06/22 - Techie Thursday!

[loki3404]

Title: Earn over $5 in 16 days! Online food takeout and eating habits(~ 5 minutes) | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: Ye Chen [A1TD0DY1HUWTKZ] (Contact) TO 1: [Pay: 5.00] [Fast: 5.00] [Comm: 0.00] [Fair: 5.00] [Reviews: 2] [ToS: 0] TO 2: [Rate: $9.40/hr] [Pen: -- days] [Res: -- of 0] [Rec: -- of 0] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 0] [Brk: 0] Description: We would like to know your eating habits Time: 1 hour 28 minutes HITs Available: 1 Reward: $1.80 Qualifications: Location In US-CT, US-DC, US-DE, US-GA, US-MA, US-MD, US-ME, US-NC, US-NH, US-NJ, US-NY, US-OH, US-PA, US-RI, US-SC, US-VA, US-VT, US-WV; Masters Exists ; Exc: [47607-47018] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 50; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; TP Panel: 142319344 N GreaterThanOrEqualTo 100;

Title: Read and rate crowdfunding project descriptions(~ 20 minutes) | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: N.A. Long [A31OZTZ1WAQVB0] (Contact) TO 1: [Pay: 5.00] [Fast: 5.00] [Comm: 5.00] [Fair: 5.00] [Reviews: 8] [ToS: 0] TO 2: Not Available Description: Read 5 descriptions from crowdfunding projects and answer questions about the social and environmental goals of the projects. Time: 1 hour 30 minutes HITs Available: 1 Reward: $2.00 Qualifications: Exc: [48264-47675] DoesNotExist ; Adult Content Qualification EqualTo 1; Location In US;

Title: Complete this survey about your beliefs, opinions, and preferences | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: Jessica Lasky-Fink [A1KRXW3OISUI49] (Contact) TO 1: [Pay: 4.09] [Fast: 4.97] [Comm: 3.80] [Fair: 4.89] [Reviews: 61] [ToS: 0] TO 2: [Rate: $4.91/hr] [Pen: 2.50 days] [Res: -- of 0] [Rec: -- of 0] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 0] [Brk: 0] Description: Complete this survey about your beliefs, opinions, and preferences Time: 1 hour HITs Available: 277 Reward: $1.00 Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 1000; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location EqualTo US;

All these were roughly around 5m.

 

[Kallee]

Morning peeps

Does anyone know if this vacationapi qual is going to be two parts? I faintly remember they're being a followup qual test when they last posted but I might be mixing it up with something else.

It was two parts the last time they did it. Those who get this first one correct will get a second one in a few days.

 

[spantifical]

You should pass the first one and then forget about the second one like I did.

Wait. What second one?

 

[Jaded]

Wait. What second one?

Last time it was a two-part test, I have no idea if that's gonna happen this time.

 

[sofaslug]

Hi, the 35 seconds is the "Average Time per Assignment" for the batch, which is a figure MT provides, so I was using this to calculate what a reasonable hourly rate would be. Presumably this "selection time" is the time between assignments? How long is that, generally?

That 'Average Time per Assignment' also includes when people accept your hit, then return it quickly when they realize how much work it is. That skews the data and makes it pretty much unusable.

 

[lsutiger25]

How do I get a qualt. survey to work again... I change the & to a !?

 

[TSolo315]

I work hard to maintain a 100% approval rating. Shouldn't that have some weight?

I think all requesters should use > 98%, but it really doesn't mean much. Keeping a high approval rate is really, really easy -- even if you are not the best of workers.

100% just means you're lucky enough to have avoided a "oops, I made a mistake so I rejected" rejection (and that you are probably relatively new.)

 

[It's Gamera!]

How do I get a qualt. survey to work again... I change the & to a !?

 

[C to the J]

How do I get a qualt. survey to work again... I change the & to a !?

& to ?

 

[lsutiger25]

Thanks

@It's Gamera!

