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> English-speaking, White U.S. adults (18 years or older) were recruited from MTurk between September 5th and 8th, 2020 in exchange for $2.50. TIL that scienti
by hnburnsy 5y ago
> English-speaking, White U.S. adults (18 years or older) were recruited from MTurk between September 5th and 8th, 2020 in exchange for $2.50.
TIL that scientific studies use Mechanical Turk.
- nerdponx 5y agoI would be surprised if this was anything close to a representative sample.
- thoughtstheseus 5y agoI appreciate you pointing that out. Very helpful. Please keep up the great work
- blululu 5y agoTalk about burying the lede. At $2.50 over the Internet you don’t get a survey of “white U.S. adults”, you get a unique subset of that population at best. The headline and conclusions are grossly misleading in that they generalize from mechanical turkers to the population at large.
- smegsicle 5y agowait- so it was a study of indian people using an american vpn outlet?