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:
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MicroBatch
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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TurkPrime now has tutorials to get you started
If you're looking for a video tutorial that explains how to setup your account on TurkPrime, how to run a longitudinal study, or how to limit who takes your HIT on Mechanical Turk, these resources are for you.
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In the latest release of TurkPrime.com we added many new features and fixes among them 2 additional metrics for every survey:
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Please join us this Friday, May 21st at 1pm at our APS symposium in New York City. We will be presenting talks on TurkPrime and how to make the most of Mechanical Turk.
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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 participation in future HITs. What can a Requester do to reverse the rejection?
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Topics: amazon mechanical turk, increase participation, mturk, mturk api, requester, reverse rejection, turkprime
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 of qualified Workers
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Topics: amazon mechanical turk, completion rate, demographics, HIT, increase participation, qualification, speed, turkprime
Run Qualtrics Surveys on MTurk using TurkPrime
Running Qualtrics surveys on TurkPrime streamlines several major pain-points researchers using MTurk have dealt with:
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Topics: amazon mechanical turk, HIT, mechanical turk, qualtrics, reverse rejection, secret code, secret key
Problem:
Suppose you're running a Mechanical Turk survey and need to exclude workers who took a previous survey. How can you quickly set this up.
Some of the currently used solutions require following multiple steps to set things up and are not turnkey solutions and others require Workers to enter their Worker ID, which may self-filter workers and limit the number of workers taking your survey.
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Topics: amazon mechanical turk, exclude, exclude workers, mechanical turk, mturk, turkprime, workerid
Problem:
Suppose you need to run a survey on Mechanical Turk and follow up with the same workers a week, month or year later. A few issues come up:
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Topics: amazon mechanical turk, email, follow up, include workers, Longitudinal, mturk, notify