Current Directions in Psychological Science· 2014Q1
Inside the Turk
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Short summary
Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is increasingly used by social scientists for data collection, but its suitability as a participant pool requires careful assessment of worker traits and data quality.
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Key points
- MTurk is a popular online labor market for social science data collection.
- Worker traits, motivations, and data quality are key considerations for its use.
- Data quality on MTurk is influenced by both controllable and uncontrollable factors.
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Abstract
Mechanical Turk (MTurk), an online labor market created by Amazon, has recently become popular among social scientists as a source of survey and experimental data. The workers who populate this market have been assessed on dimensions that are universally relevant to understanding whether, why, and when they should be recruited as research participants. We discuss the characteristics of MTurk as a participant pool for psychology and other social sciences, highlighting the traits of the MTurk samples, why people become MTurk workers and research participants, and how data quality on MTurk compares to that from other pools and depends on controllable and uncontrollable factors.
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