WorkerId (and all MTurk Fields) Sent to Qualtrics

Background

TurkPrime can now automatically add Worker ID, HIT ID, and assignment ID to datafiles, including csv and SPSS. These fields can be very useful for matching Workers across multiple datafiles. For example, in longitudinal studies researchers typically have to ask Workers to provide their Worker IDs. These IDs are then used to alight the rows across multiple datafiles that are collected at different time points of the study. Relying on Workers to provide their Worker IDs however typically results in data loss, as some Workers do not enter their Worker ID correctly. Embedded query strings solve this problem by guaranteeing that Worker ID are correctly entered for each Worker.

 How to automatically add Worker ID and other fields to data files.

A video tutorial can be viewed here

On the Design Survey page go to  3. Setup HIT and Payment.

 

Scroll down to Query String Parameters where you can see some information about how this works 

Qualtrics (and other platforms) Mechanical Turk Integration With TurkPrime

Run Qualtrics Surveys on MTurk using TurkPrime

Running Qualtrics surveys on TurkPrime streamlines two major pain-points that Requesters have dealt with:

1. Dynamic secret key that Workers must enter to verify completion of the survey where the code is unique per user and, therefore, un-shareable.
2. Auto approval and rejection of worker assignments based on the dynamic secret key
3. Passing the Mechanical Turk WorkerId and AssignmentId into Qualtrics so that Workers can be uniquely identified and matched up with MTurk.

The following describes these basic features and how to use them.

The TurkPrime Design Survey Form is intuitive and similar to the MTurk Requester HIT Design form except that it adds many useful features like exclude Workers, target specific workers and much more. Below is a portion of the TurkPrime Design Survey form where you specify the Survey Hyperlink.

Qualtrics Surveys With Workers Specific Secret Keys on MTurk using TurkPrime

Now, you can also run Qualtrics surveys with TurkPrime Worker Specific Secret Keys. That means that each worker will be assigned a unique secret key to demonstrate that they completed the linked Qualtrics survey. There is no possibility that workers are sharing a secret key and not completing the linked survey.

Other Platform Integration

The Dynamic Secret Completion Code can be easily integrated (and has been by many researchers) into other non-Qualtrics systems, as well. TurkPrime calculates the Secret Code based on query string parameters that TurkPrime adds to the url of your survey. These parameters are named:

• a
• b
• c

As long as your survey platform ensures that those query string values are preserved in the url when a participant reaches the last page of your survey that contains the TurkPrime iframe, then a completion code should get displayed. 

This can be achieved by capturing the parameters within your study. Nearly all platforms support this functionality. Please contact us if you have questions..