03/07 - Slacker Saturday

Okay, I've got another question. If you come across a survey that you know you've done before, but it's allowing you to do it and you've scoured the hit page and consent form and nowhere do you see anything about completing the survey only once, would you do the survey again and risk the rejection?

 

If it's literally the same survey, then no? It's dumb that they didn't safeguard it against repeat workers, but it would be unethical to take it.

 

Depends on how recently I've done the survey. If it's a year or more than I'll finish it. If it's within the same month I usually throw it back. Sometimes surveys may look like the same but they've got different conditions so if they don't mention repeats I go for it.

 

Ugh I got screened out.

 

You've received a bonus from James Carney for work related to 37AQKJ12TXO6A4Z7OPU1MSWGOLLTT3.
The value of your bonus is: $2.00 USD

The Requester included this note:
This is your bonus payment for selecting a longer text in the 'Stories and Mental States' HIT you participated in.

I draw your attention to the fact that MTurk charges a 20% fee on each bonus issued. This makes it quite expensive for academic researchers to pay bonuses when workloads differ (as they did in this HIT). I will be raising this issue with MTurk; I urge you to do the same, as it is workers who lose out when researchers are penalised for issuing bonuses.

Dr James Carney
Brunel University London


Huh.
Glad one requester is going to Grinch about Amazon's practices. Won't make a difference, but he seems to care about how it affects workers.

 

Title: Gender from face images | PANDA
Requester: Vahid Mirjalili [AUP40YJ13YFBV]
TurkerView: [ $9.00 / hour ]
Description: Pick the appearance gender (sex: male vs. female) from the face images
Duration: 60 Min
Available: 2
Reward: $0.01
Qualifications:

[3Y6OYEUGD7K8XMQDE7KDILRAULTS5P]​

 

Li Cheng [A27ZII14MWQ3B3] Buyer-Supplier Negotiation Study (Bonus Up to $10 Depending on Performance) - $3.00 $5.70 bonus | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated

$16.92 / hour
00:30:51 / completion time

​

Pros:
No comprehension questions on the video. You get a bonus on how well you negotiate.

Cons:
Have to watch a 16 minute on how to play the game.

Catchability: Okay (HIT Last Seen: 42 minutes ago)
Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) > 95; Adult Content Qualification EqualTo 1; Cheng 2.15.2020 Block Past Workers DoesNotExist ;

To read Li Cheng's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Wow! Bonus paid and hit approved within 5 minutes of completing the hit!! Nice!

 

I just got that as well. If they lower the bonus fees then requesters would just pay less and give more bonuses so obviously Amazon won't do it but it's nice that they care. Also, I enjoyed that hit and legitimately enjoyed reading the story I was assigned.

 

mindandsociety [A3RDOWMT0GINH0] Feelings about Contemporary Issues(~ 40 minutes) - $2.00 | PANDA

Unrated

Unrated

Unrated

$3.13 / hour
00:38:21 / completion time

​

Pros:

Cons:
It's all Native American vs White Privilege. Never "some" or " a few in history'. Always "whites" or "native americans".

Catchability: Okay (HIT Last Seen: 7 minutes ago)
Qualifications: Exc: [1519599213-202107] DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) >= 99; Location In US;

To read mindandsociety's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Well .... poop on that.

 

Same here! That was the one we got to pick the story, right? I picked one from an author I have on one of my shelves so I ended up dragging down that book and reading more from the author.

 

Yeah, or at least we picked the author I don't recall if we chose which story or not. It's funny you say that because I actually bought a book after reading mine so I could read some more haha.

 

Vanessa Pan [A15JWBPZJ1W7YH] Interesting quiz about detecting phishing emails - $1.58 | PANDA

Good

Unrated

Unrated

$18.90 / hour
00:05:01 / completion time

​

Pros:
Possible small bonus.

Cons:
Bonus undisclosed.

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: a second ago)
Qualifications: Age - 55 or Older EqualTo 0; completed my surveys before DoesNotExist ;

To read Vanessa Pan's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Vanessa Pan [A15JWBPZJ1W7YH] Interesting quiz about detecting phishing emails - $1.58 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated

$17.45 / hour
00:05:26 / completion time

​

Pros:

Cons:
Mine had timed pages. Might be different versions.

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: a second ago)
Qualifications: Age - 55 or Older EqualTo 0; completed my surveys before DoesNotExist ;

To read Vanessa Pan's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Title: Help alpha test a product prototype that will be used to monitor health conditions. | PANDA
Requester: David Suendermann-Oeft [AEMST6B9D5TP4]
TurkerView: [ $18.39 / hour ]
Description: Make a video call with an automated system that monitors health conditions. Webcam and microphone required.
Duration: 60 Min
Available: 0
Reward: $2.00
Qualifications:

• Completed the 9320 study DoesNotExist
• Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 100,
• Location In CA, US,
• HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 98,

[3I6C7P7ITDFZXYHBY762USY8QPX6Z4]​

 

I picked one by HG Wells and had a book of his stories on my shelf I've been meaning to get to. That prompted me. So that hit was a win for me overall. And I love reading so any hit that involves THAT kind of reading I'm down for.

 

That's crazy, out of all the authors we both picked HG Wells. Mine was The Magic Shop.

 

PsychLabAtBC [A10M90Y8PUKQ1E] Psychology rating study (20 min)(~ 20 minutes) - $2.60 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated

$16.00 / hour
00:09:45 / completion time

​

Pros:

Cons:
sliders

Catchability: Okay (HIT Last Seen: 13 minutes ago)
Qualifications: SurveyGroup [3086] DoesNotExist ; Exc: [-818543213-202161] DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; Location In US;

To read PsychLabAtBC's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

OMG me too! The exact one!