Comments on: Weekly Gem from the Founder Institute: Mechanical Turks for Market Research http://blog.fairsoftware.net/2009/05/28/weekly-gem-from-the-founder-institute-mechanical-turks-for-market-research/ Entrepreneurs, Startups and Co-Founders Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:29:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Russ http://blog.fairsoftware.net/2009/05/28/weekly-gem-from-the-founder-institute-mechanical-turks-for-market-research/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Russ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:52:35 +0000 http://blog.fairsoftware.net/?p=740#comment-104 Demographic study of Mechanical Turk users:<br><br><a href="http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2008/03/mechanical-turk-demographics.html" rel="nofollow">http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2008...</a><br><br>It's interesting (and comforting to those of us throwing surveys out there), though the methodology to gather the data is not mentioned. This guy did have a 10-day lead on you, however. Demographic study of Mechanical Turk users:

http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2008...

It's interesting (and comforting to those of us throwing surveys out there), though the methodology to gather the data is not mentioned. This guy did have a 10-day lead on you, however.

]]> By: Michael http://blog.fairsoftware.net/2009/05/28/weekly-gem-from-the-founder-institute-mechanical-turks-for-market-research/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Michael Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:31:05 +0000 http://blog.fairsoftware.net/?p=740#comment-92 Not highly sophisticated? Be careful with your presumptions. As a requester myself, I can assure you there are a great many very bright and capable people doing work on Mechanical Turk. Quite a few have bachelor's degrees or higher and have turned to MTurk to help make ends meet. Some after losing a job or having hours cut back at work; others due to injury, illness, motherhood, etc.; while some are just on a tight budget for the month and want a little extra money to buy a book, CD or whatever.<br><br>Not all the jobs are for mere cents. Check out twitter.com/biggesthits, which records some of the $5 and above tasks posted to Mechanical Turk each day. Not highly sophisticated? Be careful with your presumptions. As a requester myself, I can assure you there are a great many very bright and capable people doing work on Mechanical Turk. Quite a few have bachelor's degrees or higher and have turned to MTurk to help make ends meet. Some after losing a job or having hours cut back at work; others due to injury, illness, motherhood, etc.; while some are just on a tight budget for the month and want a little extra money to buy a book, CD or whatever.

Not all the jobs are for mere cents. Check out twitter.com/biggesthits, which records some of the $5 and above tasks posted to Mechanical Turk each day.

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