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It's an interesting question, whether or not the data is representative (or what demographic is the data representative of). Are there any studies done of the
by ehead 8y ago
It's an interesting question, whether or not the data is representative (or what demographic is the data representative of).
Are there any studies done of the demographic distribution of Turkers?
- sideshowb 8y agoI'm told yes by my colleagues in political science. They seem to think highly of it. Don't have the citations myself sorry
- archgoon 8y agoSeveral of the referenced papers from the article seek to address this question: "Evaluating Online Labor Markets for Experimental Research: Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk" https://www.jstor.org/stable/23260322?mag=amazons-mechanical-turk-has-reinvented-research&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/23260322?mag=amazons-mechanical... "Socially Mediated Internet Surveys: Recruiting Participants for Online Experiments" https://www.jstor.org/stable/43284764?mag=amazons-mechanical-turk-has-reinvented-research&seq=5#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/43284764?mag=amazons-mechanical...