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

Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics

Kim Bartel Sheehan

Matthew Pittman

Melvin & Leigh, Publishers

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Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics