How pro survey-takers are shaping scientific research
Clip: 2/12/2015 | 4m 30s
The NewsHour’s Jenny Marder details an online job forum called Mechanical Turk.
An online job forum called Mechanical Turk has created a pool of professional survey-takers who complete hundreds of inquiries a week. For academic researchers, it’s cheap, easy to use and the response flood in fast. But how good is the data being collected? Judy Woodruff learns more from the NewsHour’s Jenny Marder.
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How pro survey-takers are shaping scientific research
Clip: 2/12/2015 | 4m 30s
An online job forum called Mechanical Turk has created a pool of professional survey-takers who complete hundreds of inquiries a week. For academic researchers, it’s cheap, easy to use and the response flood in fast. But how good is the data being collected? Judy Woodruff learns more from the NewsHour’s Jenny Marder.
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