The Micro-Task Market for "Lemons": Collecting Data on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk

• In Event: Improving Experimental Design

Brief Overview

We present evidence of widespread cheating and trolling on Amazon's Mechanical Turk and demonstrate how it impacts experimental results. We also provide recommendations for researchers to improve data collection on the platform.

Authors

• Douglas James Ahler, Florida State University

• Carrie E. Roush, Florida State University

• Gaurav Sood, Unaffiliated