Inside the Turk Understanding Mechanical Turk as a Participant Pool

Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 184 - 188
Published: Jun 3, 2014
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...
Paper Details
Title
Inside the Turk Understanding Mechanical Turk as a Participant Pool
Published Date
Jun 3, 2014
Volume
23
Issue
3
Pages
184 - 188
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