MTurk Econ Research Ratings
MTurk Econ Research Wage History
Top Worker Reviews
Lizj87 Average Pace
Roasted Duck Surveys(~ 30 minutes) - $2.50 +1.88 bonus Confirmed!
Low
Unacceptable
Approved
$7.28 / hour
00:36:05 / completion time
Pros
The ONLY pro is that it was a reasonable rate of pay, counting the bonus.EDIT: Deceitful as S**T about bonuses. When it said a 'bonus' of $4.38 they were counting the $2.50 show up fee in that, so I actually got $1.88 bonus. Editing my ratings. Hourly no longer worth it. Communication unacceptable.
Cons
Wow. Just wow.1) Instructions are to not accept the HIT until after you've done the work and just hope there are surveys left, because the timer isn't long enough for the experiment. Nope. I accepted and just watched the clock. Not playing that game.
2) This is every single "balls in a bag" and "share credits between you and another player" ever, all squished together into one poorly formatted survey. And just as you're loosing the will to live, they throw an IAT 'e and i' test at you!!
3) Deception. Survey kept saying "once all the results are in..." and then told me exactly my pay off at the end, so it's all programmed and not about actual people after all.
Advice to Requester
Add a progress bar. Loose the typewriter font. Set the timer long enough to lose the ridiculous "don't accept this HIT yet" instruction - that's not how mturk works.
Aug 13, 2019 | 6 workers found this helpful.
margarita Average Pace
Roasted Duck Surveys(~ 30 minutes) - $2.50 +3.09 bonus Confirmed!
Good
Unacceptable
Approved
$10.27 / hour
00:32:40 / completion time
Pros
Chance of a decent bonus.Cons
This will be very low paying if you do not get a good bonus.Site was very slow to accept my answers. It says not to accept the hit until after you have done the work and hope there are surveys left!
Needs a longer timer and a progress bar. Felt like it went on and on.
At the end of the hit there was a breakdown of every trial I did and how much I earned on each trial. It showed I had earned $5.59, but the bonus I received was only $3.09, so even though it says you earned that much, that includes the base pay. I emailed the requester with a screen shot showing my bonus and questioned it, but they did not respond.
Advice to Requester
I was shown how much I earned on each trial and it added up to $5.59, which looked like this would be my bonus. I only received $3.09, so the pay for the hit was taken out of the bonus? This should be more clear.
Aug 13, 2019
yourbrain Average Pace
Roasted Duck Surveys(~ 30 minutes) - $2.50 +4.65 bonus
Good
Unrated
Approved
$14.43 / hour
00:29:44 / completion time
Pros
Potential for a decent bonusvery easy (if long and a bit repetitive)
approved very quickly (still waiting on bonus)
Cons
45 minute timer, "average length 30mins" "could take up to an hour" (yes, more than the HIT timer)Instructions (on HIT page) say not to accept the HIT until after you complete it, and that if there are no HITs available after you do the work they guarantee payment. "Gauranteed" Not sure I trust that. No reason not to trust them, but...If you start immediately after accepting the HIT and can read moderately quickly you can do it in about 30mins, maybe less.
If you are unlucky, or otherwise don't do well on some parts you can end up with a near zero bonus as well
Aug 13, 2019