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Is Online Data Collection Affected by Time of Day Bias?

Tommy Roggina
January 24, 2020

Is Online Data Collection Affected by Time of Day Bias?

The speed of modern online data collection platforms introduces a new wrinkle for survey-based research: time of day bias. See how to control for it using CloudResearch.

The Persistent Gender Pay Gap: How Wage Inequality Affects Anonymous Workers on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk

Cheskie Rosenzweig, MS
January 20, 2020

The Persistent Gender Pay Gap: How Wage Inequality Affects Anonymous Workers on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk

While it seems like the gender pay gap would close in an anonymous, online environment, a study from CloudResearch sheds new light on wages and gender on Amazon MTurk.

An MTurk Alternative: Data Quality Analysis of Mturk vs Online Panels

CloudResearch
September 24, 2019

An MTurk Alternative: Data Quality Analysis of Mturk vs Online Panels

A data quality analysis of Mturk and our Prime Panels tool. See how this alternative online research platform stacks up against Amazon’s Mturk.

Best Practices for Rotating Amazon Web Services Access Keys for CloudResearch Users

Aaron Moss, PhD
July 2, 2019

Best Practices for Rotating Amazon Web Services Access Keys for CloudResearch Users

In this blog, we describe how to rotate API keys for security on Amazon Mechanical Turk.

How Many Amazon Mechanical Turk Workers Are There in 2019?

Aaron Moss, PhD
June 25, 2019

How Many Amazon Mechanical Turk Workers Are There in 2019?

Amazon Mturk has become a go-to platform for researchers sourcing survey participants, but how many workers use it? See estimates from our recent study here

How to Award a Bonus to MTurk Workers Using CloudResearch

Aaron Moss, PhD
April 10, 2019

How to Award a Bonus to MTurk Workers Using CloudResearch

One feature of Mechanical Turk is the ability of researchers to give workers bonus payments. Bonuses may be issued for various reasons such as exemplary performance on a task, answering extra questions in a study, or as a reward for...

Understanding Turkers: How Do Gig Economy Workers Use Amazon’s Mechanical Turk?

Aaron Moss, PhD
March 15, 2019

Understanding Turkers: How Do Gig Economy Workers Use Amazon’s Mechanical Turk?

By now, most people have heard of the gig economy and have some idea of how it works. In the gig economy, people perform short-term jobs or tasks to earn money. Gig economy jobs are considered independent or contract work, meaning people who work in the gig economy often trade the benefits and stability of traditional employment for the freedom and flexibility to decide when and how much they work.

How Do Most MTurk Workers Work?

Aaron Moss, PhD
March 1, 2019

How Do Most MTurk Workers Work?

A persistent cause of concern for researchers who conduct studies online is understanding what participants might be doing while completing their study. When participants are outside the lab, they cannot be observed and distracting aspects of the environment cannot be controlled by the research team. As a result, researchers are left to wonder: how much attention are participants giving my survey?

How to Easily Run a Pilot Study on CloudResearch

Aaron Moss, PhD
February 21, 2019

How to Easily Run a Pilot Study on CloudResearch

Last month, we published a blog titled, “Five Things You Should Not Be Doing in Online Data Collection.” Among the things we identified that you should not be doing was launching your study without piloting it first. As a way...

Transfer Funds From One CloudResearch User to Another

Aaron Moss, PhD
February 14, 2019

Transfer Funds From One CloudResearch User to Another

Academic research is a collaborative endeavor. Faculty members work with post-docs, grad students, and undergrads. Sometimes one lab collaborates with another. During the course of such work, resources sometimes need to be shared or redistributed. At CloudResearch, we have sought...

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