Analyzing the Amazon Mechanical Turk marketplace
XRDS Crossroads The ACM Magazine for StudentsPublished 1 December 2010Open access
Panagiotis G. Ipeirotis
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An associate professor at New York Universitys Stern School of Business uncovers answers about who are the employers in paid crowdsourcing, what tasks they post, and how much they pay.
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An associate professor at New York Universitys Stern School of Business uncovers answers about who are the employers in paid crowdsourcing, what tasks they post, and how much they pay.
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