[Air-L] submit announcement of new book to the air-list

[Matthew Pittman]

"A great guide for novice and expert MTurk users, workers and requesters 
alike."

	
Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics 
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Are you considering using Amazon's MTurk for your study? This is the 
book for you!

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Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics
The HIT Handbook for Social Science Research
by Kim Bartel Sheehan and Mathew Pittman
2016. 160 pp. $29.95 paperback | $22.95 eBook

/Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics /is a handy, inexpensive guide 
for researchers wishing to make the most out of MTurk. Kim Sheehan and 
Matthew Pittman walk readers through the basics of setting up a 
study---from choosing a survey platform, to obtaining IRB approvals, to 
recruiting and paying respondents.

"The /HIT Handbook/is a handy 'how to' guide for social scientists 
seeking to acquire high quality data using Amazon's Mechanical Turk 
service. This thoughtful and well-written text helps researchers 
maximize their use of the platform while avoiding potentially critical 
mistakes."
                                  --- Toby Hopp, University of Alabama

/Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics /is available for purchase from 
Amazon in paperback 
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and as an eBook 
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Melvin & Leigh
	

Melvin & Leigh, Publishers LLC



-- 
Matthew C. Pittman, M.Div.
Media Studies PhD Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow
University of Oregon School of Journalism & Communication

mpittman at uoregon.edu . www.matthewpittman.net