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Make Your Research Less WEIRD; Sample with Prime Panels International

Aaron Moss, PhD
December 16, 2022

Make Your Research Less WEIRD; Sample with Prime Panels International

Learn more about Prime Panels international sampling capabilities, which offers access to diverse high-quality participants in 19 different countries.

How Can You Get High-Quality Data from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk? With CloudResearch’s Approved Participants!

Aaron Moss, PhD
November 22, 2022

How Can You Get High-Quality Data from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk? With CloudResearch’s Approved Participants!

Humans have used information about other people’s reputations for tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of years. Given people’s fluency with tracking others’ reputations it is not surprising that many tech platforms rely on reputation systems to help regulate transactions between strangers (think Airbnb reviews). For behavioral researchers who use Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), the story is no different: many researchers rely on reputation metrics when sampling participants.

Too Important to Get it Wrong: The Consequences and Embarrassment of Bad Data Quality

Aaron Moss, PhD
September 15, 2022

Too Important to Get it Wrong: The Consequences and Embarrassment of Bad Data Quality

Data quality is a known issue within online panels. Considering the time and money research requires, gathering bad data is not a mistake you want to make. To avoid the consequences of bad data, you must take a proactive approach.

Research on The Self-Regulation of Face-Touching: Running a Remote Observational Experiment

Lucas Keller & Marie-Claire Kabengele
August 24, 2022

Research on The Self-Regulation of Face-Touching: Running a Remote Observational Experiment

In March 2020, health authorities around the globe were quick to release recommendations to avoid COVID-19 infections. As many things about COVID-19 were uncertain, several recommendations were based on research on other infectious diseases, some of which are transmitted via smear infections. One of these recommendations that remains on the CDC's website to this date was to "avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands."

Introducing Connect: A new site for paid online surveys

Aaron Moss, PhD
July 12, 2022

Introducing Connect: A new site for paid online surveys

Introducing Connect, a new participant platform for paid online surveys. Sign up now to start earning money for participating in interesting tasks and surveys!

Connect by CloudResearch: A New and Versatile Platform for Online Recruitment

Aaron Moss, PhD
July 12, 2022

Connect by CloudResearch: A New and Versatile Platform for Online Recruitment

CloudResearch is thrilled to introduce Connect – our new platform for online research! Connect is dedicated to delivering high-quality data, making collaboration among researchers easy, and pushing the boundaries of what is possible with online research. Sign Up Now!

Juneteenth is a Federal Holiday. But What Do People Know About it?

Aaron Moss, PhD
June 8, 2022

Juneteenth is a Federal Holiday. But What Do People Know About it?

Despite widespread media attention in recent years, polling conducted by CloudResearch in June of 2021 and again in 2022 shows that most people know little about the holiday Juneteenth. Only about half of the US population, for example, knows that Juneteenth marks the end of slavery. And only one fifth of people have plans to celebrate the holiday this year.

The Trouble with Maintaining Data Quality in Online Research

CloudResearch
June 1, 2022

The Trouble with Maintaining Data Quality in Online Research

When it comes to data quality in market research, our team at CloudResearch thrives on creating solutions and leading important conversations. What better way to “talk shop” than joining experienced UX Researcher and industry thought leader, Matt Valle on his...

Do Parenthood and Parental Care Motives Lead To Increased Religiosity?

Nicholas Kerry, PhD
May 16, 2022

Do Parenthood and Parental Care Motives Lead To Increased Religiosity?

Psychologists have spent a lot of time studying how parenting affects children. Attachment theory, for example, may be one of the widest studied topics in all of psychology. But despite a longstanding focus on parenting and children, relatively little time has been spent thinking about how parenthood affects parents themselves. This is in many ways surprising.

CloudResearch® and InnovateMR Partner to Address the Most Pressing Challenge In the Online Survey Industry: Data Quality

CloudResearch
May 14, 2022

CloudResearch® and InnovateMR Partner to Address the Most Pressing Challenge In the Online Survey Industry: Data Quality

CloudResearch and InnovateMR jointly announce a strategic partnership to improve the most pressing challenge facing the online survey industry: data quality.

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