5/2- Tell Me About It Tuesday

Hello everyone I am new to mturk,hitforker, and mturk catcher. I seem to be getting a lot of PRE's. Any advice on how to lower them. I also am not 100% sure what those do if any advice can be given it will be welcomed thanks.

 

Yasha Spriha [A1V9J0LTYIPQUJ] Workplace Interaction Study(~ 15 minutes) - $1.10 | PANDA

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$12.07 / hour
00:05:28 / completion time

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Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: a second ago)
Qualifications: rhsnlk98 >= 100; Exc: [413762-413173] DoesNotExist ; Location In US;

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Behavioral Research [AS2QL69D6TAI0] 2 Short Studies(~ 3 minutes) - $0.36 | PANDA

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$12.71 / hour
00:01:42 / completion time

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Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: 30 seconds ago)
Qualifications: Total approved HITs >= 100; Total approved HITs <= 100000; rhsnlk98 >= 100; Exc: [415512-414923] DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) >= 98; Location In US;

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Try to adjust your Forker to search every 1000-1400ms. Mturk has been weird recently so it could just be Mturk being a pain in the ass.

 

You can't use Hit Forker as well as Hit Finder/Hit Catcher. Stick with Finder/Catcher or Forker/Panda Crazy. Up the different timers til you start to see the PREs stopping or becoming less frequent. I used to use both but can't do it anymore.

 

Thanks. I have not used those tools in so long I was hoping I was not giving bad advice.

 

You can't switch Forker to the timing you suggested. But if it's Finder that's being used, then you can. That might be what he is using.

 

I remember reading about there being five videos. At the end of video 2 and the writing prompt, my brain started hurting. I was just like fuck all this. You're averaging $1/video including writing prompt. Felt like I was in a damn biology class and I HATE doing science related stuff!!

 

Thanks for the advice I will just stick to hitforker and panda for now.

 

In that case, I have been keeping Forker at 2 seconds. And I went into Panda Crazy and switched timers to 1500/2100/2900. I haven't gotten a PRE in ages until yesterday when I attempted to lower my Panda Crazy to 1300. Got one. And immediately switched it back. So far, no problem. And not too many times when the site is freezing. But... I don't think I'm catching all that much either. Connect has been better lately.

 

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Alicia Torres [AFFP3NPSMG7U2] Mindfulness Meditation Study - $6.00 | PANDA

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$12.72 / hour
00:28:18 / completion time

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The only HIT I've had today that was worth my time. Easy to do.

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A tad bit bubbly. New requester, no ratings.

Catchability: Okay (HIT Last Seen: 23 minutes ago)
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I see it there. It says 35 minute timer... and it took you 28 minutes. That seems like it's cutting it close. Am I wrong? And...it says for people who don't meditate - what if you've tried meditation before but can't make it happen?

 

(source: I meditate fairly regularly and have done so for ~10 years)
If you're sitting there and giving your best effort to noticing when your mind wanders off and bringing it back, you're doing meditation right. You're not going to be very good at that at first, but literally no one is. It's hard.
Even when you've been doing it for a while, it's still just about doing your best to notice when your mind wanders off and to bring it back to what you're doing without punishing yourself - about practicing. It's not about sitting there effortlessly with a perfectly blank mind and not struggling, because no one can actually do that. That's not how human brains work.

That said, that's a really short timer. I hate when requesters do that.

 

Yes, close...you'll be good if you started at the beginning. Should've mentioned that timer in my review. I'll update it. As far as meditation, I took it as someone who doesn't regularly medidate, so I decided to try the HIT. It's something I haven't done in a while so no, I don't meditate in my eyes.

Edit - Just updated my HIT and left some feedback for the requester regarding it as well. Also, the HIT was already approved. That's impressive for a new requester!

 

Working from home today has made me realize how much I miss because my office IP is blocked on Prolific.

 

did this earlier today and it's already back - someone else have a turn (pretty sure they don't want repeats)

Attorney at Law
By wharton.upenn.edu

• £2.73 • £19.38/hr

 

Nice. Already approved.

 

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