My first 10 days on mTurk!

Discussion in 'Statistics' started by fahsky, Jun 20, 2012.

  1. fahsky

    fahsky Member

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    I started Turking on the 10th, so today's the day my Earnings start to be released! :D Thank you guys for being so helpful & welcoming, I feel lucky to have found this forum almost right after I started!

    I'm a single mom, full-time nursing student (taking two summer classes, usually 5 during fall & spring terms), working part-time at a clinic, & commuting 2 hours a day, so my time spent Turking has been pretty limited! I was pleasantly addicted to watching my earning go up a little each day. Pending HITs kinda bummed me out. lol The two rejections really bothered me, because they were not my fault - the Requester allowed 3 HITs on the job, then rejected 2 & accepted 1. I emailed him, but he hasn't responded. Anyways, my advice to other newbies that get a few rejections is not to be discouraged - email the Requester asking what your mistake was (even if you're 100% sure you know what it was), & ask if you can somehow correct it or do other HITs for them, to get it reversed. Do a bunch of simple, fast HITs from a mass Requester that doesn't reject needlessly to improve your Approval. I was lucky, & found a .04 mass-HIT from CrowdFlower.

    Definitely get TurkOpticon, avoid negatively reviewed Requesters & those with no reviews. Pros might disagree with this advice, but I'd rather be safe. The Scripts section of the forum is great, I'm using them all!

    So, thanks again, & hope this might give someone new a little info! ;)
     
  2. kristilec

    kristilec User

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    Nice job! Congrats!
     
  3. riazthemturkhelper

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    Nice job. Also good approval rate :)
     
  4. Munawar Mohamad

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    good job..Keep turking:)
     
  5. h1imhzq

    h1imhzq New Member

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    I am confused, do you guys repeat the same hit? As in you take a hit and if possible do the same one again?
     
  6. BMW-M3

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    There are some you can repeat. The ones you can repeat are the bulk HITS mostly. Obviously, you can't repeat the surveys.
     

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