Conducting Clinical Research Using Crowdsourced Convenience Samples

Jesse Chandler and Danielle Shapiro

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Abstract: This article summarizes what is known about Amazon’s Mechanical Turk sample composition and data quality. It addresses methodological issues with using Mechanical Turk and suggests concrete steps to avoid these issues or minimize their impact.

Keywords: Amazon Mechanical Turk; Internet research methods; convenience sample; crowdsourcing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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