Hang around longer- haha you'll learn

 

[sofaslug]

1:30

Title: Judging Outcomes(~ 5 minutes) | PANDA Requester: Chad Dodson [A1G5WIZSEE6VFG] (TO) TO Ratings: 5.00 Communicativity 5.00 Generosity 5.00 Fairness 5.00 Promptness Number of Reviews: 12 (Submit a new TO rating for this requester) Description: Participate in a psychology experiment --usually takes less than 4 minutes to complete. You will judge a single scenario. Time: 13 minutes Hits Available: 1 Reward: $0.50 Qualifications: Exc: [513646758-47827] has not been granted; Total approved HITs is not less than 50; HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 95; Location is one of: US

 

[bxpretzel]

Hi, the 35 seconds is the "Average Time per Assignment" for the batch, which is a figure MT provides, so I was using this to calculate what a reasonable hourly rate would be. Presumably this "selection time" is the time between assignments? How long is that, generally?

but that figure is going to include all the people you mentioned who are rushing through and providing bad work, probably spending a few seconds on each HIT.

 

[Zacharias]

Hi, the 35 seconds is the "Average Time per Assignment" for the batch, which is a figure MT provides, so I was using this to calculate what a reasonable hourly rate would be. Presumably this "selection time" is the time between assignments? How long is that, generally?

By "selection time" I meant the time it actually takes to make the selections from the list in the hit after reading the article. I apologize that I didn't define that well. @sofaslug had a good comment about the "Average Time per Assignment" which is a statistic that I'm not personally familiar with since I have never posted any tasks as a requester.

By the way, I want to commend you on taking some time today to dig into the feedback from this forum. You're in the right place even if we sound ferocious sometimes.

 

[Kallee]

I think all requesters should use > 98%, but it really doesn't mean much. Keeping a high approval rate is really, really easy -- even if you are not the best of workers.

100% just means you're lucky enough to have avoided a "oops, I made a mistake so I rejected" rejection (and that you are probably relatively new.)

I have about 32,000 completed with 0 rejects, and I completely agree with this. While I am super careful, probably to the point that it costs me money, I have also been lucky enough to have made my mistakes with requesters who have either allowed me to fix them or let me slide. I am proud of my 100% approval rating, but it definitely has a bit of luck attached to it.

 

[unfortuNate]

but that figure is going to include all the people you mentioned who are rushing through and providing bad work, probably spending a few seconds on each HIT.

He's been using the masters qual to avoid that.

 

[scrmcasey]

Title: Learn a small part of a new language. | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: Kenny Smith [A2K4C3ROA6ONU2] (Contact) TO 1: [Pay: 5.00] [Fast: 5.00] [Comm: 5.00] [Fair: 5.00] [Reviews: 2] [ToS: 0] TO 2: Not Available Description: Learn a small part of a new language. The further you progress the more you earn (up to $6 total pay, plus unlock extra HITs). Time: 3 hours HITs Available: 1 Reward: $4.00 Qualifications: Location EqualTo US;

HIT exported from Mturk Suite v1.21.10​

 

[Kallee]

How long has it taken people to hear back about the API qual after submitting it?

I want to say it was about a week, but I don't remember for sure.

 

[C to the J]

I have about 32,000 completed with 0 rejects, and I completely agree with this. While I am super careful, probably to the point that it costs me money, I have also been lucky enough to have made my mistakes with requesters who have either allowed me to fix them or let me slide. I am proud of my 100% approval rating, but it definitely has a bit of luck attached to it.

I have 6 rejections so far this week.
Going for double digits. :thumbup:

 

[loki3404]

I work hard to maintain a 100% approval rating. Shouldn't that have some weight?

How many hits have you done? If you have the padding it might be time to try out some riskier batches. Taking some risks with a few rejections on requesters with no TO has made me a lot more money than Masters has (so far).

It's good that you're careful, but no amount of care can prevent a "sorry we had to pull the project" rejection.

 

[It's Gamera!]

I have 6 rejections so far this week.
Going for double digits. :thumbup: