MIT Computational Cognitive Science Lab Ratings
MIT Computational Cognitive Science Lab Wage History
Top Worker Reviews
MechaTurk Average Pace
Use and Create Descriptions of Abstract Patterns - $6.00 +1.01 bonus Confirmed!
Underpaid
Acceptable
Approved
$5.25 / hour
01:20:05 / completion time
Pros
Kind of interesting and fun, with an average bonus of $8 (or so they say...).Update: Messaged req regarding bonus 2/10.
Cons
Gawdawful hourly on this one. Even if the bonus is $8, it won't do much to save this stinker.Update: No response from req. & WHOPPING 80 cent bonus!!!!
Update: Reached out a second time, as I could not believe they meant to pay people this poorly. They responded that the average time for completion was 45 minutes and the average bonus was $2 (not $8). So, they expected to pay about $10.66/hour. For my extra time the upped my bonus by 21 cents. SMH!
Jan 27, 2021 | 3 workers found this helpful.
Hedgmog Careful Reader
Maze game - $2.00 +1.00 bonus Confirmed!
Generous
Unrated
Approved
$14.04 / hour
00:12:49 / completion time
Pros
Read instructions - work through 41 mazes trying to take the least steps possible - possible bonus depending on performance - $3 top 20%, $2 less steps than the average, $1 if total steps fewer than the bottom 30% - I did not do too well at this at all, I totally bombed - easy to follow - could be done faster01.15.2022-I actually got awarded a $1.00 bonus which was a surprise
Cons
They recommend working on this in Firefox
Jan 15, 2022
j0sh83 Average Pace
3D navigation game - $4 bonus possible for a total of $5 in 35 minutes or less - $1.00 +4.00 bonus Confirmed!
Fair
Unrated
Approved
$11.17 / hour
00:26:52 / completion time
Pros
Meh.I imagine an MIT student thought to themselves, "how do I turn humans in to lab rats?" ...
Cons
... And then they came up with this game. Essentially this is like the old 90s Maze game. The concept is not hard, but this was a giant waste of time as 98% of it was spent running around. Max bonus is $4, which isn't confirmed. Not exactly sure what criteria they use to determine the bonus, but even with it, the pay rate is garbage. One cent placeholder for now.Edit: $4 bonus received 9/17. Changed pay rating to fair.
Sep 15, 2021