Posting your study on TurkPrime is easy and you will be collecting data in no-time! Just follow the instructions below.
Under the “Design Study” tab at the top of the screen, click "Prime Panels".
You will now be on the Study Setup page. Follow the instructions on that page. The CloudResearch knowledge base describes in detail how to setup your Prime Panels with Qualtrics.
Fill out all of the details regarding your study, so that these are visible to prospective participants:
1. Panels
Select the questions you wish to include and the details for each of these. Also check if you wish to include any of the "Advanced Options".
2. Study Settings
Complete the sections below.
Project Name. This is the name of your project that is not visible to participants (i.e. workers). It will be visible on the dashboard, and will allow you to easily differentiate between multiple HITs with the same name.
Title. This is the name of your project that is visible to research participants (i.e. workers).
Expected time to complete HIT (i.e. research study). This estimated time lets potential workers (i.e. research participants) know approximately how long the HIT will take. For example, if the HIT Description is “Short personality survey”, and the Estimated Time to Complete HIT is “7 minutes”, then the Description will appear on Mechanical Turk as “Short personality survey, (~ 7 minutes)”.
Survey Hyperlink. This is the URL (web address, usually starting with https://) for your study. Copy and paste the link to your study in this field. Click on Preview Link in New Tab button to view your study.
3. Quotas
Follow the instructions.
4. Save
Once this is done, you can click on “Save”. Note that clicking "Save" moves a study to the dashboard but does not launch it.
5. Fund your study
Click "Fund Account" and fund your study using your credit or debit card.
Notes:
- Redirect. To ensure that participants are paid, Prime Panels setup requires a redirect at the end of the study (instead of the secret code that MTurk uses). Again, review the CloudResearch knowledge base that describes in detail how to do that when setting up your Prime Panels with Qualtrics.
- Participant payments. Use the following approved wording: "Upon completion of the study, you will receive compensation in the amount that you have agreed to with the platform through which you entered this survey." This is because different platforms have different ways of incentivizing participation. For example, SurveyMonkey gives to the participant's charity of choice. Other platforms give gift cards reward points.
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