Explain the advantages and disadvantages of students and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk for experimental subjects. Write at least two advantages and disadvantages for each.

What will be an ideal response?


May vary. Advantages of hiring MTurk workers include low cost compared to other
recruiting methods, ability to find workers quickly, data collection is almost immediate. Drawbacks of hiring MTurk workers include low pay for workers who many then finish too quickly, angry response to attention checks, workers who participate only for entertainment purposes, uncontrolled environment, possible software/hardware capabilities on behalf of workers.

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