The use of Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) in management research has increased over
2,117% in recent years, from 6 papers in 2012 to 133 in 2019. Among scholars, though …

Social science researchers increasingly recruit participants through Amazon's Mechanical
Turk (MTurk) platform. Yet, the physical isolation of MTurk participants, and perceived lack of …

Psychology is moving increasingly toward digital sources of data, with Amazon's Mechanical
Turk (MTurk) at the forefront of that charge. In 2015, up to an estimated 45% of articles …

Online platforms such as Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) are increasingly used by
researchers to collect survey and experimental data. Yet, such platforms often represent a …

Amazon's Mechanical Turk is widely used for data collection; however, data quality may be
declining due to the use of virtual private servers to fraudulently gain access to studies …

Over the past 2 decades, many social scientists have expanded their data-collection
capabilities by using various online research tools. In the 2011 article “Amazon's Mechanical …

Maintaining data quality on Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) has always been a concern
for researchers. These concerns have grown recently due to the bot crisis of 2018 and …

An innovative and accessible guide to doing social research in the digital age. In just the
past several years, we have witnessed the birth and rapid spread of social media, mobile …

In principle, experiments offer a straightforward method for social scientists to accurately
estimate causal effects. However, scholars often unwittingly distort treatment effect estimates …

This chapter discusses common concerns that researchers have with Mechanical Turk
(MTurk), reviewing the evidence that bears upon each concern. It suggests that readers are …