Hi everyone, I'm a new requester looking to obtain information on how people experience anxiety and related symptoms. I'm a graduate student so I don't have a lot of funds but I'm still trying to pay more than what I'm seeing other people for similar tasks. For example, I saw many people pay $0.10 for a 10 minute survey so I'm starting with $0.15 for a 4-6 minutes survey (based on current response times). However, I know it isn't all about the money. How do I make sure that I develop and maintain a strong reputation with turkers? Thank you in advance!
There are some requesters that workers do their best for. I have a few survey requesters that I really respect and I will always read thoroughly and do my best. And there are others that don't value your time or write horrible surveys and I am certain that most workers just blow through those without giving valuable data. So, my advice: -Don't do pages and pages of bubbles. You'll get workers that just click them in a straight row to be done with it. On the flip side, don't just put one question on each page. Put up to 10 on a page and keep things varied, so workers aren't just clicking answers on a scale of 1-10. -Workers don't like writing. A sentence here and there is fine, but if you ask us to "recall a time" for 3 minutes, lots of people will return in. -Be fair! There's a site called Turkopticon that workers use to report their experiences. If people like you and your pay is fair, they'll report it there. Then people will be eager to take your surveys. If you reject unfairly or make people work way too long for little payment, they'll give you poor ratings and then people won't take your surveys. To be honest, though, I wouldn't do a survey for 15 cents. I can find plenty of tasks that are 10 cents for a minute. That's kind of the bare minimum that workers use as a guide. If you advertise it as a 4 minute study, you're going to need to offer 40 cents. 15 cents for 6 minutes is only $1.50 an hour! That's not counting the time it takes to find tasks that pay that much, load them, hit submit, etc. No one is going to give you quality data for 1/4th of what minimum wage is.
The only reason you see 10 minute surveys that pay 10 cents is because they are sitting there and rotting because no one is completing them. Surveys that pay well are completed in a matter of minutes.
Thank you for your quick responses. I will do my best to fund an increase in pay rates. As for the pages of bubbles and open ended items, I've definitely tried to keep those to a minimum. I'm looking forward to seeing my reviews on turkopticon but I'm still too new to have any. Thank you again for the insight. Andrew