+1 Ruth!
Further reading on MTurk's business model, demographics, etc.:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/the-unknown-poorl
y-paid-labor-force-powering-academic-research
https://priceonomics.com/mechanical-turk-new-face-of-behavioral-science/
Allana Mayer
Media Coordinator, OurDigitalWorld
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Ruth Tillman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> If you've got the budget for $5 available, why not pay $5? I have done
> piece contracting of this sort when I was very newly out of undergrad and
> working three part-time jobs, plus doing paid unskilled usability testing
> and other piecework. It may only take 5 min, but that doesn't mean they're
> spending 8 hours a day doing this kind of thing. If you've judged student
> time and expertise are worth $5 and have the $5, I would go by considering
> how you treat the participants vs. whether you can attract enough.
>
> Best,
> Ruth
>
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Josh Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Steven. That article is helpful. Funding will not be an issue for
> > my university. My main concern is whether using MTurk is too cumbersome
> and
> > whether its results are valid. I plan to limit my tasks to college-age
> > people in USA, but I can't get much more granular than that. Whether that
> > is a valid substitution for using actual students from our campus is a
> > concern.
> >
> > We currently pay $5 per student for very small-scale usability testing
> > in-house but have problems finding willing students. I think based on
> > standard MTurk job rates I could probably pay in the $2 range for a task
> > that takes 5 minutes and get a reasonable number of willing participants.
> >
> > Joshua Welker
> > Information Technology Librarian
> > James C. Kirkpatrick Library
> > University of Central Missouri
> > Warrensburg, MO 64093
> > JCKL 2260
> > 660.543.8022
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Turner, Steven <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > At my university, the biggest impediment would be funding the MTurk
> > > activities, that is, getting the university to agree to pay using their
> > > method.
> > > Steven Turner, MLIS
> > > Manager, Web Technologies and Development, Assistant Professor
> > > University Libraries
> > > The University of Alabama<https://www.ua.edu/>
> > > 416 Gorgas Library | Box 870266, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0266
> > > office 205-348-1638
> > > steven.j.turner<mailto:[log in to unmask]>@ua.edu |
> > > http://www.lib.ua.edu/
> > >
> > > [cid:[log in to unmask]]
> > > <https://www.ua.edu/>
> > > <https://www.ua.edu/>
> > >
> > > On Apr 26, 2017, at 10:51 AM, Josh Welker <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> welker
> > > @UCMO.EDU>> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm thinking of using Amazon Mechanical Turk to do quick testing on
> some
> > > new UIs for our library website. The testing needs to be done over
> summer
> > > when there are few students available. Does anyone have experience
> using
> > > MTurk for UI testing and have any pointers for what works well and what
> > > doesn't? I've read a few things on Google but didn't find it very
> > helpful.
> > >
> > > Joshua Welker
> > > Information Technology Librarian
> > > James C. Kirkpatrick Library
> > > University of Central Missouri
> > > Warrensburg, MO 64093
> > > JCKL 2260
> > > 660.543.8022
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Ruth Kitchin Tillman
>
> Digital Collections Librarian
>
> Hesburgh Libraries
>
> 113 Hesburgh Library
>
> o: 574-631-6067
>
> e: [log in to unmask]
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