9780978663865-0978663861-Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics

Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics

ISBN-13: 9780978663865
ISBN-10: 0978663861
Edition: First Edition
Author: Kim Bartel Sheehan, Matthew Pittman
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Melvin & Leigh, Publishers
Format: Paperback 160 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780978663865
ISBN-10: 0978663861
Edition: First Edition
Author: Kim Bartel Sheehan, Matthew Pittman
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Melvin & Leigh, Publishers
Format: Paperback 160 pages

Summary

Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics (ISBN-13: 9780978663865 and ISBN-10: 0978663861), written by authors Kim Bartel Sheehan, Matthew Pittman, was published by Melvin & Leigh, Publishers in 2016. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.36.

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Are you considering using Amazon's MTurk for your study? This is the book for you! Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics is a handy, inexpensive guide for researchers wishing to make the most out of MTurk. Kim Sheehan and Matthew Pittman walk readers through the basics of setting up a study -- from choosing a survey platform, to obtaining IRB approvals, to recruiting and paying respondents.

Praise for the book:

"The Hit Handbook is a handy 'how to' guide for social scientists seeking to acquire high quality data using Amazon's Mechanical Turk service. This thoughtful and well-written text helps researchers maximize their use of the platform while avoiding potentially critical mistakes." (Toby Hopp, University of Alabama)

Table of Contents:
1. What Is Mechanical Turk?
2. Who Are These Workers? Demographics of the MTurk Workforce
3. Motivations and Reputations
4. Requesters
5. Setting Up a Survey on MTurk
6. Ensuring Data Quality
7. Pricing Your HIT
8. IRB and Human Subjects Approval
9. Completing the Study: Accepting, Paying, Blocking, and Rejecting
10. The Ethics of MTurk
11. The Future of Research Using Crowdsourcing
MTurk Lexicon
FAQs
References
Index
About the Authors

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