronavirus pandemic has created massive social upheaval. Beyond the health and economic consequences, the day-to-day behaviors of billions of people have been altered. And, the end is currently not...
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Best Practices That Can Affect Data Quality on MTurk
Of late, researchers have reported a decrease in data quality on Mechanical Turk (MTurk). To combat the issue, we recently developed some data quality solutions, which are described in detail...
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