AAAS Project 2061

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  1. bsweeney

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    Just an early heads-up to the community that we will be posting a batch of transcription HITs in the next week or so. If you have any questions I'll be checking on the board occasionally between now and then.
     
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    HITs are going up this afternoon. Be on the lookout, you should be able to find them by searching for "aaas"
     
  3. bsweeney

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    I'm preparing a few more batches similar to the last. Look for them to go up sometimes next week (as early as Monday).
     
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    Are you sure it is going to be Monday and not before Monday Brian?
     
  5. bsweeney

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    It will be Monday (Feb. 7) at the earliest. I don't like starting jobs on Fridays since there's a chance I won't be available to answer questions. Right now I'm planning on posting the first batch around noon (EST) on Monday.
     
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    Great Brian. I am looking for them. Is there a qualification that we need to take to do these? I am getting my fingers and toes ready to type away like crazy.
     
  7. bsweeney

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    The qualifications are:
    1) you are U.S. resident
    2) your approval rate is 95% or higher
     
  8. trueakitalover

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    Has it been posted yet?
     
  9. bsweeney

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    Not yet. Give me another hour to get everything set.
     
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    going up now
     
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    I'm about to post our second batch
     
  12. trueakitalover

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    OK I got some but missed most of them. Will you have more in the near future or not?
     
  13. bsweeney

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    It doesn't seem likely. We're grant-funded and we've spent what money we have for this round of testing. Our researchers are looking into the possibility of computer-based testing in the future.

    If anything comes up I'll be sure to post a note here.
     
  14. trueakitalover

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    If it's computer based testing then you won't be having us transcribe them anymore right?
     
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    That's correct. There's always a chance we'll want to survey a larger student body, which would require paper-based testing. But it looks like for the work we're doing now we'll have a large enough sample using computer-based testing.

    Thanks for your work on the HITs.
     
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    I just finished processing the data and approving the HITs. You should see the update shortly.
     
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    Thanks for all the work Brian. It was much appreciated through the years.
     

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