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Scale Mean and Variance Differences in MTurk and Non-MTurk Samples

Journal of Personnel Psychology, 2023
Abstract. We meta-analytically examined mean and variance differences between MTurk and non-MTurk samples for a variety of scales used in the organizational sciences. The influence of moderators (i.e., construct domain and valence, sample type, use of qualifications, and data cleaning procedures) was also examined.
Melissa G. Keith   +2 more
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Concerns and recommendations for using AmazonMTurkfor eating disorder research

open access: yesInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, 2021
AbstractObjectiveOur original aim was to validate and norm common eating disorder (ED) symptom measures in a large, representative community sample of transgender adults in the United States. We recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), a popular online recruitment and data collection platform both within and outside of the ED field.
C. Blair Burnette   +7 more
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MTurk Character Misrepresentation: Assessment and Solutions

Journal of Consumer Research, 2017
Abstract This tutorial provides evidence that character misrepresentation in survey screeners by Amazon Mechanical Turk Workers (“Turkers”) can substantially and significantly distort research findings. Using five studies, we demonstrate that a large proportion of respondents in paid MTurk studies claim a false identity, ownership, or ...
Kathryn Sharpe Wessling   +2 more
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The Shape of and Solutions to the MTurk Quality Crisis

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is widely used to collect affordable and high-quality survey responses. However, researchers recently noticed a substantial decline in data quality, sending shockwaves throughout the social sciences. The problem seems to stem from the use of Virtual Private Servers (VPSs) by respondents outside the U.S.
Ryan Kennedy   +4 more
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Cognitive Effects of Inattentive Responding in an MTurk Sample

Social Science Quarterly, 2021
ObjectiveMechanical Turk (MTurk) has become an increasingly valuable sampling tool for social scientists. At the same time, concern has emerged about the quality of responses obtained from MTurk workers. This article demonstrates several screening practices for identifying problematic or inattentive MTurk participants.
Jimin Pyo, Michael G. Maxfield
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Reliability of MTurk Data From Masters and Workers

open access: yesJournal of Individual Differences, 2020
Abstract. Previous research has supported the use of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) for online data collection in individual differences research. Although MTurk Masters have reached an elite status because of strong approval ratings on previous tasks (and therefore gain higher payment for their work) no research has empirically examined whether ...
S. Rouse
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Examining broad intellectual abilities obtained within an mTurk internet sample

Current Psychology, 2020
Widely used in social science research, samples of participants obtained via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (mTurk) tend to be representative across many sociodemographic variables. However, to date, no research has investigated and reported the global cognitive ability level (i.e., intelligence) of samples obtained via mTurk.
Zachary C. Merz   +2 more
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Reply to MTurk, Prolific or panels? Choosing the right audience for online research

Social Science Research Network, 2021
In a recent paper published on SSRN, Peer et al., (2021) compared data quality across five participant recruitment platforms commonly used for research in the behavioral sciences.
L. Litman   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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